Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

Case in point: research firm Gartner includes the speed of inventory turns as a key metric in its annual Top 25 List recognizing companies for their excellence in Supply Chain. “Just-in-time” production has become a hallmark of today’s Supply Chains. I think, as a field, we need to step up and embrace this moment. ”

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OptiProERP

JANUARY 7, 2020

This blog is part of a three-part series on how cloud ERP enables manufacturers to achieve operational excellence. These topics and more are covered in our Achieve Manufacturing Excellence with Cloud ERP: A Practical Guide for Small and Midsize Manufacturers. Are our inventory levels too high, too low, or appropriate to our business?

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico. However, make sure you have infrastructure at the reliever port, or things might just be worse.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. When they get it, they have to put it in Excel and clean it, and then put it in a PowerPoint so they can show it to people.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

To stay ahead, tech-smart operations, savvy professionals are using logistics and supply chain mobile applications as must-have tools for operational excellence. The app dynamically compiles info from a large user base across the US and Canada to help you find the lowest prices of any fuel type across thousands of different stations.

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This helps you understand trends so you can be better informed during inventory procurement and when you’re forecasting demand. Match invoices to shipping log You’ll want to double check your purchase orders or invoices against your shipping log to make sure there aren’t any discrepancies.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Services Matias Offer on SCMDOJO Logistics Consulting Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Logistics Technology Sourcing Executive Mentoring Guide: Matias, our supply chain consultant, has also created Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Guide , which is available from SCMDOJO Academy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Ferguson provides plumbing and heating products to 9 specialist customer groups – over a million customers – in the US and Canada. Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. Ferguson has a big and complex supply chain. Getting the Most out of People.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out) about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets. You’re going to need to buy more machinery, etc., In the procurement space, what I want to be able to assess is risk management. Excellent potential.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Listening to him reminded me of the fun we had starting up the first ever company to produce supply market intelligence focused on the procurement space. Today, Beroe is the most successful procurement intelligence company, and continues to lead the pack in this space. We were astounded to discover that the ratio was 1 to 105.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

“Currently, the biggest challenge for supply chain managers is…” Keeping up with consumers and their buying behaviors. In the meantime, companies need to make sure they have the most talented negotiators and leaders heading up their procurement and supply chain functions.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I am buying a sheep and goat farm alongside a larger space for a garment factory so that I can control where the cashmere and wool is coming from, how it is processed and how it is manufactured before it is sent to my customers. If you want to optimize your supply chain, the way to do it best isn’t to buy some fancy new machine.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure. In Canada too, at least one large hospital group has chosen to outsource its supply chain operations, while some health systems in the United States have done the same.

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