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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

So, rather than get overly prescriptive, I’ll use this blog post to highlight some companies that have achieved success through excellence in inventory management , and outline some of the most effective elements of their strategies. Another takeaway is the importance of warehouse layout as an enabler for inventory management excellence.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

The problem with supplier visibility is bookended into procurement processes that have gone back, not forward over the last decade. Procurement processes–encumbered by a focus on paperless processing, RFPs/RFQs, and efficient procurement–do not embrace the capabilities and requirements of direct material sourcing.

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Courage to Paint Outside the Lines

Supply Chain Shaman

As a recent college graduate, he was chartered with running manufacturing discrete event simulation for an automotive company. He worked for the North American manufacturing team and struggled with the imposed standards by the centralized center of excellence. Tackling Procurement. He was frustrated.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Emergence of Logistics as Constraint. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. This has changed.

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“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste” – Key Insights from the Automotive Logistics

BlueYonder

” – Sir Winston Churchill Having just returned from the 2023 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Global conference in Detroit, these words are very fitting to encapsulate the essence of the event. Short-term visibility at the Purchase Order/ASN level is insufficient. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

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Top 15 Considerations for Selecting 4PL Logistics Partners

SCMDOJO

When it comes to effective and profitable road transport management, it is undeniably crucial you get a reliable 4PL provider to handle your logistics. First, understand the difference between 3PL and 4PL in logistics. 3PLs focus on various logistical areas and topographical locations. What is 4PL?

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Executing an event in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. The question is, “Why? Lockdowns and Disbelief.