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Smarter, Low-Risk Commodity Buying

ToolsGroup

By FinStock South Africa. The importance of having the right inventory at the right price to service customer demand is crucial. The trade-off between low cost, long lead time inventory and higher priced short lead time inventory is a daily decision to balance the risk of unsellable stock versus stock outs.

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Understanding the Salaries in Supply Chain Management

SCMDOJO

From entry-level positions such as procurement officers and logistics coordinators to higher-level roles like supply chain directors and vice presidents, each comes with its own set of responsibilities and corresponding salary ranges. per hour. .

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

QAD

The sustainability trend goes beyond businesses that may have positioned themselves as “green” primarily for marketing benefits. Consider the effects of excess inventory and unnecessary shipments. Having comprehensive control over the movement of stock and orders helps manufacturers combine orders and reduce inefficient shipments.

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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

Three trends are clear: The industries are not making equal progress. When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards. I will be writing the first draft of the manuscript on my way to South Africa on May 30th. Companies are competitive. Which industry sector can we learn from?

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Unleashed SME Supply Chain Resilience Roundtable: Improving Cash Flow in a Manufacturing Business

Unleashed

James Ewing: Procurement Manager at Renewable Parts Ltd. While this may prevent critical stockouts, it’s created another problem: All their cash is tied up in inventory, leaving manufacturers desperately scrambling to pay bills and employees on time. with 20+ years of supply chain experience.

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Podcast: Predictive Analytics and Digital Transformation Pioneer Knut Alicke

Requis

Some of the OEMs in the automotive industry struggled with the end-to-end processing of leather, which came from South Africa. They could see the entire supply chain right from the first request for materials all the way to the source of the materials in South Africa. Inventory optimization: that’s a very important point.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. Where to go from here for S&OP?

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