Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing. For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Meet Ernest.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 4, 2020

Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. What is Inventory Optimization? Inventory strategy.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 4, 2020

Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. What is Inventory Optimization? Inventory strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. The promise of a well-intended consultant just sounds sooooooo good. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. The reason? A Case Study.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this blog, Andy discusses the health of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing technology orders, and setting benchmarks for company performance. The State of the Health of The US Manufacturing Sector & Manufacturing Technology Orders. USMTO is managed by AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth. 1) In many businesses, the supply chain has never been subject to a design process, but has instead just … evolved. That figure highlights like no other how critical the interrelations are between an enterprise and its supply chain.

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ivalua

APRIL 26, 2019

The new quick deployment methodology enables clients to get best practice P2P in just 12 weeks, minimizing time to value. Industry-focused solutions are coming soon too – manufacturing in May, financial services and healthcare Q3. That offering has built in best practices but is also a solution that “grows with you”.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

With green being the order of the day, it’s a good time to think about sustainability efforts. Patrick’s Day is the holiday when even the most recalcitrant American feels tempted to don green clothing or sip on some green beer. But what if everyone wore blue on March 17 each year instead? After all, the earliest depictions of St.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

A tough time for all. However, it gave me some great time to think. Definition: “Customer - centric is an approach to doing business that focuses on providing a positive customer experience both at the point of sale and after the sale in order to drive profit and gain competitive advantage.” I am on a mission.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

It sometimes seems like S&OP is stuck in a time warp, where the same old things as 30 years ago are being discussed. The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. Introduction.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Just-in-time techniques have led to more products arriving directly from manufacturing to the end-customer, shrinking warehouse use. In fact, two thirds of all TNT’s European customers are within four hours driving time. Where to Do Your Warehousing. A closer look though, reveals the clear logic behind TNT’s decision.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing. For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Meet Ernest.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

I took these breaks just to get my 10 minutes out of the office as often as I could. But just as people are always dying, they are always getting born. And they said, ‘Excellent very glad to do it. Did we appreciate that at the time? I interviewed Simon Hartley, the cofounder of Wumdrop. A guy called Roy Brawley.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

It sometimes seems like S&OP is stuck in a time warp, where the same old things as 30 years ago are being discussed. The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. Introduction.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. Brands include Carters, OshKosh B’gosh, Child of Mine, Just One You, and Genuine Kids. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As Carter’s, Inc.,

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Pisano, "You Need an Innovation Strategy," June 2015. The point is that if you are not capable or motivated to tackle an innovation that has just invaded your space, you need to be the best at what you do with the lowest cost base so that you are the last one standing. How do you respond to innovation threats?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. Yet, despite their focus on this effort and advancements in technology, achieving timely, accurate, and complete supply chain visibility remains an elusive goal for many companies.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

Automotive manufacturers are remobilizing to produce ventilators. These are serious times indeed. Our responsibility is to minimize the impact, manage our healthcare system’s capacity, and make sure the right supplies show up at the right place at the right time. There are already signs of recovery.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Multichannel selling allows customers to shop and purchase through whichever channel they prefer. For example, a manufacturer who is selling to a few wholesalers would have sent out a catalogue to them. The wholesalers would then have to call the manufacturer and order over the phone, or via email. What is B2B eCommerce?

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Last month, Lennox Residential was runner-up in the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Supply Chain Innovation competition, arguably the top supply chain award in North America. And last year Costa Express won the “Technology” category award at the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards , also a top honor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth. Slowly, more and more companies are waking up to the cold, and hard facts. I have personally experienced the failure.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A shift to manufacturing critical goods like pharmaceuticals in the United States would lead to higher production costs, for instance. Berry explains that imported goods may be subject to more active monitoring and testing or treatments designed to kill pathogens, increasing both processing time and costs.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Adidas @adidas Adidas is expected to move nearly 20% of its production to more automated factories by 2023 , many of them potentially proprietary.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

They especially encourage manufacturing and design enterprises that import, process and then re-export goods. For clarity, here’s a quick definition of each term: A free trade zone – or free zone as it is also known – can refer to specific-purpose manufacturing facilities. Freeports are big news right now.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

The semi-conductor industry is strongly affected by the state of the economy, but 2014 was an excellent year for ASML, manufacturer of systems used to produce integrated circuits or ‘chips’. 60 service points in 16 countries support the installation and supply of chip manufacturing systems and parts. By Caroline Linssen.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Unless you are customising your manufacturing for each product, we’ll assume the production cost is the same each time the same product is produced. Unless you are customising your manufacturing for each product, we’ll assume the production cost is the same each time the same product is produced.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

After my time at TNT, I was driving for more than a decade the international expansion of French La Poste. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

It sometimes seems like S&OP is stuck in a time warp, where the same old things as 30 years ago are being discussed. The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. Introduction.

S&OP 60

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

Automotive manufacturers are remobilizing to produce ventilators. These are serious times indeed. Our responsibility is to minimize the impact, manage our healthcare system’s capacity, and make sure the right supplies show up at the right place at the right time. There are already signs of recovery.

Manufacturing Procurement 14

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Unleashed

JANUARY 28, 2021

But at the same time, new roasters and boutique coffee cafes are popping up all the time making competition fierce – and constraints in the supply chain caused by Covid-19 haven’t helped. billion in revenue in the past year, with an annual growth (2015-2020) of -1.0%. million cups consumed globally per minute. billion (-0.6%

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Manufacturing is core to the middle class and a healthy economy. At the end of 2014, many leaders that I work with are preparing their 2015 strategies. The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. I am giving thanks.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Orders are typically placed by different factions within a single facility, and fulfilled by multiple manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors. Perhaps even more surprisingly, efforts to reduce healthcare supply chain costs were slow to gain momentum, at least compared with the inroads made in other industries.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

This article was first published in June of 2015. It received a lot of interest at the time and has continued to be a popular article over the last three years. The service economy is booming and nobody just wants a product any more. What Happened to These Trends? A 2018 Update. Software is Eating Supply Chains.

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