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Track the Supply Chain Metrics that Really Matter

Precoro

To monitor supply chain performance, stakeholders of successful companies typically define supply chain metrics that are relevant to the given business and track these KPIs regularly. By setting benchmarks for metrics, analysts can recognize unsettling trends and take preventive measures on time.

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Metrics and Issues to Consider in SQM (Supplier Quality Management) By 5 Big Industries

GlobalTranz

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site. Medical Devices.

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Why You Should Conduct Internal Quality Audits

Arena Solutions

External audits can be nerve-wracking with key personnel and teams running from pillar to post searching for records or documents, especially if you don’t have a quality management system (QMS) software solution in place. Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics.

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Does Perfect Customer Service Make Sense?

Logistics Viewpoints

To reduce lead times, Ipsen decoupled manufacturing from packaging. These finished goods were composed of the drug and the specific regulatory information different nations required on the packages and in the inserts. But the finished goods, inclusive of nation specific packaging, had a lead time of six months.

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Do You Really Understand What’s Driving Your Demand Planning Processes?

Logility

To really exploit your new data to gain an advantage, you need a clear analytical plan, specific metrics tailored to your situation, and an understanding of what analytics and reporting will help you the best. Descriptive analytics are the summary measures and metrics that provide insight. Why are our error metrics (MAPE, MAE, etc.)

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? What metrics do others (in my industry) use? Where do I begin?

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Shipping Perfection Unlocked: The Insider’s Playbook to Outsmarting Misships and Winning Customer Loyalty

RFgen

Both help assure that packages are correctly labeled and addressed. This type of solution can prevent misships by lowering the risk of lost or misdelivered packages. Advanced mobile solutions like those provided by RFgen can combine the most-needed functionality of all these technologies into one robust but flexible package.