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Metrics and Issues to Consider in SQM (Supplier Quality Management) By 5 Big Industries

GlobalTranz

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site. Consumer Goods.

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

These key metrics become your organisation’s “multi-function display” and give you the primary data needed to monitor and manage “normal flight conditions.” ” Feel free to track lots more metrics in the background if you wish, but try to keep attention focused on the five or six “real KPIs.”

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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 6-10

QAD

By offering students a real-world educational opportunity in rotational programs with employers, Lori’s program introduces students to all facets of supply chain management, from purchasing to logistics to materials management to production planning. Her students tend to focus on purchasing, logistics and consulting.

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Manufacturing Inventory Management: The Manufacturer’s Guide

Unleashed

It refers to the process of purchasing, storing, and tracking the various goods required to build a product. The goal of manufacturing inventory management is to balance the supply and demand of products and minimise manufacturing costs and waste. For this reason, food manufacturers in particular run a high risk of spoilage and waste.

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. With adaptive customisation, users personalise it when they take it home.

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25 Lean Manufacturing Tools – 5S, Six Sigma & Beyond

Unleashed

Many manufacturers use lean methods to cut costs and improve efficiencies in their business. But ‘lean’ is a very broad concept and the ways that manufacturers ‘go lean’ vary considerably. Here we look at the most common tools and techniques used to bring the advantages of lean into the modern manufacturing workplace.