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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Reflecting on our many meetings with industry representatives and discussions with small groups at workshops and conferences it became very clear that individual actors within the industry are expending significant human and financial capital to address a number of environmental, social, and economic issues.

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Clorox Successfully Implements a Program for Value Chain Segmentation

Supply Chain Shaman

Value Chain segmentation—designing a fit for purpose supply chain—was the focus of the strategy day workshop. In this period, Clorox was acquiring products with significantly higher margins and lower inventory turns. While retail companies improved inventory, they lost ground on growth and operating margin.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

We follow a stringent procedure to organize inventory in our warehouses. This approach tends to lead to a quicker and easier supply chain with inventory in transit for only a few days compared to a month’s inventory in an ocean container, and then another two to three weeks to clear customs. Efficient warehouse operations.

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10 key trends to understand Supply Chain Management

KEPLER Consulting

The comparison between overstepped models and top of the breed actors demonstrates the consistent impact of under performing Supply Chain on company’s performance. Most advanced ones are maintaining a constant rhythm for new workshop implementation. That conception impacts process efficiency and lowers Supply Chain performance.