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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

ToolsGroup

We have 135 restaurants, four distribution centers, and we also manage three manufacturing facilities, with more than 5,000 SKUs, and we deliver to each restaurant up to three times a week. So our main task now is to consolidate all the purchase and inventory decisions in one team. We don’t know what’s going to happen.

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Building A Guiding Coalition for Change

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 1, I highlight the significant shifts in my lifetime: Just four decades ago, McKinsey coined supply chain management as managing source, make, deliver, and plan together. Centers of excellence evolved in countries like Guatemala, Ecuador, Poland, Singapore, and China. Initially, companies were reactive.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

These developments impact Original Equipment Manufacturers, both at strategic level and at operational level within their supply chains. The way by which consumers purchase, use and share technology is changing rapidly. These external trends force high-tech companies to prepare for this unpredictable future: Plan. French Guiana.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

To ensure successful supply chain execution, the company must take these external developments into account: Plan. The abovementioned developments are creating enormous financial pressure within the company due to a lack of financing in the market. The company is being forced to take action: Do. French Guiana. French Polynesia.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. Why Do Companies Have Too Many KPIs? Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Warehousing.

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