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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. With the rising costs of accessorial charges as the freight sat on the dock, moving freight by ocean container grew more problematic. Next Steps.

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Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

To that end, every warehouse manager’s role is to manage the physical environment, loadshifting equipment and people, to decrease the chances of collision and accidents, and often, to help the flow of freight via outbound and inbound freight management; an entire process known as warehouse traffic management.

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What Supply Chain Data Should I Track in 2020?

Veridian Solutions

Supply chain data management requires attention to detail and a mechanism in place that provides analytics, or insights, to gain actionable knowledge. Risk exists around data when it is incorrectly or inaccurately collected and shared.

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Five Causes of Analysis Paralysis You Can Avoid

TMC

Either way, a surfeit of data can gum up the decision-making process and make it more difficult to pinpoint the root causes of problems that are undermining the efficiency of your freight network. It’s easy to get bogged down in streams of data generated by inappropriate metrics. Lack of understanding.

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Five Causes of Analysis Paralysis You Can Avoid

TMC

Either way, a surfeit of data can gum up the decision-making process and make it more difficult to pinpoint the root causes of problems that are undermining the efficiency of your freight network. It’s easy to get bogged down in streams of data generated by inappropriate metrics. Lack of understanding.

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Is Your Supply Chain A Cost Centre or a Value Creator?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Whatever your Industry you should be able to make comparisons to competitors, do benchmarking, and even compare yourself on key metrics across industries. Supply Chain has a central and pivotal role, if not the controlling responsibility, for Cash Cycle management. Cost and Profit Management. Promoting Supply Chain Value.

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The Supply Chain Detectiveâ„¢! In Search of Broken Supply Chain Clues!

Supply Chain Game Changer

You know the people, the processes and the metrics. Most companies have a Procurement function, Distribution, Logistics, Planning, Inventory Management, Product Data Management, and Operations. Lack of a Supply Chain strategy beyond just managing operating expenses. Poor metric performance (eg.