Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Clear operating strategy and definition of supply chain excellence across plan, source, make and deliver. A shift from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard. I like the use of growth, margin, inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital, customer service and ESG metrics. I write this post as a guide. Drives Value.

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OptiProERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Forty-two percent of SMBs consider digital transformation a central part of their organizational strategy. Developing an Effective Digital Transformation Strategy. A digital transformation strategy is a detailed plan to improve business operations. Define Metrics to Measure Success. But where do you start?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

From sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, and storage, to transportation and distribution, SCM ensures efficiency and cost-effectiveness throughout the entire journey. By streamlining processes, reducing costs, and improving customer satisfaction, companies can achieve higher profitability and sustainability.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In essence, a structured supply chain department as described in the blog can help you deliver the right supply chain strategy and goals which helps cost reduction, improve customer service, on-time delivery, and better working capital. Watch What is Marketing Procurement? on our SCMDOJO YouTube Channel!

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Strategy is a critical aspect of supply chain management. By managing processes like planning, sourcing, production, and delivery, companies can reduce costs, safeguard against undue risk, and pivot quickly when faced with the unexpected. Creating a new supply chain strategy can be complicated, if not daunting.

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OptiProERP

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Manufacturers can showcase their commitment to manufacturing sustainability by tracking and reporting environmental metrics, such as reduced carbon emissions, efficient resource utilization, and eco-friendly materials usage. Waste prevention is a business strategy from which any company can benefit, regardless of size or type.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nearly eight in 10 (78%) consumers consider food waste, likely out of a desire to minimize spending. Lower-income consumers and those using food assistance programs care the most about food waste as a purchase driver—again, suggesting it is a response to higher prices.”

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

The company’s Sail ’27 mission is the second iteration of a plan to “brew for a better today and tomorrow,” plotting a roadmap for a future based on the concept of zero: Zero carbon footprint, zero farming footprint, zero packaging waste, zero water waste, zero irresponsible drinking, and a zero-accident culture.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 19, 2024

To facilitate their growth and align with their commitment to environmental responsibility, they sought to optimize their logistics network while also aiming to reduce CO2 emissions. Control Carbon Dioxide Emission Committed to sustainability, they sought immediate operational measures to cut carbon emissions and waste.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Food waste produces 7% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, mainly methane, an extremely potent gas.

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TransAudit

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This creates significant waste. By embracing a circular supply chain, industry leaders can help: Eliminate waste and pollution Circulate products and materials at their highest value Regenerate nature As organizations continue to optimize supply chains , this process can provide significant benefits.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 29, 2024

It involves the identification and elimination of low-performing or unprofitable products and the prioritisation of those that generate the most value for your customers and the greatest revenue for the business. Reduced storage and supplier costs. SKU rationalisation is the process of analysing and your product portfolio.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 14, 2024

We’ll look at modern manufacturing inventory methods, useful strategies, and manufacturing inventory management best practices. The goal of manufacturing inventory management is to balance the supply and demand of products and minimise manufacturing costs and waste.

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EC Sourcing Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A green supply chain reduces the harm that may occur at any stage of the procurement cycle—production, purchasing, logistics, material management, or distribution. It also contributes to reducing a company’s carbon footprint, which makes it more attractive to consumers. Key questions to ask include: How much waste am I producing?

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TrackVia

MARCH 25, 2024

Mobile workflows ensure that everyone is on the same page, eliminating missed deadlines and communication breakdowns while maintaining safety and compliance. TrackVia makes it easy for businesses to automate data, cut costs, and enable remote work. One click, infinite possibilities. Try it for free, no strings attached.

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Arena Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Circularity considers a product’s lifecycle and how it may or may not end up as waste at the end of life. Reducing waste in production lines is more difficult than expected when transitioning from a linear (extract-make-dispose) business model. When it comes to circular transition there are no one-size-fits-all solutions.

Material Savings 52

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QAD

MARCH 28, 2019

Inventory accuracy and minimizing stockouts are very important to customer satisfaction, but a few other metrics also impact the ability to meet customer expectations. Companies can use these metrics to help ensure they are doing everything possible to satisfy their customers at a manageable and sustainable cost. Unreimbursed Freight.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It is arguably true that supplier performance management is considered a business practice for measuring, analyzing, and managing supplier performance to reduce cost, and risk and also drive continuous improvement. Most companies rely on on-time delivery, price reduction, and quality service from suppliers to make more profit.

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Logility

AUGUST 15, 2023

Even before importing and selling any item, every step addresses complex challenges amplified by regulations dictating the origin of goods and ethical sourcing and labor practices. Planners can then pinpoint revenue at risk due to a high resilience index, transcending the conventional scope of multi-sourcing strategies.”

