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Subscription First Fulfillment with Paul Jarrett

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2012, after managing advertising campaigns for top-tier brands for many years, Paul and his wife co-founded Bulu Box, a health and wellness subscription box service that provides product samples to customers. About Bulu Bulu is a full-service 3PL company that specializes in subscription-based services.

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Four Decades of Supply Chain Management

Enterra Insights

Micro Supply Chain Management (Micro-SCM) could then be construed as the non-global activities concerned with planning and controlling the rates of purchasing, production, distribution and related capacity resources to achieve targeted customer service levels within a company. Kinaxis Blog, 23 March 2012. [2] Footnotes. [1]

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When the Rubber Hits the Road

Supply Chain Shaman

Results in the Automotive Industry for the period of 2012-2021. There was a strong negative correlation (at an 80% confidence level) when companies were not aligned between customer service and transportation. During the pandemic, transportation costs skyrocketed, creating increasing tension between customer service and price.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

By installing a warehouse in this region, the Company expects to improve its environmental footprint by reducing the number of miles traveled within its distribution network while also reducing costs and improving its customer service levels. Construction of the warehouse is scheduled to be completed in early 2012.

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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

I work with a group that has a sub-team focused on cost, one on customer service, and one on inventory, but lack alignment on a standard definition of supply chain excellence. To understand this point, I contrast the results of the Gartner Top 25 Award Winners published in 2022 (last week) against their peer group from 2012 to 2021.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. Help Me Improve Customer Service. Ending 2019 with a deduction bill for poor customer service to retailers in the United States of 10 million, the global team asked me to help the team improve customer service.

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Terra’s Forecasting Benchmark Study 2012

Supply Chain Movement

Extreme error is the most costly and disruptive to the supply chain, risking revenue and customer service, and driving large quantities of excess inventory. One third of all forecasted volume is subject to extreme error, where sales exceed or fall short of forecasts by two times or more. SKU rationalization.