article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse. In percentage terms, Vietnam’s exports grew the most. My typical response is that more efficient operations are typically more sustainable operations.

article thumbnail

Redesign to Improve Value: A Case Study of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my favorite interviews on this topic, that I recently completed for my upcoming book Metrics That Matter , was with Amway’s Chief Supply Chain Officer George Calvert. For example, we produce in Vietnam and China. Vietnam is a low-cost market to produce products. Service level is our most important metric.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry

SCMDOJO

Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., Demand forecasting is an essential feature of this type of supply chain network and you will require dedicated professionals who are experts at analyzing key metrics to forecast the demand.

Apparel 124
article thumbnail

The difference between supply chain and logistics explained

Unleashed

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.

article thumbnail

Q: Food vs Fuel? A: Wrong question…We need more efficient markets!

Supply Chain View from the Field

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.

article thumbnail

5 Factors to Consider for Effective Supply Chain Optimization

RFgen

While many companies have witnessed significant success as world trade shifts toward rapid growth markets such as India, China, Vietnam and Thailand, it is important for businesses to effectively manage variables like cross-border and country taxes. Important Supply Chain Metrics. Granular metrics for high-cost supplies.

article thumbnail

5 Factors to Consider for Effective Supply Chain Optimization

RFgen

While many companies have witnessed significant success as world trade shifts toward rapid growth markets such as India, China, Vietnam and Thailand, it is important for businesses to effectively manage variables like cross-border and country taxes. Important Supply Chain Metrics. Granular metrics for high-cost supplies.