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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? My second observation is that for 96% of public companies supply chain excellence is slip-sliding away. Reflections on Excellence. Tom Peters. Here, in this blog, I explain.

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Manufacturers Should Focus on This Most Critical Component for Manufacturing Operations Excellence

GlobalTranz

We conclude this two part series about manufacturing operations excellence by consultant Chuck Intrieri, by outlaying why manufacturers should focus on a critical component that will help sustain manufacturing operations excellence for years to come. What is Driving Sustainable Manufacturing Operations Excellence? Work centers?

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?

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The Renewed Importance of Production Planning and Operational Excellence in the New Normal- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

The following is a continuation of a supply chain technology thought leadership education series developed in collaboration with Replan. Refocusing on Operational Excellence In the previous section, we identified a number of drivers for operational efficiency.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In other words, halal requires an organisation of the supply chain instead of just the factory: from source all the way up to point of consumer purchase. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing. distributor, retailer) and suppliers (e.g.: ingredient supplier, slaughter house).

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Dreams on Home Delivery Excellence: It Begins and Ends with Customer Experience

Talking Logistics

During my trip to England earlier this year , I had the opportunity to explore those questions and more with Brian McCarthy, Logistics Director at Dreams , Britain’s leading bed retailer. As McCarthy put it, after a customer buys a bed, it’s his responsibility “to make sure we deliver it to their home brilliantly.”

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Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Through trade, countries are able to buy agri-food produce from other parts of the world that are not able to grow efficiently on their own land (or region) or are not in season. These products are distributed back into the retail channel. He is the author of ‘Halal business management: a guide to achieving halal excellence’.