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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

Part 2: Lessons from Comparing Disruptions In the previous post in this two-part series, The 7 Core Capacities of Supply Chain Resilience , we identified the core capacities that are the building blocks of supply chain resilience. A side-by-side matrix Our analysis is captured in the comparison matrix below. Source: James B.

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The Top Floor to Shop Floor Production Planning Handoff is Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

Traditionally, planning processes are designed to serve specific time horizons – sales & operations execution (S&OE) is used for short term horizon, sales & operations planning (S&OP) for the mid-term horizon, and integrated business planning (IBP) for long term strategic horizon. This is known as the “black box” problem.

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2023 Mid-Year Check-In: Current Status of Supply Chains and What’s Next?

Logistics Viewpoints

It introduced the survey we had just launched to determine the perceptions, priorities, and strategic initiatives of today’s supply chain and logistics executives. We conducted ARC Advisory Group’s survey at the same time as the Conference Board updated its C-Suite Outlook for 2023. Meanwhile, labor constraints are as binding as ever.

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Bucking the Trend in Transportation – Simultaneously Cap Rate Growth and Beat Capacity Constraints

Talking Logistics

If you’ve ever paid $10 for an Uber ride to the cocktail lounge in the evening and then a “surge priced” $50 for the same distance Uber ride back to your home only a few hours later around closing time, you understand the dynamics troubling shippers in today’s capacity constrained transportation market.

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Dynamic Fulfillment 101: The Cost-Based Approach and The Three Keys to Optimizing Your Total Cost-to-Serve

ToolsGroup

Unlike traditional methods, Dynamic Fulfillment uses a cost-based approach, meaning that it doesn’t just apply a set of rules, one after another, until you narrow down your fulfillment choices. It looks at the capacity of each location (i.e., Using this comparison, it determines the utilization of that fulfillment center.

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Why Are My Freight Rates Increasing? Produce Season Can Strain Capacity

Zipline Logistics

Freight rates continue to remain elevated in year-over-year comparisons. Produce season is a yearly occurrence and, for its duration, it can widely affect capacity and freight rates. Produce season is a yearly occurrence and, for its duration, it can widely affect capacity and freight rates. So why is that the case?

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. Days of Inventory Comparison. My focus was simple. Let me start by making my argument. A Hard Look at Corporate Performance.