SCMDOJO

JULY 7, 2023

Despite ambitious goals, the company struggled to meet its initial production targets, forcing it to slash deliveries from the planned 50,000 vehicles to just 25,000. Introduction Founded in 2009, Rivian Automotive, Inc. Rivian has future plans to construct a new factory in Georgia, requiring an investment of approximately US$5 billion.

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Unleashed

MARCH 15, 2019

The good news is that there are many ways for companies to improve their inventory accuracy, here are just three. There are various programmes of quality inventory control available for companies to adopt such as JIT , Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and Total Quality Management. Inventory control strategies. Get automated.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Negotiation, a crucial skill in the realms of business and procurement, demands the ability to remain calm, collected, and confident even in the most challenging situations. However, mastering this art can be tough and perplexing. In this article, we delve into an unconventional yet remarkably effective training tool: movies.

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Loop Supply Systems

JULY 21, 2016

In this scenario, just reducing your inventory by 10% could save $100,000/year. Some example causes of excess inventory are the following: • Long lead-time & high lead-time variation. Excess inventory is experienced by nearly every manufacturer – and it’s a big problem. COST OF EXCESS INVENTORY. High demand variation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

The second principle is that the supply chain needs to be managed cross-functionally, end-to-end, from the customers customer to the suppliers supplier; and as such, it cannot be viewed as just another function. In this blog, we share an interview with Dave Biegger, SVP of Campbell Soup. Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 15, 2019

You could also hire some just to test them out, or you could create bidding wars between them. You probably don’t have time to vet every possible supplier, so you’ll want to narrow them down. Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Tyler Brown. Search Sources of Potential Suppliers.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. So, you are thinking about a career in supply chain? Why Choose a Job in the Supply Chain Industry?

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

ThroughPut was a math problem that worked in the real-world, and it worked all the time. When given the opportunity to scale my bottleneck elimination skills sets to the geomarket production management-level by running districts, I realized I was just doing more of the same, but with additional resources and more unknowns.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

I felt there would be a time and place to reveal it all, at a scale that would not dilute the message. I had the team review it several times, and was convinced this was the moment. Maybe the content was too daring, bold, and just not media-friendly. Why was no one else looking at bottlenecks this way, all the time?

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

These systems have quick install times and require no IT or modifications. Nate Masterson is the Marketing Manager for Maple Holistics. “Work smart, not hard…” Utilize your warehouse space with clever design. Make sure that you invest in your managers. Are they getting all the access that they need? BlackNBianco.

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synchrono

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Take the time to ensure you’ve mapped out everything. Once we streamlined our map and implemented the eKanban system, the process was trimmed to just 6 steps. Through this guest blog series, my intent is to share some of my experiences implementing supplier quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives by focusing on eKanban systems.

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Shipchain

JUNE 10, 2020

Redundancy in this context means having excess capacity throughout the entirety of the supply chain to maintain functions and prevent a slowdown or shutdown in the instance of an unforeseen disruption. Nowadays, all supply chains face a plethora of potential threats, from piracy, to natural disasters, to accidents, to fraud, and so on.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 28, 2017

Lean manufacturing and six sigma initiatives have significantly cut waste and inefficiency in the production process. Integrating data into a single system of record builds confidence in the accuracy of data and the global capacity management system. Large-scale data requirements.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

Simply put, the difference between proactive and reactive supply chain designs comes down to one thing: timing. Times Have Changed For Supply Chains. Thankfully, digitization of inventory and technology like real-time shipment tracking from 3PLs are taking the pinch out of switching for these companies.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

by Matt Benson If your 3PL supply chain problem was to deliver 400,000 items daily from supplier to customer and your on-time in full metric was a six-sigma target standard of 1 failure per million, how would you do it? So, why don’t organisations with similar problems just invest time in improving their working procedures?

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. This provides a great career opportunities for highly motivated professionals willing to invest time into picking up some of these new skills through very affordable courseware such as Coursera, Udemy, etc.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 25, 2012

An electric utility industry being an asset intensive industry the focus of TOC would be more on to reduce the equipment down time to increase the total throughput of the system rather than just adding the extra capacity. The revenue that utility earns is through the power and services that it provides to its customers.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

” For example, collaborative mobile robots like Chuck by 6 River Systems leverage AI and machine learning to optimize pick routes in real-time and prioritizing tasks based on current conditions on the warehouse floor. .” Viability is when you’re taking on a new supplier for the first time.

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