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Metrics and Issues to Consider in SQM (Supplier Quality Management) By 5 Big Industries

GlobalTranz

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site. Medical Devices.

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AGCO: Driving a Digital Manufacturing Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

While many employers would have penalized the employees for tablet breakage , Peggy explored the world of wearables to enable her digital manufacturing transformation. AGCO’s culture of innovation policy deployment enabled employees to pioneer a technology solution for manufacturing. Improvement in Digital Manufacturing.

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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

California, for example, passed the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 , which went into effect in January 2012. On the federal government front, President Obama signed an Executive Order Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts on September 25, 2012.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index. Food and Beverage Company Performance on the Supply Chain Index for the Period of 2006-2012. We named it the Supply Chain Index.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012).

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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

There is seldom one technology used within a manufacturing company to connect B2b value networks.) With the larger ocean carriers and the port congestion, GT Nexus becomes more and more important to retail and manufacturing companies. The traditional EDI approach inserts a day latency to open and read documents. It is clear.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

In addition, users are able to view events of a shipment, imaged documents, and can email their account representative with questions on a particular move. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.