MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In my 2005 book The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage (MIT Press, 2005) I wrote that continuous security, resilience and risk mitigation efforts can be hampered by their own success. This supported an extremely lean build-to-order operation with minimal inventory.

Inventory Reduction 101

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

The firm’s lean engineers and supply chain engineers help hospitals not only with inventory management and logistics but also with process improvements in catheterisation labs, for example. The facility in Kerkrade ships 3,600 orders a day. By Caroline Linssen. Europe accounts for 21 percent of Boston Scientific’s total revenue.

Boston 60

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory. Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. In 2017, the company began to look at new options for warehousing, knowing it would need to start placing inventory closer to customers if it wanted to compete in the challenging omnichannel retail space.

Inventory Reduction 101

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

Purchasing Skills 130

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Techgistics

JUNE 4, 2017

Amazon has had such a major impact on eCommerce, that I thought it would make sense to look back on some of their innovations that are directly or indirectly impacting logistics: Super Saver Shipping Super Saver Shipping was introduced in 2002 offering free shipping for orders over $25. Fast and free shipping raised the stakes.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 154

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Sometime in 2005, I had ordered a birthday gift hamper for my friend from one of the web based retailer in US, to be delivered on her birthday, which happened to be a couple of week later. Business Process Outsourcing.

Manufacturing Procurement 20

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, Cisco executives created a business continuity-planning dashboard to mitigate risks. Diversify supplier base : Supply chain should not be overly dependent on long lead-time or on a small pool of specific suppliers or sourcing regions. Case Study Resilience: CISCO.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 258

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, Hanjin, the huge shipping company, was already in bankruptcy as of early September and putting a delay in the arrival of goods well before the hurricane. Several container ships adjusted schedules to arrive before the storm, which put a strain on the dockworker supply as well. Use analytics.

Supply Chain Risk Management 275

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 19, 2020

Even though many of the same ingredients are used in both food services and grocery stores, the ways products are sourced, packaged, and delivered through the two supply chains are very different. Since over half of the fruits and vegetables in the U.S. Food Industry Exchange. Food Business Status Reporting System for Crisis Management.

Food 100

Food Supply Chain Software Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Network Software 100

6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In higher-traffic markets, Advance Auto Parts has “hub” stores that keep more inventory in-stock to give customers what they need when they need it. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. In early 2013, Belk launched a vendor-direct program.

Supply Chain Design Software 45

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction 45

NC State SCRC

MAY 11, 2020

1] It also means minimizing damage and the time taken to return to a normal state of operations (Sheffi and Rice, 2005). [2] After all, supply chain management is about getting things moving, and that applies not only to roads, airports, and ships, but to how we think about getting things to people. 1] Sheffi, Y (2005).

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Techgistics

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Source: FLEXE. Today's innovations from startups could be the source of transformation that shapes the future of logistics. and if companies can change their mindset as to how they view inventory and warehouses. Could we see a similar change in mindset as to how companies view inventory and warehousing?

Warehousing 113

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

TOMPKINS: Sellers today find e-commerce inventory allocation and replenishment to be challenging. WILL: Drone development over the past several years has resulted in a variety of applications and more recently use in the inventory and tracking of items in warehouses. I tell this story for a reason. within the suppliers’) warehouses.

Pricing Training 54

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