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RS Group completes acquisition of Distrelec

Synovos

80% in Scandinavia, and adds scale in Italy, Benelux and Eastern Europe. It is a complementary business to RS and has excellent value creation potential with a strong cultural and operational fit. Similar to RS, two thirds of Distrelec’s revenue are from digital channels and the average order value is also comparable to RS.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. The Company implemented SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) including the standard functionality of Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), and Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), yet many planners also used Excel.

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What is the Biggest Blind Spot in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company has had to shut down or slow down production at various factories around the world due to a shortage of steering gears manufactured by its supplier Bosch, which in turn blamed the problem on one of its suppliers in Italy that is having problems delivering the casing for the steering gears. Store-level inventory.

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Nursing Hospital and Healthcare Supply Into a New Age

Logistics Bureau

Vendor-managed Inventory. While this form of inventory management may not totally transform a healthcare supply chain, many healthcare providers have turned to VMI as a way to improve service and cost performance. Scanning For Improvement in the Hospital Supply Chain.