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Supply Chain Best Practices during a Quarantine

SupplyPike

Learn how to: Keep your logistics on time and prepared Maintain your replenishment goals Properly forecast and redefine your demand plan Use technology to help. You’ll need to work with your buyer on revising their purchasing plans to favor high demand items. Many suppliers are seeing the COVID-19 pandemic as a “black swan” event.

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The Supply Chain Collaboration Journey – Part 3: Limitations of CPFR

BlueYonder

Bridging the Divide Between the Retail and Manufacturing World. A fascinating evolution occurred over the last few years in how more and more advanced types of supply chain collaboration blurred the lines between retail and manufacturing supply chains. Gap 1: Current store level systems support planning consumer purchases.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. Delivery documentation is completed accurately. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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Using Voice-Directed Work in the Supply Chain: What IT Executives Need to Know

RFgen

For inventory handling in particular, voice alleviates the strenuous multitasking that is typical of work in the distribution center (DC) or shop floor. Warehouse voice technology’s ease of use has led to its adoption in manufacturing, retail, third-party logistics (3PL), and healthcare. are Vocollect Voice customers.

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The Intelligent IBP Manifesto – key principles for a new planning paradigm

Supply Chain Trend

I see more strategic decisions (close a plant or DC, enter a new product category, change in strategic sources) more in this category as well (which is different than what I show in figure 4). However, for a manufacturer a price or promotional change might first need to be aligned with the customer.

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The Biggest Opportunity for Supply Chain Visibility, Part 2

Elementum

Furthermore, since every process and every step is now tracked in a single source of truth, there is the added benefit of analytics to identify trends and systematically address recurring problems. That was the case for BASF, the global chemical manufacturer. The net result was an ideal one-two punch.

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12 Supply Chain Basics Your Company Must Get Right

Logistics Bureau

On the other hand, if you’re a business leader who must try to juggle supply chain effectiveness with that of marketing, sales, or manufacture, the following sections highlight the supply chain basics that your company must get right in order to maximise revenue and profit. “What?” ” I hear you cry.