Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Whatever your Industry you should be able to make comparisons to competitors, do benchmarking, and even compare yourself on key metrics across industries. Lean for instance is equally applicable in Supply Chain as it is in Manufacturing or anywhere else. Promoting Supply Chain Value. Cost and Profit Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

While forecast accuracy, if used well, can reduce safety stock, what I find in the study of the global multi-national is the rise of cycle stock due to increased item complexity, and the increase of in transit inventories due to longer freight lanes and longer cycles in ocean transportation.

Waste Reduction 150

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. Why Choose a Job in the Supply Chain Industry?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The nodes in the Supply Chain are those facilities that are involved in the end-to-end manufacture, processing, distribution, and consumption of goods. The links between these nodes are the freight, transportation and logistics players who move the goods throughout the Supply Chain. Node Supplier Selection/Management Involvement.

Waste Reduction 59

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The responsibilities, metrics, skills, strategies and mandates for each function can cause people to put their functional focus ahead of the greater company objectives. Manufacturing/Operations. Procurement #SCM #SupplyChain #HumanResources #Business #Leadership. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2018.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

You know the people, the processes and the metrics. Most companies have a Procurement function, Distribution, Logistics, Planning, Inventory Management, Product Data Management, and Operations. While they did a lot of analyses however they were primarily focused on internal cycle times and manufacturing efficiencies.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 43

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

Source: Google. This was not a trivial transition because the software industry, until relatively recently, was long fixated on measuring its health and success by new license revenue (sales of products) instead of customer-centric metrics, such as realization of ROI and payback objectives. Where is Descartes today?

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