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Arena Solutions

MAY 2, 2023

Circularity considers a product’s lifecycle and how it may or may not end up as waste at the end of life. Reducing waste in production lines is more difficult than expected when transitioning from a linear (extract-make-dispose) business model. When it comes to circular transition there are no one-size-fits-all solutions.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It’s a common goal for people and industries worldwide to work together to reduce our collective carbon footprint and counteract climate change. When they track carbon emissions for each shipment, they can make better decisions on carriers and the best ways to optimize the logistics network to reduce emissions.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 17, 2023

Business intelligence in manufacturing Here are a few ways business intelligence can enable manufacturing organizations to be data-driven: Data analysis: Harness data from various sources like production lines, suppliers, and customers, to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies.

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QAD

APRIL 13, 2023

At INTERPHEX 2023, QAD will share strategies leading Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) are implementing to keep customers happy while navigating these challenges. In April 2022, its new CEO Alessandro Maselli announced an acquisition of Metrics Contracts Services for $475 million just one month into the job.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 20, 2017

“The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize” ~ Shigeo Shingo. Lean thinking focuses on the elimination of all waste to bring value to the customer, beyond the customer’s expectations (where waste is defined as any non-value added process). Recognizing All Your Wastes: Using The ‘8 Rights’.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

Financial Reengineering is the radical redesign of business processes and organizational structure in order to achieve significant improvements in performance, such as productivity, cost reduction, cycle time, and quality. The traditional supply chain leader focused only on cost reduction. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 9, 2024

IoT delivers a data-driven decision-making process that enables logistics managers to make proactive decisions to minimize wasted resources and avoid delays. It also allows the creation of various scenarios and the testing of different strategies to determine the optimum course of action.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

There are, in fact different phases of procurement value creation that tie into the Source-to-Pay process: . Identifying Value , is where procurement teams leverage spend data and spend analysis to understand trends in spend and identify opportunities and develop category management strategies. . What is Direct Procurement?

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Logility

APRIL 2, 2020

If you can’t identify an outcome and a strategy to relate to the KPI, then you’ll be wasting time on data collection and analysis. Phone * Company * Job Title * Zip Code * Source Asset Source Download ID. 2 Identify and get access to the right data sources. 3 Get the metrics right. Featured Download.

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AFFLINK

JUNE 14, 2016

Even more challenging is establishing goals and metrics for this ever-moving target. We've suggested four of the most valuable key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine whether or not your sustainable supply chain management strategy is meeting your intended outcomes. Supply Chain Waste. Stumped on exactly what to track?

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American Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Overview of Supply Chain Management Supply chain management encompasses the planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery of products or services. In the past, companies focused on optimizing efficiency and reducing costs in supply chain management. Also, efficient packaging and distribution strategies reduce carbon emissions.

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OptiProERP

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It will explore the benefits, challenges, and strategies for achieving optimal synergy between these two critical components of modern manufacturing. Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (Now DED-arc): Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing utilizes arc welding power sources and manipulators to construct 3D shapes through arc deposition.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Sustainability is an often-discussed concept that can be a reliable source of differentiation for CPG manufacturers. Now, when most think of sustainability, they think of ethical sourcing or environmentally friendly packaging. Thus, reducing route miles and other inefficiencies that truck drivers commonly encounter.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

Thus, it's the responsibility of every business to pursue policies that reduce their environmental impact and help build a more sustainable future. Optimizing the supply chain can play a significant role in reducing a company's adverse influence on the environment as their Scope 3 emissions are directly affected by their suppliers.

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Unleashed

APRIL 10, 2023

By improving the speed of these processes and eliminating inefficient or costly practices, we can maximise productivity and profit. In manufacturing, process improvement refers to the optimisation of various workplace tasks with the aim to increase efficiency and productivity while reducing costs and waste.

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crisp

DECEMBER 15, 2021

At last week’s Supply Chain Summit , I shared how brands can use data to drive sales growth, increase supply chain efficiency, and reduce waste. Step 1: Set the strategy. This is an inherent trade off, and therefore a decision to consider when you set your strategy. Source : Where is the data stored, and who owns it?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I find senior executives love to throw around superlatives like customer-centric, agile, efficient and responsive but lack the understanding of how the words translate to supply chain strategy in the real world. Managing a supply chain requires big feet—grounding in real-world experience—coupled with big wings—conceptualization of strategy.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In the end, IBP is a philosophy, or belief system that strives for transparency, near perfect integration and alignment, both horizontal (between functions, BUs, even companies) and vertical (between strategy, planning and execution). And we sometimes already do. Not so much on decision making, decision quality and good decision practices.

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