Metrics Packaging Procurement 
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Functional Metrics and the Lack of Alignment to Strategy. Process-based companies continue to focus on manufacturing efficiency (OEE) and discrete on procurement (PPV) without designing the supply chain to balance transportation, manufacturing, and procurement to a balanced scorecard. The Lovefest with Shiny Objects. Guess what?
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
The script will be distributed to CFOs of apparel, consumer packaged goods, and food/beverage companies next week. There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. Aligned Metrics. Bernstein & Co., ” Yes, I said. Supply Chain Design.
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RFgen
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. Let’s break down these key components: Procurement: This is where it all begins.
Unleashed
MARCH 9, 2021
What is procurement? In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Procurement in 2021 and beyond.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. Known as Scope 3 emissions, these are also the most difficult to measure and manage.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Recently, I was at my local grocery store for my weekly shopping trip and found myself in the packaged salads section. While this is easy for packaged/processed items with Best by Dates, it is not as easy for bulk, loose, or field packaged products. Am I alone in this habit or thinking? or squeezing an Avocado.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 1, 2013
Both companies provide packaging materials to the food manufacturing industry. Owens Illinois provides glass products and Sonoco Products provides flexible packaging. ” As a supplier three to four levels back in the supply chain, life as a packaging provider is tough. It cannot be about singular metrics.
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