Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

You probably have questions about what the 2016-2017 ocean contract season will bring. Since 2009, ocean carriers have faced many uncertainties—and they’re expected to continue for the foreseeable future. In my opinion, there will be more than one way to procure capacity, rates, and services for the 2016-2017 season.

Panama 100

Panama Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Price Reduction 100

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company is one of 15 winners in the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire Research. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As They include growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). Inventory Turns. Operating Margin.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software 195

Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Just in case you missed some of our supply chain strategy posts , we’ve compiled a list of our popular supply chain posts from 2016 below (ranked based on shares and views). Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. For example, the software had: All the right forecast methods.

Inventory Reduction 62

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Vendor Strategies 62

CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

You probably have questions about what the 2016-2017 ocean contract season will bring. Since 2009, ocean carriers have faced many uncertainties—and they’re expected to continue for the foreseeable future. In my opinion, there will be more than one way to procure capacity, rates, and services for the 2016-2017 season.

Supply Chain Planning 34

Supply Chain Planning Panama Scenario Planning Price Reduction 34

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. In 2009 it lost two-thirds of their sales – and lost money for four years in a row. Today, we are at 5.5M

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Purchasing Skills Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Software 40

Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

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.

Cost Reduction Strategies 54

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 54

RFgen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

There are many different types of solutions for this approach. Meanwhile, other solutions solicit information from tier one suppliers so manufacturing experts don’t have to go digging for the data themselves. Alternatives to supply chain mapping solutions are often paper-based requests for information.

Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement 52