Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

But technology won’t solve your supply chain problems or help you improve unless you also address the most common culprits of poor supply chain performance: poor data quality, lack of resources and training, lack of metrics and accountability, and poor communication and collaboration with trading partners (see resolution #3 below).

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 27, 2022

Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., Demand forecasting is an essential feature of this type of supply chain network and you will require dedicated professionals who are experts at analyzing key metrics to forecast the demand.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. Will people change their sourcing strategies? There’s Bangladesh in the garment industry. That’s been a massive trend. They are far more literate in terms of data.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 21, 2018

By some counts there are an estimated 11,000 garment factories in Bangladesh alone, many of them small and off the grid. Now, there’s an effort afoot to digitally map every garment factory in Bangladesh. The goal, says Bonanni, is “to make the Bangladesh apparel sector transparent, and be recognized globally as official.”

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2018

A former journalist, she first became aware of the need for an intensive training regimen in Bangladesh, site of multiple labor violations and worker deaths. One of the company’s initiatives in Bangladesh is exploring application of the training to Tier 2 suppliers, although it has yet to proceed to that level. “We in new financing.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Organizations need to be able to use this informaton to provide greater insights into future spending requirements, and provide views that will support business strategy and greater views on what will be important going forward. Spend analysis can certainly provide one set of insights – but only provides a partial view.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

These insights have produced the following predictions about what the leading companies will be pursuing in terms of competitive supply chain strategy in 2017. Prediction 2 – Supply chain strategy will become increasingly segmented by customer and technology. Social media holds a lot of promise here.

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