2030 Definition Manufacturing Procurement Warehousing 
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 30, 2022
However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The problem is that warehouses are full. My question is, “Why?” Background. Investment in control towers.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Walmart has entered a definitive agreement to purchase micro-fulfillment center (MFC) developer Alert Innovation.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2022
We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. For this definition see my last post, Companies Chained to Traditional Processes Will Experience the Whip. My reasoning?
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 21, 2016
My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. By definition, the silos struggle to align.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 7, 2019
In my work with manufacturing companies recently, I am thinking a lot about the need for diagnostic testing. They tend to have many pretty PowerPoint slide decks–full of acronyms, pretty pictures and E2E commitments–but they lack a common definition of supply chain excellence. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.
RFgen
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Definition and Explanation of Supply Chain Traceability Tracking the movement of goods and materials throughout the supply chain provides valuable information that ensures safety and sustainability. Production Tracking Production tracking involves tracing the movement of a product throughout the manufacturing process.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 7, 2016
In this post my goal is to help companies build outside-in processes through a clearer definition. I am a manufacturing gal by training. This outside-in orientation needs a definition to make it actionable. Reflection. As I sat on the museum’s cold floor, watching him work, my mind drifted to the week ahead. I am not quite sure.
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