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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

It is arguably true that supplier performance management is considered a business practice for measuring, analyzing, and managing supplier performance to reduce cost, and risk and also drive continuous improvement. Most companies rely on on-time delivery, price reduction, and quality service from suppliers to make more profit.

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. The transformational wave is slowly transforming the automotive industry from a focus on selling “rides” versus the purchase of an automobile.

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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . Stocks of raw materials, semi-finished products and/or unsuitable finished products that destroy exposure. Non-shared requirements with the supplier reducing exposure on future orders. 3/ Workflow Management.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Understanding this relationship requires modeling. (A

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Travel to Compliance and Efficiency with Supply Chain Mapping

RFgen

Suppliers play a critical role in every facet of the supply chain but especially manufacturing. For manufacturers to comply with regulations, they must be able to trace each item to its origin. A recent news report from U.S. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply offered several mapping improvement tips.

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Travel to Compliance and Efficiency with Supply Chain Mapping

RFgen

Suppliers play a critical role in every facet of the supply chain but especially manufacturing. For manufacturers to comply with regulations, they must be able to trace each item to its origin. A recent news report from U.S. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply offered several mapping improvement tips.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. To briefly indicate its place, it should be remembered that war involves three divisions of labor: Strategy , Tactics and Logistics. NAPM published a new magazine, Purchasing Magazine, in 1965.