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SCRC Supply Chain Index contributes again to the 2021 Wall Street Journal Top 250 Best Managed Companies

NC State SCRC

Companies who have a dedicated team focused on collecting information on the supply market can anticipate shortages, and work to create better category strategies to control costs. A second critical capability for managing shortages is known as Supplier Relationship Management. This is NOT a ‘touchy feely’ type of requirement.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

What is the strategy of the company/supply chain: operational excellence, product leadership or customer intimacy? The company focus is on the consumer although our supply chain strategy at the moment is to support our growth. Also, our supply chain strategy is focused on product freshness and quality.

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Looking Ahead: Ukraine Reconstruction

Enterra Insights

They explain, “As waste in Afghanistan and Iraq showed, reconstruction may fail if donors lack coherent strategies or projects are not sustainable or are prone to corruption. ” Recently, Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, fired government officials over corruption charges.

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

Supply chain professionals can learn a lot from Hollywood about outsourcing, sustainability, Big Data, innovation, supply chain strategy and risk management. We then see a warehouse employee wheeling the ark through an enormous government warehouse filled with seemingly endless stacks of wooden crates.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

That said, there are several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in 2016: Oil Prices : Just a few years ago, there was plenty of talk about oil prices potentially reaching $300 per barrel and the impact it would have on supply chain and logistics networks and processes (e.g.,

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

Companies who have a dedicated team focused on collecting information on the supply market can anticipate shortages, and work to create better category strategies to control costs. In that respect, supply market intelligence becomes one of the most important and critical stepping stones for an effective category strategy.