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What is Operations Consulting and Can It Help My Business?

USC Consulting Group

They employ methodologies like Lean Six Sigma, SIOP, the Five Ms and other tactics to uncover what’s bedeviling your operation and create ways to solve those problems. Operations consultants will first look at your current operations model, systems and day-to-day processes of getting the job done.

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Kraft Foods Names Daniel Myers Executive Vice President, Supply Chain

Supply Chain Network

Myers, 56, will lead the functional groups that make up the company’s integrated supply chain, including Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering and Customer Service and Logistics. Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) announced today (June 30th) that Daniel Myers will join the company in September as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain.

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Debunking Myths About Operations Management Consulting

USC Consulting Group

They employ methodologies like Lean Six Sigma, SIOP, the Four Ms and other tactics to uncover what’s bedeviling your operation and create ways to solve those problems. Operations consultants will first look at your current operations model, systems and day-to-day processes of getting the job done.

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Podcast: Susie Bodnar on the CSCMP and the New Directional Shifts in Supply Chain

Requis

It’s not just about procurement or warehousing, we go all the way to reverse logistics. Think of the carriers who have switched to food and beverage delivery, versus something like automotive plants, some of which have been shut down for months. What’s different about Edge is the end-to-end perspective.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

Food and Beverage Company Performance on the Supply Chain Index for the Period of 2006-2012. We built these into continuous improvement programs such as Lean Six Sigma, while also setting goals to drive breakthrough cost savings to supplement continuous improvement savings.

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Supply Chain Education: What Skills Do Your Staff Need?

Logistics Bureau

The SCLA program delves into the peculiarities of some of these special cases, such as beverage distribution, humanitarian logistics , and transportation of perishable goods. We also cover production and manufacturing to some extent, and touch on other functional areas such as human resources and procurement. Inventory management.