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Roundtable Series: Scaling in a Compromised Supply Chain

Unleashed

Go back to their inventory and stock build and factor in this sort of possibility – alongside all the other supply challenges they’re facing these days. I think Sam’s really right,” Ben says, “in that the tendency in a lot of scale-ups is to chase sales metrics, and often supply can be a secondary thought. Three Spirits’ solution?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months. The company plans to do so, in part, by electrifying 35 percent of its U.S. Generating the full 185.6

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YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Questionnaire

The Lean Supply Chain

RTLS also enables management to monitor yard operations’ key performance indicators (KPIs) based on quantifiable productivity metrics measured by the actions of the yard trucks. Catalyst customers are able to increase utilization of warehouse space, increased throughput, improved perfect order fulfillment and increased inventory turns.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. They saw a steady drop in inventory and reduced working capital by about 50% over the period of 2011-2015. Impact of Demand Sensing on Inventory Levels. The reason? The implementation was very successful.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Optimising the Manufacturing Supply Chain

Unleashed

Often, we end up asking the partner in Germany or Spain or somewhere, ‘Can you air freight this? So we implemented an inventory management system for them. That reduces the amount of inventory space, handling, and logistics on individual small orders.” We’re a distributor for a Korean partner.

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Choosing a Fulfillment Partner

ModusLink Corporation

They sometimes offer real-time views in transport, inventory management, warehousing etc. Make sure to review the performance metrics of the Fulfillment service provider on Reverse Logistics in detail to avoid surprises. CRM/ERP platform Integration, Automated email communications etc. Professional insight should be considered.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory stock turns in Days. Inventory management. Inventory levels. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. DIF – Delivery in Full. DOT – Delivery on Time. DIFOT – Delivery In Full on Time. Warehousing.

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