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Navigating the Complexities of Ready Mix Concrete Logistics: A Case Study with ThroughPut

ThroughPut

The transportation of ready mix concrete has to take place in specialized mixer trucks. Secondly, coordinating customer needs, plant capacity, and transport resources was also vital. By analyzing key metrics like travel time, return travel, and time spent on-site, the company was able to make data-driven decisions.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Analysis of case study is certainly one of the most popular methods for people from business management background. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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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 discovered that transportation and duties are 5x the expense of labor and overhead. Service level is our most important metric. Is it labor?

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When the Rubber Hits the Road

Supply Chain Shaman

As a result, companies are writing new case studies through their actions or inaction. There was a strong negative correlation (at an 80% confidence level) when companies were not aligned between customer service and transportation. Decrease the focus on functional metrics and align to a balanced scorecard. Conclusion.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

I am currently working on a couple of case studies for this blog on how business leaders used digital twin modeling during the pandemic. The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results. I love the metaphor of watermelon metrics.

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last six years, we studied the connection between business results (growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)) and the link to company characteristics. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Focus functional metrics to improving reliability. What did we find? Buffer strategies.

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.