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Supply Chain: Learning How to Dance

Supply Chain Shaman

As companies become more mature, the definition of location changes moving from a ship-from location to a ship-to-location to be more customer-centric.). Monthly demand needs to be consumed into daily schedules based on rules-based consumption. Consumption is managed by rules, policies, and optimization.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

They tend to have many pretty PowerPoint slide decks–full of acronyms, pretty pictures and E2E commitments–but they lack a common definition of supply chain excellence. Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. inventory turns. New product launch.

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Omni-Channel Fulfillment is Key for the Holiday Season

Logistics Viewpoints

That means that the holiday shipping season is in full swing too. ARC’s definition of omni-channel fulfillment is end-delivery centric. Warehouse Management Systems A WMS ’s primary mission is to manage a warehouse’s resources, including inventory, space, labor, equipment, tasks, and material flows.

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A River Runs Through It…

Supply Chain Shaman

In organizations, there is a better understanding of supply than demand flows. As companies and teams mature, the definition of the word “flow” changes. The Maturity Model of Flow Definitions within Supply Chain Management. A Focus on Horizontal Processes to Support Demand Flows.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition. Definitions of Planning Horizons. While the term demand sensing is used with abandonment in the industry (often over-used), it is seldom clearly defined. Many times, the term is confused with the use of market data as an input in a tactical demand forecasting model. The current state is a quagmire. Be careful.

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Essilor – The secret of a global & robust S&OP process

DynaSys

The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. The semi finished lenses are shipped to one of our 490 Rx Labs (prescription labs) where they are finalized based on our consumer’s prescription and needs. The goal with production restart was not to produce too much of the wrong inventory.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

The result is that the forecast accuracy is improved because a demand planner has an additional source data to make a better decision. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal. The answer is that they use the multi-echelon inventory model to solve the problem.