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Your Roadmap to Successful Mobile Inventory Management System Implementation

RFgen

If you are one of the many organizations that use an ERP platform for inventory control, then you already know how powerful this technology can be. This article will walk you through the key stages of implementing a new mobile inventory management system (IMS). Implementing new software is no cakewalk. Let’s dive in!

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Bridge the Gap Between Executive Alignment & Supply Chain Performance

Logility

Without a detailed comprehension of how supply chains operate and contribute strategically to the organization, opportunities for efficiency improvements and strategic integrations are often overlooked. This can be done through regular supply chain briefings and workshops.

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Shipping Perfection Unlocked: The Insider’s Playbook to Outsmarting Misships and Winning Customer Loyalty

RFgen

Overhead swells in direct proportion to misships, adding greater expense for return shipping fees, overnight and same-day ordering, wasted inventory, chargebacks , wages, and loss of customers. Schedule regular refresher courses or workshops to reinforce best practices and keep staff up to date. Strive for continuous improvement.

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Why It Matters

Supply Chain Shaman

A company that is effectively working a supply chain strategy will have a nice, neat pattern at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. A company that is not balanced will tend to have a pattern that oscillates with no real trend towards improvement. Contrast the patterns of the two companies in figure 2.

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7 Strategic Performance Business Practices with 3PL KPIs and 4 KPI Problems to Solve

GlobalTranz

Sales, Inventory, and Production Planning (SIOP) should be used for business planning and strategy in the shipper, 3PL relationship. Process improvements and Continuous Improvement Opportunities. Both parties must develop human resources to improve operations. Strategic Business Planning.

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The Best Time to Kick Off a Continuous Improvement Initiative

synchrono

Prosperity is perhaps one of the greatest obstacles to continuous improvement in manufacturing. When things are going well, we don’t feel the need to make improvements quite as keenly. There really is no better time to make improvements than when things are going well. Things Are Looking Up. Here are just a few.

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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices. Here are some of the quotes from the workshop I led yesterday that helped me to better understand the industry: “A process born out of chaos is chaos. Generalize procurement of materials.

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