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Redesign to Improve Value: A Case Study of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

I also think that Quintiq’s leadership in concurrent planning to solve new problems is promising, especially in the design of transportation and inventory flows. For example, we produce in Vietnam and China. Vietnam is a low-cost market to produce products. Interview of a Supply Chain Leader: Redesigning for Value.

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Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry

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And numerous case studies of businesses show that by investing in better supply chain management , the prospect of business growth improves significantly. Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., This reduces the cost of keeping the inventory that would not sell.

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New Balance’s Added U.S. Manufacturing Presence

Supply Chain Matters

and China trade war had resulted in added tariffs being applied to footwear causing designers to consider sourcing within other countries, especially Vietnam. At the time, the economics of producing shoes in the region of consumption came down to the economics of cheaper direct labor across China and other Asian countries.

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Smart Supply Chains Adapt to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Logistics Bureau

The US auto industry is expected to follow suit as stockpiled inventory becomes depleted. Examples are: Samsung Electronics , which is shifting part of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due to the rapid advance of COVID-19 in South Korea. It is also airlifting parts from China to its Vietnam operations.

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Sales and Operations Alignment: Often The Missing Link

Supply Chain Shaman

He had recently returned from his stint as the commercial leader for Syngenta in Vietnam, and was excited to tell me about his beach-side investment in Australia. Orbit Chart Comparing Syngenta and Monsanto Progress on the Effective Frontier – Balancing Inventory Turns and Operating Margin for the Period of 2005-2014.

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Spindex is Building their Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise

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This began by deploying the core model to facilities in Malaysia and Singapore, followed by Vietnam and finally, two sites in China. This gave immediate improvements in data accuracy, inventory management and cost analysis. Solution: Improving Inventory Visibility and Traceability. It was like being blindfolded.

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How The Coronavirus Epidemic is Throttling Global Supply Chains

Logistics Bureau

While the European automakers have managed to cope so far by cannibalising stockpiled inventory, they fear that shortages will soon occur in the supply of critical parts from China, due to the three-to-four week lag in getting back to full capacity in that country. in vehicle sales worldwide in 2020 due to Coronavirus.