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Reshoring Or Not, What is Manufacturing? 4 Questions to Ponder with Real American Manufacturers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. What is Manufacturing?

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”. ” E2E also means being able to see things when they are not in transit, such as raw materials upstream, inventory in a warehouse or yard, products in retail outlets, or shipments stuck in customs.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

To make the point, let me share an orbit chart for four industries (reference Figure 1). Orbit Chart of Four Industry Sectors at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns (Year-over-Year Averages for the Sector). Lack of Focus on Form & Function of Inventory and Designing Network Flows. There are many reasons.

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The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI

GlobalTranz

So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story. We never ran out of or had too much inventory.

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Renegade Riposte

Supply Chain Shaman

We developed the Supply Chain Index in 2014 as a way to measure supply chain improvement at a balance sheet level. I get called frequently to talk to supply chain leadership teams about inventory. Often the CEO hires a strategic consultant to audit the supply chain, and they roll through the organization making inventory promises.

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The Internet of Things and the Retail Industry

C3 Solutions

It refers to the ecosystem of physical objects that are connected to the Internet and use it to communicate. What's interesting is how the use of IoT technologies to track inventory throughout the supply chain can dovetail with the kind of visibility you gain when you implement a best-of-breed dock scheduling system from C3 Solutions.

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The Strategic National Stockpile that Failed Us

NC State SCRC

Much of the discussion of common goods refers to the rights of access and distribution public goods. Finally, management of inventory in the pool will require replacement and inventory turns for critical components, based on maintenance, product recalls, and updates of expired products and old technology. [ii] Handfield, R.,