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Putting Supply Chains on Autopilot with Ali Raza

The Logistics of Logistics

Ali joined his first tech startup while still an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. Throughput can be calculated as Inventory = Rate multiplied by Time, where “rate” is the throughput. His production teams were responsible for billions of dollars of hydrocarbon output to the global economy. About ThroughPut, Inc.

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Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

The largest Groundhog Day in the United States is in s Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania , with Punxsutawney Phil. . We believe that supply chain excellence is driving improvement while averaging a higher level of performance in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. It is a ritual. One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

True Value is investing $150 million in upgrades to its supply chain that will cover a new distribution center in Pennsylvania, ordering software, and more. Macy’s hired its first chief supply chain officer (CSCO) to oversee sourcing, inventory management, distribution, and sustainability. This number fell by 5.4%

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‘Best in Class’ Supply chain from a Road warrior perspective – Part 1

Kinaxis

Does being the best at a specific supply chain function — Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Order Fulfillment and S&OP—define a best in class supply chain? Decisions are tradeoffs and need to be evaluated based on their impact and the weighting of key performance metrics. Let’s start with Insight #1.

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What Exactly Is Omnichannel 2.0 and How Is It Different?

Veridian Solutions

A Guide to the Warehouse Metrics Supply Chain Execs Should Track. Improved inventory management, reducing instances of overstocking and under stocking. According to the Wharton University of Pennsylvania , the measures to fully utilize omnichannel 2.0 Download WhitePaper. Omnichannel 2.0 Omnichannel 2.0 End-to-end visibility.

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The Current State of Bottleneck Management and What Companies Need to Do to Improve

ThroughPut

Inventory as a liability and not an asset was a big epiphany for impacting cash flows. This was as true as in hydraulic fracturing in 2011 as it was in managing telecommunications finished goods inventories in 2019. 3 years ago, ThroughPut was an LLC out of a basement in Pennsylvania. Not Silicon Valley disruption.

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What Entrepreneur Media Wouldn’t Publish about ThroughPut: Why Industrial Operations Bottleneck Elimination is the World’s Greatest Mission

ThroughPut

Inventory as a liability and not an asset was a big epiphany for impacting cash flows. This was as true as in hydraulic fracturing in 2011 as it was in managing telecommunications finished goods inventories in 2019. 3 years ago, ThroughPut was an LLC out of a basement in Pennsylvania. Not Silicon Valley disruption.