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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Commercial and operating teams in manufacturing organizations greater than 5B$ in annual revenue were more aligned in 2007, at the beginning of the recession, than in 2020, the start of the pandemic. Alignment Barriers.

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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. It is generally calculated as a percentage of total deliveries that were complete and on time. About Andrew Lynch.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

Because we call it a supply chain for a reason – each link is connected, so if you rattle one link, you rattle the entire chain, as Boeing famously discovered in 2007 when a bolts and screws shortage delayed their Dreamliner. Analytics inform decisions.

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The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. It is generally calculated as a percentage of total deliveries that were complete and on time. About Andrew Lynch.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Predictive analytics will quicken demand response and involve product-use insights to improve accuracy against external factors affecting demand (e.g. Prescriptive analytics, where data constantly move in and out of partners’ systems, helps take data insights to the next level with improved visibility and for decision making.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. As companies outsourced—greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and transportation—and asset utilization grew from 10% to 35% ROIC the management of the supply chain became more complex. Demand latency is the translation of market consumption to an order signal.

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Fourth Quarter Comebacks: How Dispatchers Handle Last-Minute Deliveries

Locus

The high-stakes environment of last-minute deliveries requires a similar concoction of precision, adaptability, and resolute decision-making, shaping a journey that is not merely about transporting packages, but more significantly, about delivering promises and navigating challenges with finesse.