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Maintaining a Healthy Supply Chain in the Vitamin and Supplement Industry

RFgen

Recent news indicates the vitamin and supplement industry may come under stricter government oversight related to labeling and inventory management in the near future. Food and Drug Administration found at least two instances per week of tainted vitamins or supplements sold to the public from 2007 to 2015.

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Maintaining a Healthy Supply Chain in the Vitamin and Supplement Industry

RFgen

Recent news indicates the vitamin and supplement industry may come under stricter government oversight related to labeling and inventory management in the near future. Food and Drug Administration found at least two instances per week of tainted vitamins or supplements sold to the public from 2007 to 2015.

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GAAP for Accounts Payable: What it is and why it's important

Precoro

Around the world, governments and regulatory bodies have established guidelines for companies’ accounting departments to follow when it comes to bookkeeping. Let’s take a look at how following standardized guidelines can benefit companies and, specifically, their AP departments. What is GAAP?

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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

– Operational improvements (reduction of lead time, increase in productivity, and reduction in work-in-process inventory, etc.). Past, Present, and Future of Lean Six Sigma: Snee and Hoerl (2007) recommended many companies have focused on lean or Six Sigma, but rarely on both, as their improvement approach. Hoerl, R.W.,

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

Arrange your inventory based on how often you need to use it. View the full post or view the snippet below: Over the last 5 years, I have seen many companies launching inventory reduction programs. Our definition of Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SiOP) at Solventure contains the following steps: Read More ».

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Sustainability Certifications for SMEs: The Best Programmes

Unleashed

These certifications are voluntary guidelines and standards that address environmental, social, ethical, and food safety concerns. They must be values based with quantifiable guidelines and standards. Sustainability is a characteristic of lean manufacturing through waste reduction and improved inventory control.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

Earlier in his career as the senior global supply chain position for Honeywell’s one-billion-dollar Fluorine Products business unit, Steve was accountable for all the inventory planning elements including the business’s SIOP processes for their chemical plants, blending facilities and distribution centers in 7 countries across the world.

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