Supply Chain Brain

JULY 6, 2025

The clause doesn’t constitute a guarantee that Washington will hold off on putting tariffs on the industry considered vital by the Swiss, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. They said the wording is framed as a pledge for both parties to cooperate to avoid such a move via the so-called Section 232 probe.

Pharmaceutical

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 11, 2025

senators during a hearing in Washington on June 11 that he wants to hold “Boeing accountable to deliver a high-quality product.” Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Lawyer for 737 Crash Victim Families Slams DOJ Deal with Boeing Quality & Metrics U.S. Bedford told U.S.

Quality

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

India had been among the first to engage Washington in talks, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile White House visit in February. Washington and other allies of Ukraine view such oil purchases as a form of tacit support for Russia, helping to bolster its economy and undercut sanctions. India and the U.S.

Russia

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

The future inventory fire sale. One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.)

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Growth agendas with the spiraling demand require cash, supplier shortages necessitate the shortening of payables, and the longer/more variable transport lead times decrease inventory turns increasing the need for cash. The Dollar stores are struggling with higher inventory levels, but are outperforming the sector. The answer?

Supply and Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The decline in inventory turns uses cash. I pulled up my covers to go to sleep four hours later. My question is, “Why?”

Supply Chain Design Software

Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. With contingency plans in place, the company announced that it had a healthy inventory supply of finished products and did not foresee a risk to patient supply at that time. Tips for an Effective Contingency Plan.

Pharmaceutical

Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

San Francisco

6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Revenue: $8.7 Revenue: $8.17

Warehousing

Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. With contingency plans in place, the company announced that it had a healthy inventory supply of finished products and did not foresee a risk to patient supply at that time. Tips for an Effective Contingency Plan.

Pharmaceutical

BlueYonder

JUNE 2, 2017

In The Washington Post article, How a custom blazer in 90 minutes just might change the apparel business , Sarah Halzack explores how 3-D knitting helps address growing demand for personalized garments, while also delivering potential benefits such as more durable products, fewer labor costs and the elimination of inventory obsolescence.

Manufacturing

BlueYonder

JUNE 2, 2017

In The Washington Post article, How a custom blazer in 90 minutes just might change the apparel business , Sarah Halzack explores how 3-D knitting helps address growing demand for personalized garments, while also delivering potential benefits such as more durable products, fewer labor costs and the elimination of inventory obsolescence.

Manufacturing

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. Louis, M.S.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

67% of respondents said they were investing in the inclusion of environmental and social sustainability metrics as KPIs for their supply chain leaders. For example, US company Signify, which produces lightbulbs , agreed with the city of Washington, DC, to install 13,000 LED lights at no upfront cost to the city.

Material Savings

6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. Establishing protocols, metrics, organizational owners, and related processes can empower organizations to respond more effectively when faced with a crisis.” ” — Michael Varney and Wil G.

Supply Chain Planning Software

FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. In any of these scenarios, fixed capacity is a mismatch for that variant over in inventory. Maybe, they might grow 15% or 20% to 30%.

Modeling Software

Enterra Insights

MAY 12, 2020

In Washington, DC, policy circles, much attention has been paid to areas with a direct impact on defense and national security, such as semiconductors and rare earths. Sáenz and Revilla explain, “To achieve effective transparency and resiliency, objective and comparable metrics [are] required.” Monitor resiliency.

Supply Chain Design Software

NC State SCRC

JULY 9, 2020

A recent article in the Washington Post highlighted the massive shortages of PPE that are now decimating hospitals nationwide, as the number of new cases of Coronavirus goes through the roof. Decreased finished goods, WIP and raw material inventory levels. Performance on out-of-stock and perfect order (on-time, in-full) metrics.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

RFgen

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Forklifts are necessary pieces of equipment for some inventory warehouses and manufacturing plants. An RFgen white paper detailed how voice-directed inventory management solutions improve accuracy and employee focus. Even when people don’t show signs of contamination, forklift fumes could taint products kept in inventories.

Data

RFgen

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Forklifts are necessary pieces of equipment for some inventory warehouses and manufacturing plants. An RFgen white paper detailed how voice-directed inventory management solutions improve accuracy and employee focus. Even when people don’t show signs of contamination, forklift fumes could taint products kept in inventories.

Data