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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. They saw a steady drop in inventory and reduced working capital by about 50% over the period of 2011-2015. Impact of Demand Sensing on Inventory Levels. The reason? The implementation was very successful.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Optimising the Manufacturing Supply Chain

Unleashed

So we implemented an inventory management system for them. One of the wastes in Lean is movement , whether that’s movement between here and Belgium or I took 10 extra steps when I could have taken one. That reduces the amount of inventory space, handling, and logistics on individual small orders.”

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Shipping Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

China and Sweden auto producer Volvo has indicated that gearboxes needed to build conventional combustion vehicles at a plant in Belgium were delayed, forcing the company to halt production for three days. retailers are already experiencing notifications of extended arrival times of ordered inventory. Some European and U.S.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Cost as a percentage of sales (Logistics or Supply Chain). Inventory stock turns in Days. Inventory management. Inventory levels. Total logistics cost. Which ones to use?… Warehousing.

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