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WEBSep 13, 2024 · The 2024 Supply Chain Innovation Awards! Be recognized for your outstanding supply chain innovations! Click here for the 2024 Guidelines! The latest supply chain and logistics news, analysis, videos, podcasts, case studies and webinars for industries across the U.S. and world.
2022 Supply Chain ESG Guide | SupplyChainBrain
WEBMay 17, 2022 · 2022 Supply Chain ESG Guide. Volume: 26. Edition: 2. SupplyChainBrain presents its first issue devoted entirely to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-related topics — with insights from industry experts engaged directly in the effort to forge ethical supply chains, and in a position to offer practical advice on how others can follow ...
What Does Supply-Chain Visibility Actually Mean?
WEBFeb 12, 2020 · In many discussions, visibility refers to in-transit transparency — tracking the movement of product once it’s shipped as well as nodes it’s passing on the way to final delivery. Other levels of visibility might be from supplier to manufacturer to buyer, which are often deemed “end-to-end.”. A third interpretation is that full supply ...
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WEBMar 7, 2013 · Analyst Insight: While much has been written about demand driven, daily demand variability drives operations crazy. Most current inventory planning and optimization applications are disconnected from daily reality resulting in operations relying on custom spreadsheets and tribal knowledge to reconcile the gaps between plan and actual. In addition, the inventory planning applications are often ...
A ‘Shift-Left’ Strategy Moves Supply Chain Planning Further …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · A shift-left strategy reaches back to product design and the engineering process and considers early service parameters like the service life of a part or component, or limitations on how and where it can be sourced. This helps to align supply chain planning with the product design and production planning from the outset, to avoid problems ...
An All-Out Effort at Supply Chain Transformation at Motorola
WEBDecember 18, 2007. Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies. It might come as a surprise that Motorola Inc., pioneer of the rigorous Six Sigma quality process, was having quality issues with some of its products. But that problem was only one symptom of a larger crisis at the big maker of mobile communications technology.
Remember the Mall? Now, it’s a Fulfillment Center, and More
WEBJan 16, 2024 · Between 2016 and 2019, it converted around 25 shopping malls into fulfillment centers, according to analysis by Coresight Research, and in 2019 was reportedly in talks with Simon Property Group, the country's biggest mall owner, to convert bankrupt JCPenney and Sears department stores in a similar way. The deal never materialized.
How Predictive Analytics Can Help Supply Chains to Thrive
WEBJan 12, 2023 · The right predictive analytics platform can clarify the patterns and motivations behind complex systems, and help create a steady supply of products without expensive surpluses. Smarter Risk Management. The modern supply chain is a precise yet delicate machine. The procurement of raw materials and components from a …
Six Top Supply-Chain Strategies for 2020 | SupplyChainBrain
WEBMar 19, 2020 · Here are six supply-chain strategies designed to help enterprises thrive in the current environment. Strategy No. 1: Adopt a demand-driven planning and business operating model based on real-time demand insights and demand shaping. Demand-prediction capabilities continue to mature as supply chain management teams utilize ever-more powerful ...
Strategic Sourcing: Five Steps to Secure the Best Suppliers
WEBOct 8, 2020 · As organizations retool their supply chains for 2021, they have an opportunity to revisit their sourcing to put in place the structure and organization to drive the best outcomes, by following these five key steps for strategic sourcing success. Evaluate, collect data and build a strategy.