Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

While we will recover quickly in retail (moving from painful shortages to a glut of inventory), the chemical industry–sitting four and five layers back in the supply chain–takes longer to recover. The value chain supporting all industries is sick, requiring a leadership step-change. Time For Action. ” [link].

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Alloy

MARCH 10, 2021

If you’re a supply chain geek, you probably already follow Supply Chain Now , the go-to podcast for all things supply chain. (In In fact, you may have caught Alloy on a previous episode.). Hosts (and supply chain experts in their own right) Greg White and Scott W.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

While there are other factors like transportation costs, OTIF fines and customer relationships to consider, begin by prioritizing a retailer’s orders that will prevent the most Lost Sales $. Use projected weeks-of-supply simulations to get ahead of future inventory risks. Chasing demand is a team sport.

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Alloy

JUNE 9, 2022

These orders generally arrive by the container and are transported directly from the manufacturer to the retailer’s distribution center. Brands don’t need to hold the inventory, may not need to arrange transportation and don’t need to forecast for that subset of products.

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Alloy

AUGUST 30, 2021

The toy company — which built its brand on innovating and reinvigorating the way children play — scored a top honor earlier this year at Walmart’s annual supply chain conference where they were named Walmart Toy Supplier of the Year. . And to hear his advice for other Sales and Supply Chain teams looking to do the same. .

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You can rally colleagues across sales, marketing, supply chain planning and finance around them, and more easily break down silos that normally get in the way. . To avoid dropping the ball at the worst times, your sales and supply chain teams need to be in lock-step with your partners.

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Unleashed

MAY 26, 2021

Allowing a more streamlined supply chain and economical production batches, minus costly and/or time-consuming setup. Supply chain improvements. The benefits of additive manufacturing on supply chains takes many forms. Transportation. Is additive manufacturing right for your business?

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It was the first metal to be smelted (about 5,000 BC, according to Wikipedia); the first to be shaped into molds; and the first to be alloyed with another metal—tin—to manufacture a sturdier cousin: bronze. Supply gaps might emerge after 2025 … with the expected rise in demand created by the energy transition.”.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2014

We’ve been providing manufacturing companies and shippers with a web-based transportation management system since 1998, before web-based TMS was as prolific as it is today. Editor’s Note: We love talking about and reporting on technology which effects and also makes the lives’ of manufacturing companies much better.

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