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

KEPLER Consulting

The inability to provide daily updated data on inventories of raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished products presents two major concerns: The decrease of the WCR for companies, the deployment of a dashboard tailored and user-friendly is essential in order to take charge of the management of a share of its WCR.

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Labor Strike Targeting the Three U.S. Automakers- Update Two

Supply Chain Matters

As expected, with the existence of this industry’s just-in-time inventory replenishment planning, the implications of the work stoppages are cascading across individual automaker’s supply networks. As we pen this update late on Friday, upwards of 38 termed parts distribution centers across 20 states have now been subject to picket lines.

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Supply Chain Operating Networks Create Supply Chain Rockstars

Talking Logistics

Distributing business processes and sharing critical information helps companies differentiate themselves in the market, mitigate risk, accelerate their productivity, and create meaningful cost savings. It feeds analytics and fosters collaboration and insights for continuous improvement and high operational efficiency.

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Will the New Tax Bill Bring Overseas Profits Back Home?

Supply Chain Brain

He acknowledges that executives will be under intense pressure from shareholders to distribute any additional profits in the form of higher dividends. Van Gundy believes the corporate landscape is different from what it was in the early 2000s and during the Great Recession of 2007-2008. The mindset has changed a little bit,” he says.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. The only option was to try to reduce levels of inventory, which, up to that point, had been kept very high to support a nine-week order cycle.

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Is The Retail Industry Melting Down?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. It’s kind of a wild west, and the most successful players being those who can harness Omnichannel distribution, and avoid excess inventory that will leave them in the dust. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Blog post provided by [link].

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Avoiding Dead-end Streets As We Build the Future of Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

Seasoned supply chain professionals used the mental model from the recession of 2007 as a guidepost.) Using better math to build an inventory plan for raw materials is a good idea. I believe future applications are adaptive (reduced latency to translate market data into actionable insights) and distributed.