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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Potential Sources of Disruption. Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage.

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

In order to quote a lead time, the customer representative had to follow a long, drawn-out process of calling the tile distributor in the state of Washington and leaving a message – only to finally get back to me the next day to tell me that the shipment might be available around next week. I chose predictable availability.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Potential Sources of Disruption. Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage.

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Accessing Bathrooms

Cathy Roberson

(Source: Reddit ) There’s been a lot of supply chain pains over the years, many of which are well documented – port congestion, capacity issues, rising spot rates, plunging spot rates, hidden fees, maxed out warehouses – just to name a few but one that I’m still trying to wrap my head around is access to bathrooms.

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50 expert tips on supply chain management

6 River Systems

Warehouse managers face numerous challenges, as well, such as the need to keep goods flowing in and out of the facility while enabling associates to practice social distancing measures. . China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table. Develop alternative sources and diversify value chains.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively. Louis, M.S.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Deere & Company.