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Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 21, 2024
During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team. Lack of aligned metrics.
Talking Logistics
APRIL 27, 2015
In the first episode of this educational series focused on the link between transportation management and supply chain excellence, Chris Timmer of LeanLogistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor) outlined the attributes of a strong transportation management foundation and how to build it.
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Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 9, 2020
As companies outsourced—greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and transportation—and asset utilization grew from 10% to 35% ROIC the management of the supply chain became more complex. As demand variability increases simple volume analyses like A,B, ad C based on units sold become obsolete.
Supply Chain Opz
JUNE 1, 2014
Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. Moreover, the aircraft manufacturers have to do whatever it takes to win the order long before the commencement of production. However, products go to over 2.4
Aera Technology
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Manufacturers are facing SKU proliferation to go to new markets and to answer consumer demand for more personalized products. Yet because those systems are typically disconnected silos, CPG manufacturers still lack the holistic view of the supply chain they need. Plus, new market pressures are raising the stakes for OTIF.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 8, 2016
Over the last decade the use of Terra Technology’s DS product improved short-term demand forecasts by 37% at 13 consumer products, and food and beverage companies. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The Path Forward.
Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Another option is to work in a warehouse, or in transport, or maybe in customer service where you are dealing with people all the time. A common route into supply chain management is a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, logistics, or international transport. You can’t go wrong with finance either.
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