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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff

Kinaxis

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. Reason #10: Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff. Reason #8 Keeping supply chain information in silos.

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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

In addition, there are disruptions in the manufacturing of parts and supplies of raw materials. As we have seen in 2021, businesses automated and integrated supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing , dynamic safety-stock management , inventory optimization , and external collaboration.

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Unleashed Cash Flow Workshop: Experts Share Tips for Generating Cash Flow & Mitigating Risk

Unleashed

As a result, significant amounts of cash flow remain tied up in unmoving inventory. Converting overstocked inventory into positive cash flow While prevention may be preferable to cure, the reality is that many firms are still stuck with excess stock tying up their cash flow and costing them thousands in storage fees.

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Top 10 Best Supply Chain Job Boards

SCMDOJO

National Association of Educational Procurement. Jobsinlogistics.com is the first and largest online logistics job board specializing in career opportunities in logistics, supply chain, distribution, transportation, warehousing, freight forwarding, manufacturing, purchasing, and inventory management. Michael Page.

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Five Trends That Excite Me!

Supply Chain Shaman

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. The SAP acquisition of Ariba slowed innovation and the purchase, and then the failed promise of investment in Crossgate was disappointing to SAP supply chain business users. Building the Network of Networks.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Unable to power additional year-over-year improvements at the intersection of cost and inventory, companies struggle. Or is it the use of the Internet of Things to transform manufacturing or reduce issues with counterfeiting?

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Using Voice-Directed Work in the Supply Chain: What IT Executives Need to Know

RFgen

Hands-free, eyes-free task execution at high speed and volume for key inventory processes offers great promise. For inventory handling in particular, voice alleviates the strenuous multitasking that is typical of work in the distribution center (DC) or shop floor. Training time was cut in half. A Short History of Voice.