Unleashed

APRIL 29, 2024

Work in process (WIP) inventory is typically found in manufacturing environments where goods undergo various stages of processing before being sold or used. Tracking WIP inventory is important for monitoring production efficiency, identifying bottlenecks, and managing costs within the manufacturing process.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 21, 2014

<In fact, so much so that I wrote a book about it.> > Unfortunately, companies have invested money in traditional forecasting processes believing that if they make the forecast better that corporate performance will improve. ” (For more on this topic check out the book, The Business Forecasting Deal. ).

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 14, 2018

Why effective transportation management can often boil down to how effectively executives and managers are managing the data coming out of their shipping processes to lead towards continuous improvement that gets cost savings and of course beating this current capacity crunch. Download the E-Book. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER.

Cost Reduction Strategies 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. Let me just state for the record that “Saying that you are going to write a book, is far more exciting than writing one.” Writing the book is helping me to get perspective. I would like to be on vacation with them, but it is not in the cards.

Supply Chain Design Software 280

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 22, 2020

A new movement is taking place, driven by new innovators and new, disruptive technologies such as robotics and additive layer manufacturing (ALM). However more forward-thinking organisations see this as an opportunity to revolutionise the whole design and manufacture process, to create new things in new ways. million in funding.

Manufacturing Procurement 78

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 18, 2019

Continuous improvement — this is the dream for forward-thinking shop floor stakeholders across all industries. In fact, more than 40% of the business leaders who spearhead continuous improvement efforts find themselves overseeing failing programs , according to research published in Harvard Business Review.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. While companies want to improve supply chain performance and drive value, it is easier said than done. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value.

Pharmaceutical 195

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2023

To improve operations and stay ahead of the competition, many distributors are turning to assessment tools to evaluate performance and identify areas for improvement. By using this tool, businesses can better assess their supply chain operations and identify areas for improvement. #

Supply Chain Planning Software 90

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Within manufacturing companies, with business process outsourcing, as the number of supply chain leaders decreased , power shifted to financial teams. There is continuous pressure on costs. Figure 3: Continuous Improvement Programs. Figure 2: Focus of Spending in 2016. Barrier #3. We Have Best Practices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over the last five years, I have helped two companies, Sonoco Products and Owens Illinois (OI) with their selection of technologies to improve Sales and Operations (S&OP) planning. Both companies provide packaging materials to the food manufacturing industry. Here I contrast their results. Owens Illinois (OI), a $6.3

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synchrono

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Many of our customers don’t start out looking to implement Demand-Driven Manufacturing per se. Often, they’re focused on Lean Manufacturing or at least some element of it. However, at some point in the conversation, they will inevitably ask, “Is Demand-Driven Manufacturing the same thing as Lean Manufacturing?”.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 39

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 18, 2018

Inbound Marketing for Manufacturers *still need link*. So often we hear from manufacturing companies that they are struggling to grow. The old hunt and close mindset is less and less effective for B2B industries and manufacturing. How managing, analyzing, and adjusting leads to continual improvement in inbound.

Manufacturing 121

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 15, 2015

Are you looking for lean books that help you create sustainable change? In this article, we will show you 10 best lean books every lean enterprise should read. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide the list of best lean books for our readers. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos.

Lean 100

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 1, 2015

Are you looking for lean books that help you create sustainable change? In this article, we will show you 10 best lean books every lean enterprise should read. Background According to a short survey we conducted, we found that the best "classic" lean book is The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production by James P.

Lean 100

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2019

If you are a supply chain and logistics practitioner from a manufacturing, retail, or distribution company, I invite you to learn more about Indago and join us. The old ways of learning are unable to keep up with our rapidly changing world,” state Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown in their book “ A New Culture of Learning.”.

Third Party Logistics 102

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2013

I even had one consulting company tell me the other day that the book Bricks Matter has helped him to better understand supply chain excellence. (I Consider the case of food manufacturing. Over the course of the last decade, I have worked with many companies that moved manufacturing to countries with lower labor costs.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Long-Term Supplier Relationship Negotiation: Focused on establishing a long-term relationship with a supplier, this negotiation may include agreements for continuous improvement, innovation, and cost reduction. Read More: 10 Best Procurement Books of 2023 To Look Out For

Negotiate Pricing 89

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QAD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The 5S lean manufacturing approach is a workplace organization method that results in a clean, safe, and well-structured work environment designed to optimize productivity and reduce waste. Benefits of 5S Lean Manufacturing. The 5S lean manufacturing methodology has precise goals that lead to measurable benefits. What is 5S?

Lean 96

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

This lack of alignment is an impediment to improving balance sheet results. My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. The focus of APICS is manufacturing, CSCMP’s foundation is in logistics, and ISM serves the procurement organization. They lack alignment. I am a product of traditional, silo-based thinking.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 27, 2019

This interview is with Ron Emery, Continuous Improvement Consultant, Author and Entrepreneur. Ron Emery, Continuous Improvement Consultant, Author and Entrepreneur. It started me writing and I have published four books on just how we can be a better person or friend and measure our successes. Find a mentor.

