Unleashed
APRIL 18, 2024
Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing is a production management approach that helps you lift efficiency and streamline your operational processes. What is just-in-time manufacturing? The just-in-time approach contrasts with just-in-case strategies, where producers hold sufficient inventories to absorb maximum market demand.
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 6, 2020
In any regular year, manufacturers of seasonal foods such as ice cream, beer and BBQ meat have to deal with uncertainty because consumption of their products are highly dependent on food trends and the weather. The impact on inventory and demand will depend on the extent and timing of the pandemic ending.
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Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Beer and food industries are particularly affected by the shortages of aluminum cans as most customers prefer take-home packaging. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. Continued scarcity and overbuying have led to a perennial shortage. What’s Next?
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
APRIL 19, 2023
Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis? The result of this cocktail is an unfortunate reduction in global agri-food production, export, and rapidly increasing agri-food commodity prices. Are our agri-food supply chains in crisis? Do we need to relook at how we organise our agri-food supply chains?
Enterra Insights
JUNE 2, 2022
“It can displace farmers and destroy agricultural assets and food stocks. In this vicious circle, conflict and lack of food break down the very fabric of society, and all too often lead to violence.”[1] World Food Program. Or it can disrupt markets, driving up prices and damaging livelihoods. ”[2].
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
It can move quickly from a situation where there is too much capacity in the market and buyers having the whip hand, to a situation where shippers are begging carriers to take their loads at almost any price. Master’s experience at Simmons Foods illustrates many of the distinct characteristics and challenges related to freight procurement.
ThroughPut
APRIL 13, 2021
Why do businesses need Capacity Planning in food supply chain management? Overworking your limited resources or late deliveries can never be long-term solutions and that’s why every business needs capacity planning. Now you might think, capacity planning isn’t too complicated. Capacity planning is so much more than that.
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