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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on IT solutions and expensive solutions to improve performance, yet degrade balance sheet results against peer group sectors in tough markets? Enterprise resilience–the ability to have consistent balance sheet returns despite market volatility– decreased starting in 2014. Lean, Blockchain, Industry 4.0,

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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Employing this S.M.A.R.T. Technique with a Logistics Company to Create Total Stakeholder Satisfaction

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The effect of any communications effort with this may be difficult to measure unless specific measurement tools are put in place upfront. Let's talk about the outputs, or desired metrics worth measuring, in each category of what a logistics company might provide. Evidence may be just as useful in situations like this.

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Examples of How Supplier Quality Management System Implementations Pay Off

GlobalTranz

The first post in this series broke down what is supplier quality management and the steps to evaluate suppliers and the second post gave you insight into the metrics to look out for by 6 major industries. Other factors-such as poor tooling and equipment as well as basic communication challenges-can contribute to poor quality.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. The CIO budget is hamstrung with system upgrades and software license payments. There is a belief that the efficient response—the tightly integrated lean supply chain—defines supply chain excellence.

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9 Steps to Establish the Lean Supply Chain: A System of Interconnected & Interdependent Partners

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Top management knows that lean can add value , but many still haven’t moved past the initial education stage into full-scale lean supply chain implementation. One reason may be that they haven’t made the paradigm shift as to how to implement lean. These metrics should be reviewed frequently to ensure supply chain success.

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The Most Popular 16 Transportation Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. Top 16 Most Popular Transportation Blog Posts of 2014. Let’s take a look at these trucking industry trends and what kind of facts they provide.