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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

This enables carriers to optimize their transportation capacity to deliver the shipment on time at best price. When the supplier has produced the goods, they send an advanced ship notice (ASN) to ZF via SupplyOn. Which ship are the components being shipped on. Or do we need to ship this by air?” We relied on that.

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7 Tips For Building Supply Chain Resiliency

GlobalTranz

By contrast, supply chains that are too lean may not have enough flexibility and redundancy to survive unscathed. A resilient supply chain incorporates alternative sources, carriers, routes, and other characteristics so that it can flex in response to a situation. Build organizational resiliency to support your supply chain strategy.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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“Why Do I have to Wait?” Supply Chain Disruption Gets Its Day

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chains have become incredibly lean over the last couple decades. Source: Descartes Datamyne. Afterall, today’s supply chains are complex and multi-national (think shipping distance), requiring inputs from numerous organizations across geographies, glued together by a complex network of logistics service providers.

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Lean, QRM and DDMRP: they’re all the same!

Supply Chain Movement

Not long ago, QRM was heralded as the new Lean, and now we are bombarded with DDMRP as the panacea for all our problems. Of course Lean, Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) and Theory of Constraints (TOC, the origin of DDMRP) also have fundamental differences. And while Polca is pushed by QRM, Kanban is widely known thanks to Lean.

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‘New Normal’ Consequences: Soaring Container Shipping Rates

BlueYonder

Chart Source: Freightwaves). Organizations can leverage technology now that converts future supply, production and sales plans into logistics capacity to evaluate their future needs. In the digital era, you can book freight through digital brokers reducing the need for contracted capacity.

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Using Technology to build Sustainable Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

IDC also forecasts that by 2023, 30 percent of Asian enterprises will ship freight using a SaaS-enabled platform, resulting in improved efficiencies in load matching and reduced shipping costs. It provides capacity where and when organisations need it most. Data is critical to delivering a sustainable supply chain.