Supply Chain View from the Field

MARCH 13, 2015

Looking at vegetable oils, with a global population of 7B people, each consuming the recommended 40g of dietary fat per day, 365 days per year, would require just over 100M metric tons of oil. We are currently according to the USDA producing over 160M metric tons of refined vegetable oil alone.

Sourcing Strategies

Unleashed

MARCH 31, 2021

The life of coffee begins with growers in the likes of Brazil or Vietnam. A lean business looking to build efficiencies would do well to try and improve this metric. A metric to determine how many days it would take to run out of supply if you did not replenish your stock. E.g. 35 DOI + 31 DOR = 66. Inventory days of supply.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® reentered expansionary level at a reported value of 50.3 This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and Vietnam. This metric bears continual observation in the coming months. from the 48.9

Manufacturing Procurement

NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2016

Will digitization change the way we measure things and monitor metrics? A problem in procurement can impact manufacturing and logistics and planning, but often these dots are never connected, so there never emerges a cross-functional approach to working on them.

Sourcing Strategies

Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. Because one of the major costs in a business, if you take in procurement and cost of goods, is supply chain. That’s been a massive trend.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Shippers assessing shipping from China, India or Vietnam to either U.S. Scenario and simulation based planning methods that quantify and weight various short and longer term impacts to key business metrics. Logistics teams assessing options and related costs in shipping from Asia to Europe or from Europe to U.S. West Coast or U.S.

Shipping

NC State SCRC

JULY 28, 2019

Organizations continue to scour global markets for even lower labor rates, moving from Western China to the Pearl River, and now to Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and North Africa. But audits will no longer be enough. Action will be required, and we will have more updates on this topic soon…

Manufacturing Procurement

Precoro

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

By bringing procurement and project management under one umbrella, businesses can streamline operations, speed delivery, and drive growth that lasts. This guide explores the benefits of project procurement management and outlines key steps for creating a Project Procurement Management Plan (PPMP) that drives business growth and innovation.

Procurement Analytics