SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Current State of Supplier Performance Management Nowadays, the interest in improving supplier performance management methods has increased due to the increase in global sourcing and that of the global economy in particular (Gordon Sherry R, 2008). The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use?

Vendor Strategies 55

Vendor Strategies Resource Reduction Price Reduction Procurement Analytics 55

Freightos

JUNE 6, 2016

Looking over the past year, only one third (36%) of FCL freight quotes are saved with a weight.This reporting percentage is consistent by company size as well – the combined percentage for top 20 global forwarders is about the same as for the mid-sized forwarders. IMO guidelines need to be broken down at the national level.

Freight 120

Freight Industrial Industry Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

After a couple of quick questions about the product that she had purchased, it was obvious to me that the product itself had the right features. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/…. Someone even went as far in a Washington Times op-ed to say “It’s worse than 2008, it reassembles 1937…”.

Inventory Reduction 61

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Vendor Strategies 61

Kinaxis

OCTOBER 7, 2016

This beats the paper-based system, and allows purchasers to track a fish-specific barcode so they know who caught it, where they caught it, and where that fish is going in the supply chain. This alone resulted in a headache of paperwork to report catch data. And that’s just one example. Seafood is no different.

Supply Chain Software 209

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software 209

6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

“It sort of depends upon what we are purchasing from the supplier as to the approach we should take…” Commodity Strategic The first level, for components or typical commodity type products, we will at least want to perform a supplier evaluation of some sort. with a backup plan as part of contingency planning.

Sourcing Strategies 88

Sourcing Strategies Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 88