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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Supplier Development.

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Using Analytics to Measure S&OP Effectiveness

Silvon Software

A Few Important KPIs for Tracking S&OP Performance As a long-time provider of business intelligence applications for manufacturing and distribution businesses, Silvon has played a key role in helping our clients define and implement performance metrics that align their S&OP initiatives with their corporate goals. logistics firms).

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Is ESG Really Worth the Trouble?

QAD

But there are still some skeptics out there who look at the changes ESG would require in areas such as product design, supply chain strategy, transportation methods, material and resource consumption, and employee training — and resist transformation.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

Supplier performance management is fraught with challenges and difficulties for several reasons. The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results. What metrics do others (in my industry) use?

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. Our Rating: 5/5 2. Our Rating: 4.9/5

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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

HICX Solutions

Organizations will need to consider and invest in customer experience metrics and data analytics to understand better what their customers want and enhance the supply chain’s ability to understand this. From cloud-based platforms to advanced supplier data analytics , digital solutions are addressing the challenges of supply chain management.

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Uncovering the Promise of Artificial Intelligence

QAD

The plan should include route optimization, sales forecasting, product categorization, safety stock calculation, supplier management and warehouse management. Embedded AI solutions from common applications, such as advanced planning, transportation management and warehouse management systems.