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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

These developments impact Original Equipment Manufacturers, both at strategic level and at operational level within their supply chains. The way by which consumers purchase, use and share technology is changing rapidly. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues. Holy See (Vatican City State).

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Sourcing from far-flung countries such as China is leading to growing uncertainty about the actual supply of purchase orders. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan. Lao People's Democratic Republic. Netherlands.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Warehousing. Transportation.

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