Remove Benchmarking Remove Manufacturing Procurement Remove Mexico Remove Shipping
article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Freight Raises the Bar on Mexico Service, Adds Door-to-Door Tracking, 24-Hour Customer Resource Center, Enhanced Web Tools. Source data is a combination of reference and benchmark data from third parties as well as econometric models and formulas.

article thumbnail

Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Supply Chain Detectiveâ„¢ and the Case of the Broken Global Processes!

Supply Chain Game Changer

They performed some light manufacturing activities to transform those materials into products that were ready for sale in retail, through a variety of channels. And then they shipped those goods in accordance with customer orders received into those facilities. Some of the materials were sourced and managed by the customers.

article thumbnail

The Supply Chain Detectiveâ„¢: The Case of the Unpaid Invoices!

Supply Chain Game Changer

“I need you to go down to Mexico right away. Our manufacturing lines are going to stop. And they were dealing with Invoices and issues from every site around the world, not just the one in Mexico. We got on the phone with the Supply Chain team in Mexico to try to get our arms around the problem and develop an action plan.