Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The industry does not have a definition. Spiraling transportation costs, tariff shifts and increased expectations for customer service sparks new interest in supply chain planning. Outsourcing–procurement, manufacturing and transportation– decreased visibility and increased data latency.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It is arguably true that supplier performance management is considered a business practice for measuring, analyzing, and managing supplier performance to reduce cost, and risk and also drive continuous improvement. They do not relate to any overall company procurement goals and objectives.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. Since most companies invested in the automation of the enterprise, not the value network, visibility within the company and the transportation network is a strength. A Critical Review of the Contract Manufacturing Model.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

You can read the detailed technical definition here. Moreover, Supplier Development promotes ongoing improvements that are intended to benefit both your company and supplier(s).It 4) Improve Materials Management Competency in Supply Base. . Do suppliers comply with our PPAP requests?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

This lack of alignment is an impediment to improving balance sheet results. My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. By definition, the silos struggle to align. Definition of Horizontal Processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

In this post my goal is to help companies build outside-in processes through a clearer definition. I am a manufacturing gal by training. This outside-in orientation needs a definition to make it actionable. Reflection. As I sat on the museum’s cold floor, watching him work, my mind drifted to the week ahead. I am not quite sure.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

The Sustainable Freight Action plan released by California governor Jerry Brown outlines a long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transportation system. Targets for 2030 Include: Improve freight system efficiency 25 percent by 2030. Source: Commerce Dept. Source: SupplyChainDigest.

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Logility

AUGUST 30, 2016

Improvement work is the stuff of 80-hour work weeks, but is it strategic? Yes, in the sense that continuous improvement is table stakes for company survival, but, no, in the sense that these improvements are by definition within the box. ” Does the customer really care how we transported the product?

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Logility

AUGUST 30, 2016

Improvement work is the stuff of 80-hour work weeks, but is it strategic? Yes, in the sense that continuous improvement is table stakes for company survival, but, no, in the sense that these improvements are by definition within the box. ” Does the customer really care how we transported the product?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

Starting With Definitions. To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes. In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The definition: an adaptive network focused on a well-defined value-based outcomes. Definition of Outside-In Processes. The Building Blocks.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

We have talked a great deal about the evaulation of suppliers on our blog and this post continues that great tradition. 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. Cost of quality.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 1, 2021

To make their supply chains more lean, retailers can explore different supply chain optimization techniques throughout procurement, production, and distribution, or outsource supply chain management to a 3PL. It definitely helps me with inventory management and seeing what’s going on. Evaluate your procurement process.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Over the same time period the use of centralized procurement has also grown dramatically, driven by increasing financial and code of conduct ?controls ig fan of procurement when used prudently and for the appropriate commodities and services. ig fan of procurement when used prudently and for the appropriate commodities and services.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 2, 2016

The definition of "embedded" by itself is as follows, according to Dictionary.com : verb (used with object) , embedded, embedding: 1. The 3PL gets to know the shippers'/customers' engineers, manufacturing or supply chain experts in the supplin order to eliminate points of failure down the road. What’s In It For Me?).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

It is clear that new outcomes cannot happen through a focus on traditional continuous improvement programs. The change in front of us will transform the base-level definitions of source, make and deliver. 3) Rethinking Manufacturing. The journey for starts with a focus on business outcomes. Make it concrete.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Supply chain organizations within the automotive supplier industry contribute to manufacturing excellence in many ways, including quality, cost, and delivery to their OEM and subsystem customer base. Ship according to a latest set of transportation routing instructions. Real time response to alerts, issues, and exceptions.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

For shippers, culture and behavior have to change to apply Lean Transportation thinking. The “Them (company leadership) versus Us (shop floor associates)” mentality also needs to change for Lean Transportation to " WE. The 8 Rights To Achieve Lean Transportation Practices. Transportation takes time. Right Service.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 8, 2024

So, creating Yook and the vision that we have with it is to empower manufacturers to effortlessly track and reduce their product carbon footprint just came naturally from that understanding that we need a different way to enable this for organizations and to really leverage data to drive decarbonization. On to next. Kate Kröger Sure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2016

The caller had prior experience with a major household products company and recently transitioned to a smaller, but global discrete manufacturer. The global pivot is a definition of the point in which the global scale of the company yields gives financial advantage. Improving Price to Tangible Book Value. How do I get started?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The combination of technology along with the advancements in transportation made it possible. The traditional manufacturing job defined the middle class. As we have driven improvements in globalization, jobs shifted as companies chased lower costs of labor. However, globalization comes with responsibility. What do you think?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

I then moved to an office products company Acco Canada, a manufacturer and they were distributing nationally to retail and commercial customers. I had all functions from Customer Service and back to Production Scheduling, including Planning, Distribution Operations, Transportation, Purchasing and got my ERP implementation experience.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Build a Baseline for Continuous Improvement. Whether you need to improve cost, service or other aspects of supply chain performance , both internal and external supply chain benchmarking exercises are a great way to identify, set, and work toward continuous improvement goals. Transportation fuel consumption.

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Precoro

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recall how manufacturers had to limit their on-site staff due to coronavirus safety regulations; more recently, food production in Ukraine was disrupted, which in turn affected the sales channels of Ukrainian products and everyone around the world who uses or distributes them. In situations like these, every cent matters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

I find most companies are good at pockets of planning–demand planning, supply planning, transportation planning, material planning or plant scheduling, but the flows are not connected. Let’s start with a definition. I find five common definitions: Tight Integration of Transactional and Planning Data. Get Started.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 15, 2015

At Cerasis, a core value of ours is continuous improvement for not only our company, our clients, and employees, but through our blog and content to those who are related to what we do (transportation management) in the fields of manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, distribution, and transportation.

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KEPLER Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Sticking to logistics origins, we could stand our ground on initial Supply Chain Management definition (a system reaching all processes, flows and resources needed to deliver the right product/service at the right place, in the right timing, with the right quality, quantity and cost). 3 Technological revolution acts as a trend amplifier.

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