Unleashed

APRIL 9, 2024

To measure how effective a company is at delivering complete orders on time, you can use the aptly named On Time in Full (OTIF) metric. This article explains what it is, how to measure and improve it, and how to improve your OTIF rate. In turn, the overall efficiency of the supply chain may improve.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 5, 2019

With end-to-end visibility, flexibility and agility you can see what’s lurking in the shadows of your supply chains and get ahead of risks, opportunities and unanticipated events.

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Unleashed

MARCH 6, 2024

Agile supply chain management is especially important in today’s dynamic business landscape, where customer expectations, technological advancements, and environmental uncertainties are constantly evolving and creating new challenges and opportunities for supply chain performance. Let’s dive in.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2020

In the process of implementing new strategies, companies may overlook these aspects that can affect supply-chain performance.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 18, 2021

Supply Chain Health Checks are really vital to maintain performance. So do you regularly check your Supply Chain Health? Here are the 8 Supply Chain Health Check Diagnostic. Check them out: Boost Your Supply Chain Performance. What aspects do you check? Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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Aioneers

AUGUST 6, 2021

In today's globalized world, regulatory complexity is one of the root causes to lacking supply chain performance. This article presents the sixth of eight root causes we defined for supply chains lagging behind their potential. You will find an overview of all root causes in the first post of our ten-part series.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, there are yet a few potential factors that can hinder the efficiency of supply chain operations, and identifying these hurdles can be a crucial step in improving supply chain performance to boost its overall efficiency. The post Guest Blog – How To Identify Supply Chain Barriers To Boost Efficiency?

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 15, 2023

Join us as we discuss the possibilities and learn how you may be able to find new partnerships for Supply Chain performance! Moving on is always difficult, especially if you’ve had a long and involved relationship.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2018

Here are my top 10 tips to boost your Supply Chain performance towards Best in Class. OK, why do so many organisations struggle with the same old Supply Chain Challenges? I’ve compiled a hit list of my top 10 focus areas that will help you boost your Supply Chain performance and that of your teams.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 2, 2016

This tactic of ‘letting go’, is how many companies are growing, even thriving. To learn more on this topic, read “Whitepaper: Divestures and the Threat to Supply Chain Performance.”. The post How to Capture Full Divestiture Value with a 3PL appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Zipline Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

Accurately tracking and evaluating transportation analytics is a critical component of managing your supply chain performance during peak season. By isolating key metrics, you can diagnose how to improve laggard performance and where your logistics operation needs to be tweaked to keep up with increased demand during peak.

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ShipBob

MAY 6, 2022

However, there are a number of challenges standing in the way of effective supply chain execution among wholesale businesses. This post takes a closer look at the biggest wholesale supply chain challenges and how to resolve them. What is meant by wholesale supply chain? Analyze your data.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 15, 2022

Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking. KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics. Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2015

However, there is ample opportunity to foster continuous supply chain performance and overall cost efficiencies within the reverse logistics process. Additionally, Mr. Bentz is an adjunct professor in supply chain in the graduate transportation program at the University of Denver and a member of the board of directors.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

How to make it happen in your company: Infuse engagement and excitement into your team by reinforcing a bigger goal and more long-term growth conversations. How to make it happen in your company or on your team: If you’re struggling with inter-site communication and productivity, consider implementing a site Hoshin Plan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2022

Many analysts report that shippers are increasingly looking at digital solutions to improve supply chain performance. This strategy begins much earlier in the supply chain process for optimal results. Technology is a great enabler in many aspects of supply chain improvement.

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Unleashed

MARCH 28, 2021

When done properly SRM can achieve greater efficiencies, reduce wholesale costs, and optimise supply chain performance. Optimises performance. The goal of SRM is to leverage supplier relationships to create value and profitability for your business. Supplier relationship management can: Mitigates risk. Reduces costs.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Confused about supply chain KPIs and performance benchmarking? Here are some tips on how to use them together. Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking. Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Aside from driving actions to improve costs, service, or other elements of supply chain performance, your KPI selection should consider one more highly beneficial application, which you will not be able to exploit without specific metrics in place. That application is called supply chain benchmarking.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In the general supply chain area, however, only a few really comprehensive databases exist for organisations to access. In fact, SCOR is actually an entire reference model for supply chain performance management and improvement, in which benchmarking plays just one part.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

As a supply chain leader, he is struggling how to dance in the ring of fire. The ring of fire is corporate politics at the executive level on supply chain performance. Each executive has a different perspective on the definition of supply chain excellence, but they are never discussed and aligned.

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Adexa

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This includes, rerouting the products through a third country, changing the mix of products essentially over night and performing what-if scenarios to have deep understanding of your company’s potential supply chain capabilities. The post Resiliency of Your Supply Chain – And How to Improve it.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 23, 2021

BENCHMARKING your Supply Chain is recognized as one of the Top 3 Management Tools to improve Supply Chain performance. Watch this video: Related videos and articles on this topic have appeared throughout our websites, check them out: Robobyrne: How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Instead of asking what makes a good forecast and how to measure the impact of forecast performance, companies pass forecasting responsibilities around the organization like kids with a hot potato at summer camp. The focus is not on who but on how to improve outcomes. What is the best supply chain technology?

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Supply chain disruptions. They grab daily headlines, and the question always on the table is how to get the visibility and agility needed to respond in time. No matter how good it all looked on paper, the pandemic made weak links obvious: supplier shortages and backed-up transportation networks, among other things.

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Logility

AUGUST 7, 2017

Wait, it’s not spring; but does that mean you have to wait another eight months to review your supply chain? Often, it becomes necessary to reevaluate how supply chain performance is measured to ensure healthy operations. Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?”

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Arkieva

OCTOBER 11, 2017

In recent webinars and presentations, I have been talking about Early Warning Systems within the context of supply chains. The news story above made me think of several examples where a supply chain would use similar concepts to develop early warning metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. We were both very opinionated.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2020

If you have wondered how to improve OTIF and overall supply chain performance, you are not alone. We have a few tips on how to make logistics improvements to increase OTIF performance. How to Improve OTIF Score. Improving on-time and in-full performance unfortunately can’t be done overnight.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2017

In the general supply chain area, however, only a few really comprehensive databases exist for organisations to access. In fact, SCOR is actually an entire reference model for supply chain performance management and improvement, in which benchmarking plays just one part.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 13, 2023

” • Improved supply chain performance. It’s no secret that the past few years have witnessed numerous supply chain challenges. ” Dinardo believes one way to improve supply chain performance is through better decision-making. ” I wholeheartedly agree.

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 24, 2016

Configurability Becomes More Important as Business Users Require More Control Over how to Access and Interact With a Variety of Software Systems

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AFFLINK

APRIL 26, 2017

Although methods such as strategic sourcing have improved indirect supply chain performance, one could argue that these methods take a short-term approach. A long-term approach involves recognizing how the values of indirect suppliers align with stakeholder values.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 24, 2021

With the success of AI/ML in areas like image recognition, medicine, and the web, why are we only seeing incremental gains in the supply chain? What’s throttling AI’s ability to drive optimal supply chain performance? The 5 areas in the supply chain where you can and should use network AI/ML.

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QAD

MARCH 29, 2022

Together with Quistem Founder and President Cathy Fisher, the two of us are co-hosting “ Auto Supply Chain Prophets ,” which is the first podcast dedicated solely to global automotive supply chain issues.

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2023

The key to resolving this dilemma is unifying finance and supply chain data, processes, and systems with an Integrated Business Planning platform. Promote the right stock at the right time Statistically, causal-driven forecasts can be used to understand how sales have historically performed.

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