Continuous Improvement 8

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

Insights on leadership, continuous improvement and talent development for emerging markets. Our current studies in the field are: If you are a discrete manufacturer in supply chain, we would love your insights on this research study on direct material sourcing. Building Supply Chain Talent and Leadership. Outside-in Processes.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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GlobalTranz

JULY 5, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). e-Book] The Ultimate Guide to Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, & Freight Metrics & KPIs. Now, it's easy to think of technology as being a manufacturer-only realm.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 13, 2018

Once connected, you can begin automating your inter-business processes – with suppliers to procure direct materials more efficiently, with logistics service providers to drive continuous improvement in costs and service levels, and with customers to provide them with visibility to the status of orders and shipments, even across multiple modes.

Supply Chain Planning Software 102

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2014

Despite multimillion dollar technology projects, and tomes of strategy documents, they are stuck in their ability to overcome market factors and rising complexity to drive continuous improvement on a portfolio of metrics. I have spent the last month working with clients that are out of balance. What does that mean?

Supply Chain Planning Software 278

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

They got good at Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and tied the output to decisions on what to make in contract manufacturing. Household Products focused on continuous improvement of existing processes while Cisco Systems matured some of the best network design processes in the industry. What was the answer for Cisco?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

A distributor or manufacturer’s strength is in making product—its focus is procurement and streamlining production, but without the capability to fulfill orders, it is doomed. Due to an increase in wages and manufacturing costs in China, many 3pl companies are “near shoring” — offering increased services in areas closer to the U.S.

Transportation Management 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2016

However, companies mature in the concepts of demand know that each order has latency–the time to translate market take-away into re-order points through the channel to the manufacturer. The automotive manufacturer had a surplus of green vehicles that no one wanted. Yes, the manufacturer made more green Volvo cars.

Supply and Demand 150

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Instead of buying a system and hoping it works for them, for many, the optimal approach is to outsource to a third party with its own proprietary technology that is continuously focused on it and the implications of that platform on their customer’s business. Excellence ? is what third party logistics is all about.

Transportation Management 100

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USC Consulting Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

.” No matter how you say it, they all mean the same thing: “improvement,” or as it’s said in Japanese: “Kaizen.” But to make the Kaizen method truly transformative and to advance the improvement needle, it’s important to be familiar with its composition, or “anatomy.” Preparation.

How To 58

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Dave will be speaking on his journey along with other supply chain leaders at the Supply Chain Insight sGlobal Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona on September 10th and 11th. These interviews of supply chain leaders will be collated into our fourth book on supply chain excellencewhich will publish at ourconference in September 2015.

Case Study 286

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

Instead, companies link suppliers to multiple signals: manufacturing production plans; distribution requirements; and current inventory positions, to help suppliers better plan for supply. Each year we organize the best-read posts in a more readable format and publish a softcopy book. Supply Chain Visibility and Supplier Connectivity.

Material Savings 186

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Kinaxis

APRIL 18, 2019

With LogiPharma 2019 in the books, a big congratulations goes out to all the organizers, speakers, vendors and attendees for a successful event. Coordinating regulatory approvals with the ability to manufacture could make or break capturing market share. Early approvals could cause a struggle to ramp up manufacturing capabilities.

Supply Chain Planning Software 132

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a republish of an infographic from Sanderson IT , a supplier of software solutions to multi-channel retail and manufacturing businesses. Since our manufacturing shipper customers like to receive content that is helpful for them, we thought this was a great infographic to share. Optimise efficiency.

Manufacturing 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. In the building of global supply chains, in the last decade, across value networks, outsourcing to third-party logistics, and contract manufacturing accelerated. A Critical Review of the Contract Manufacturing Model. There are many reasons.

Supply Chain Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Many of my clients save 5-10% of funds from their continuous improvement projects and self-fund their efforts. Is my opportunity in the area of digital manufacturing? “ (The use of Internet of Things and 3D Printing to transform manufacturing.) I encourage business leaders to self-fund their projects. Digital logistics?

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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USC Consulting Group

JANUARY 10, 2022

Some operations consultants are advisory consultants, or “boardroom consultants” who perform a two- to three-week study and provide a book of recommendations to help you out, and then hand it to you and go on their way. Myth: Operations consulting is only for the manufacturing sector. Anything but.

Optimal Sourcing 40

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USC Consulting Group

JANUARY 4, 2022

Some operations consultants are advisory consultants, or “boardroom consultants” who perform a two- to three-week study and provide a book of recommendations to help you out, and then hand it to you and go on their way. .” Are all operations consultants the same? What industries use operations consultants?

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