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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Next Steps: Start to model demand based on market data to align the organization on baseline demand. Resist the temptation to place deeper analytics on top of existing data models. Instead, rethink the model and the approach. Out of desperation, they turned to the use of descriptive analytics.

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The Annual State of U.S.Logistics Report- Even More Candidness and Reality

Supply Chain Matters

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 34th Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. Background As our readership is likely aware, this report provides a snapshot of the U.S.

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7 Things To Consider For Efficient Spare Parts Management

SCMDOJO

Determine average inventory levels as part of the annual stocking procedure, contributing to cost containment through effective inventory management. Optimized Purchasing Procedures: Implement optimized purchasing procedures by identifying fast-selling items, ensuring timely orders, and preventing overstocking of slow-moving products.

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Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

Any process or management after the sale of the product involves reverse logistics. The manufacturing firm would then have to organise shipping of the defective product, testing the product, dismantling, repairing, recycling or disposing the product. If the product is defective, the customer would return the product.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. Supply chain management is increasingly making an impact on the overall functioning of the business and influencing C-suite decisions.

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

And the reality is that Supply Chain must be cost-effective. 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.

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Unleashed SME Supply Chain Resilience Roundtable: Improving Cash Flow in a Manufacturing Business

Unleashed

James Ewing: Procurement Manager at Renewable Parts Ltd. Darren Glanville: Country Manager UK & EMEA at Fathom – a technology and data-led finance partner that builds and runs smart finance functions. His team rely on Unleashed inventory management software to pull that data and break it down into accessible reports.