Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. I am writing this post from Egypt. It is exciting to see a country so excited about building global transportation infrastructure. It is seldom a step change. How Have They Done?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Strategy Global Supply Chain 150

Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire’s granular AIS data about transport vessels is now seamlessly incorporated into the cloud-based software system used by Gravity’s clients. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Software Predictive Analytics Software 52

Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. During that whole life cycle, 40% of the carbon is the material extraction and manufacturing phases. I then decided to go back to school.

Material Savings 52

Material Savings Cost Reduction Strategies Resource Reduction Expense Reduction 52

Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Sourcing 52

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Production/manufacturing. Transportation. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. KPIs should comprise a handful of metrics that CAN be realistically monitored and reacted to on a continuous basis.

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KPI Guinea-Bissau Virgin Islands Papua New Guinea 94