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Looking to Grow Post-COVID? Think Operations Efficiency and Continuous Improvement

USC Consulting Group

But growth in a post-COVID era is also going to be about focusing on operations efficiency and continuous improvement. Even more than hiring, efficiency and continuous improvement will be crucial to what comes next. Continuous improvement matters now. We can all learn from what we had to endure in 2020.

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Shoemaker Named Presenter for Reliable Plant 2020 Conference

Synovos

Donald Shoemaker, Vice President Engineering & Consulting Services for Synovos, the leading pure integrated supply chain management company in the world, has been selected to present a paper at the upcoming Reliable Plant 2020 conference in Louisville, KY. The Role of Continuous Improvement in Sustaining Plant Reliability.”

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How the Pandemic Challenges Every Leader to be a Better Leader – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Achievement Zone – occurs when a team leader creates stretched goals and challenges for direct reports to improve. Many leaders approve small incremental improvements to goals. Work-from-Home, Trust & The Friday Factor – LogiSYM September 2020. Staying Ahead of Supply Chain Paradigms – LogiSYM September 2020.

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Walmart Lowers their Shipping Requirements, but their Suppliers Still Struggle

Logistics Viewpoints

Since September of 2020, 98% has been Walmart’s OTIF requirement. Walmart is reducing its requirements that suppliers’ shipments to them arrive on-time in-full. Beginning on February 1 st , the new OTIF targets became 90% for on-time and 95% for in-full. This was announced on the Retail Link portal for suppliers on January 30 th.

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Optimize Your Enterprise with QAD’s Industrial Transformation Platform

QAD

Supply chains broke in the face of disruption in 2020 and remain challenged. QAD Process Intelligence aligns process design and execution for greater efficiency, compliance, and continuous improvement. The industry has historically followed a traditional systems approach focusing on efficiency. This worked well, until it didn’t.

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Warehouse Management Trends 2020: The Role of Warehouse Prowess on Efficient Shipping

GlobalTranz

According to Roberto Michel of Logistics Management, warehouse management trends of 2020 will reflect an increasing focus on more profitability, efficiency, business scalability, and continuous improvement. The average.read More.

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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Shares the Top Three Keys to Successful Change Management

ToolsGroup

This preparation was crucial, especially in 2020 when training and meetings were moved to almost fully virtual as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of our biggest wins was the amount of time we spent around change management and training to make sure we were prepared for the adoption of the tool. Look for flexibility.