Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported September PMI reported value 49.1 value reported for August.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing. Meanwhile, countries in Southeast Asia, such as Vietnam and Cambodia, are enjoying growth as offshore manufacturing centres.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Excessive costs can hide anywhere in your company’s service provision or supply chain functions, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and customer service. Supply/Inventory Management Inventory management problems and supplier relationship issues , too, can creep in over time and eat away at your profit margins.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. As an example, a heavy equipment manufacturer used SupplyChainPlanning.com to create a collaborative planning app with its dealers.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. Zachary said.

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QAD

JULY 9, 2020

They took steps to ensure their players could maintain their fitness levels by providing exercise machines and fitness bands to track their physical condition. Coaches and team physicians can monitor the players’ health, including sleep patterns, exercise, and diet, just as they had in the past using traditional methodologies.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3]. ” The Supply Chain Quarterly staff notes Peloton, purveyors of connected exercise bikes, already offers such a service. and Peloton Interactive Inc., ”[3].

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 6, 2016

Interestingly, both teams wound up with high excess inventory in the chain. Yet it appears that in most of the world wholesalers and manufacturers still create their own forecast and pay scant attention to any forecasts they get from retailers. Within the teams some tried to ply their supply chain expertise to attain these goals.

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Vinculum

APRIL 15, 2020

It can be beneficial for organizations to stay in touch with all of their suppliers and create joint agreements to check inventory levels and lead times. Estimate inventory. Businesses should keep track of all the inventory available in their supply chains, including spare items and remanufactured stock. For a resilient future.

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QAD

JULY 9, 2020

They took steps to ensure their players could maintain their fitness levels by providing exercise machines and fitness bands to track their physical condition. Coaches and team physicians can monitor the players’ health, including sleep patterns, exercise, and diet, just as they had in the past using traditional methodologies.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment?

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

Manufacturers may recall stock because of flaws or to replace older products with newer ones. They may recall inventory from retailers or reprocess it because it has passed its sell-by date or demand is insufficient. Procter and Gamble developed its ‘zero returns’ policy a couple of decades ago.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory. Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

What levels of inventory availability do you require? How fast are your inventory turns? Will your inventory volumes fluctuate much due to seasonality, or only a little? At the wholesaler or distributor level, you might be accessing inventory down to case level and then in the convenience store stock room, individual bottles.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2017

Strange as it may seem, many business leaders don’t have the answers to these questions , because they’ve never conducted an exercise to understand the costs involved with supplying their customers. Increases in obsolete and/or excess inventory. Do you supply certain products to certain customers at a loss?

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Manufacturers vs Trading Companies. Manufacturers make the product themselves and will sell the goods directly to you. Make sure that you deal directly with manufacturers and not trading companies. Manufacturers can and will change their products’ specs with little or short notice. Order Product Samples.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Manufacturers vs Trading Companies. Manufacturers make the product themselves and will sell the goods directly to you. Make sure that you deal directly with manufacturers and not trading companies. Manufacturers can and will change their products’ specs with little or short notice. Order Product Samples.

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first exercised new powers granted under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to shut down processing at the Sunland Inc. In surveys by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), 58% of respondents’ companies had been affected by a product recall in the last five years. In 2012, the U.S.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 22, 2020

Many companies struggle to have one comprehensive view on all of their capacities, constraints, inventory and alternatives across the network. How do you ensure that this is not a one-time exercise but a continuous one, as it should be? Think about a sensor at a factory line or from an inventory location. But where to start?

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The team should include people from security operations, emergency management, supply chain management, inventory and warehouse management, IT, legal, finance, audit, and quality. The team should organize scenario planning, simulations (“table top exercises”), and training. Forecasting was useless.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Perform segmentation to curate clusters based on value proposition, manufacturing strategies, fulfillment choices, inventory policies down to customer, product and market intersections to carry forward stratification of demand and replenishment streams. Conduct a comprehensive network design and optimization exercise.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table. Chinese manufacturers did the same as they evolved their operations during the 1990s and early 2000s. .’

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Mr. Kirkegaard holds a BS in manufacturing / industrial engineering and a Masters Degree in Finance. solutions have been key to assisting dozens of business’s as well as utilized in philanthropic work using supply chain engineering and advanced manufacturing to enhance economic development and USA job creation. The DCRA Inc.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 31, 2016

On the other hand, if you’re a business leader who must try to juggle supply chain effectiveness with that of marketing, sales, or manufacture, the following sections highlight the supply chain basics that your company must get right in order to maximise revenue and profit. Inventory Management in the Warehouse. “What?”

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales over $19 billion, more than 80,000 employees and more than 60 manufacturing and technology research centers globally. Whirlpool has not always considered logistics a competitive advantage.

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ShipBob

JUNE 27, 2020

With that information, you may decide on promoting how your costume jewelry product lasts longer or offer an extended returns policy. . With a business plan in place, you can calculate the number of products you need to manufacture and your path to profitability. Choose to outsource manufacturing and suppliers or not.

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Logility

MAY 31, 2023

According to the Gartner Guide to Use Cases for Network Optimization Capabilities , your company should dig deeper into four areas of your supply chain network design – distribution network optimization, omnichannel fulfillment, manufacturing capacity optimization, and global footprint strategy.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 11, 2020

For many manufacturers, the coronavirus pandemic proved to be an excessive stress test. Ted Stank, professor of supply chain and logistics at the University of Tennessee, notes, “There are a lot of issues that play into [whether a manufacturer can easily pivot]. They knew that, under strain, brittle supply chains would snap.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

But I continue to dust off my crystal ball, nonetheless, because coming up with predictions is a fun exercise for me and they usually generate some thoughtful ideas and conversations. companies that move manufacturing operations overseas? Assuming these anticipated rate hikes occur, what impact will they have on inventory levels?

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