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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

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?”

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

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.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

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.

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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

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.

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U.S. Manufacturing Activity Continues to Grow

BlueYonder

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.

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U.S. Manufacturing Activity Continues to Grow

BlueYonder

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.