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Putting Supply Chains on Autopilot with Ali Raza

The Logistics of Logistics

Ali joined his first tech startup while still an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. Ali and other followers of the theory of constraints believe that throughput is more like a way of life as opposed to a simple metric. About ThroughPut, Inc. ThroughPut Inc.

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Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

The largest Groundhog Day in the United States is in s Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania , with Punxsutawney Phil. . We believe that supply chain excellence is driving improvement while averaging a higher level of performance in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. It is a ritual. One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day.

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‘Best in Class’ Supply chain from a Road warrior perspective – Part 1

Kinaxis

Below are characteristics I have seen as a road warrior that demonstrate strong company culture in supply chain organizations: Concise communication of supply chain metrics displaying past, present and projected performance. Decisions are tradeoffs and need to be evaluated based on their impact and the weighting of key performance metrics.

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Spectra Energy Supplier Forum: Driving Collaborative Project Management

Supply Chain View from the Field

These executives provided an overview of the incredible growth in the natural gas pipeline structure that is being driven by the massive shale gas reserves in North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Ohio that are driving the need for gas and LNG distribution lines. This growth also requires that suppliers be ready to drive improvements going forward.

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What Supply Chain Risks are Threatening Your Company?

Enterra Insights

”[1] The report focused on four key metrics: supplier criticality, supplier financial risk, global sourcing risk, and foreign exchange risk. If you are an upstream supplier or a downstream retailer, different metrics must also be considered.

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What Exactly Is Omnichannel 2.0 and How Is It Different?

Veridian Solutions

A Guide to the Warehouse Metrics Supply Chain Execs Should Track. According to the Wharton University of Pennsylvania , the measures to fully utilize omnichannel 2.0 Download WhitePaper. Omnichannel 2.0 Failure to exhibit the traits of omnichannel 2.0 in the modern retail world include: Integrate and widen vendor base.

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Eliminating Real-World Bottlenecks using AI from Silicon Valley to Mars

ThroughPut

Ali holds a BSE & MSE from the University of Pennsylvania in Chemical Biomolecular Engineering with concentrations in Pharmaceutics & Biotechnology. How do I start using my existing operations data metrics like cycle time, uptime to help create operational benefits for my teams? to measure and track my bottlenecks?