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Inventory Everywhere, But Not the Right Product to Ship

Supply Chain Shaman

Bloated inventories. Despite investments in planning, today, industries hold 28 more days of inventory than in 2004. The larger the number of days of inventory, the greater the cash drag.) Changes in Inventory Year-end inventory values by industry from Y Charts. The story continues. Rising inflation. Next steps?

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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

Shown in Figure 1 is the definition of the layers of outside-in planning. For example, in manufacturing, the shift in focus is away from OEE to focus on first pass yield and schedule adherence.) They implemented a simple planning technology with an outside-in channel-centric model (Ship to model definition).

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. We are not clear on definition. So, if you use the Supply Chain Insights definition, you might ask, how are we doing commercially against this goal?

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Lead Time Definition – How to Calculate & Reduce it?

SCMDOJO

Studies say that 25% of customers won’t buy something unless it can be shipped in two days or less. To make things simpler, having a clear lead time definition helps in making sure orders are fulfilled on time and customers are satisfied. Time is really important in business.

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Control Towers: If Only There Was A Clear Definition

Supply Chain Shaman

What is an easy definition? There is no class of technologies, or common definition, for “control towers.” Contract manufacturing or 3PL data often will have a 24-hour latency due to batch integration. I was at a customer last week that shipped to distributors and did not know the site of customer facilities. Visibility.

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

While lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts when they were introduced, agility and resilience must be taken to an entirely new level post pandemic. The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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Inventory Turnover Ratio: Definition & Improvement + Calculator

Unleashed

The inventory turnover ratio measures how often stock is sold and replaced over time. It’s a vital inventory accounting metric for monitoring sales and managing perishable goods – without it, your business will struggle to operate efficiently and could start losing money fast. Inventory turnover is expressed as a financial ratio.