synchrono

APRIL 2, 2018

There’s one sure-fire way to tell when someone has lived in Minneapolis long enough to be called a Minnesotan. Inventory – Excess material and WIP. Transportation – Unnecessary movement of material through the facility/supply chain. Each of these types of waste has at least one metric associated with it.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 60

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Lean Waste Reduction Material Savings 60

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. With a headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, the supply chain supports 600 stores in 50 states. The process design started with the customer and then mapped back to manufacturing and transportation.

Customer Service 275

Customer Service Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design 275

6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 96