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Unilever’s Relentless Commitment to S-Curve Transformations

Logistics Viewpoints

S-curves have been applied to product development, returns from an IT project, a new manufacturing process, and other business activities as well. This is a culture of continuous improvement writ large. Unilever started in North America in 2020. Unilever has applied the idea to global transformations.

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Creating a Conscious Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The process driven solution approach enables an organization to look at business processes with an eye towards opportunities for continuous improvement. Craig Moore is Vice President Sales North America for Körber Supply Chain Software. It starts with being thoughtful about solving today’s challenges.

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Cardinal Health’s Perfect Implementation

Logistics Viewpoints

Cardinal Health, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical, surgical and laboratory products, is focused on continuous improvement of service. Global logistics leaders wanted to improve service levels, lower costs, and fortify Cardinal Health’s supply chain planning process.

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Demystifying MRO Inventory Optimization

Synovos

Peter Olejniczak, General Manager for Operations in North America at RS Integrated Supply, a global Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supply chain solutions provider, agrees. At one food manufacturing site, this strategy has generated savings of $100,000 per year. The figure can be enormous.

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The 11 Most Popular Blog Posts on Business in 2014

GlobalTranz

Today we continue our “Top Blog Posts” series, after covering the top posts in manufacturing , supply chain , logistics , and transportation so far, by bringing you a subject all of us must focus on: Business. Top 11 Most Popular Blog Posts on Business in 2014 by Page View. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Each year at Supply Chain Insights we study performance and improvement of companies in each industry. For the past four years, as we have done our work, we have tracked Novo Nordisk’s continued improvement against the pharmaceutical peer group. Performance and Improvement within the Pharmaceutical Industry for 2009-2015.

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State of Logistics Outsourcing: Plenty of Room for Growth as Shipper Dissatisfaction & Technology Expectations Increase

GlobalTranz

China has been the fastest-growing market in the last decade and it continues to lead the pack. After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. It is not hard to understand why.