Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 11, 2014
'“This is not a supply chain process. It is a new way of doing business.” Financial Leader in Discussions on Demand Sensing. In 2013, 80% of supply chain leaders had a material supply chain disruption. It was not just one. The average company had three. Yet, in a study that we just completed, when asked about business pain, supply chain risk rates low.
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 30, 2014
'By boosting your capacity planning. All other factors being equal, a manufacturer who delivers on time will be preferred over other suppliers. But if one of your customers called you right now with an order, could you give them a reliable delivery date? If you cannot give a confident ‘yes’ in answer to that question, then you need to improve your capacity planning.
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SCM Research
APRIL 3, 2014
'I recently conducted a survey with leading supply chain management researchers and asked them a simple question: “If you were teaching a doctoral seminar, what would you assign as the [.] most important books for the academic field of SCM (‘must-reads’)?” The following six books were recommended most often: (1) Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation by Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, (2) Logistics & Supply Chain Management by Martin Christopher, (3
Talking Logistics
APRIL 30, 2014
'It seems like we’ve come full circle with Mexico. A lot of companies set up operations and sourced from Mexico back in the 90s, then the focus shifted to China and other Asian countries, and now Mexico is back in the spotlight. What is it about Mexico that makes it an attractive trading partner again? I asked Troy Ryley, Managing Director of Transplace Mexico, that question in a recent episode of Talking Logistics , and here’s an excerpt of what he said: Asia was the buzzword for many years, an
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The Logistics of Logistics
APRIL 16, 2014
'Best Pick and Pack Shipping Systems for 2014. Order fulfillment has seen a rise in technology in 2014 and there is now a large offering of advanced products to help make your warehouse function more efficient. With software plugged into your warehouse management system, picking and shipping orders has become a lot more accurate. The result is a better operation that will save you both time and money.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2014
'sta•sis (?ste? s?s, ?stæs ?s). n., pl. sta•ses (?ste? siz, ?stæs iz). the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal force. It was 1988. I was involved in early Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) pilots. In my work at Clorox we were starting to ship to Walmart using Retail Link. We were excited. It seemed like the start of a great thing.
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 8, 2014
'How do you rebuild a city after it’s been hit by a hurricane? How do you modernize an old city that grew too fast – and is growing still? Materials companies face these and many other challenging planning puzzles as they struggle to coordinate their production efforts at multiple locations across the globe and keep costs at an acceptable level. Sourcing challenges and high costs.
SCM Research
APRIL 23, 2014
'If you believe that today’s post is about little rodents that behave equitably, then you have most probably not heard about NagerIT ’s project to build fair computer mice. (Although the German term “nager” translates literally as “rodent” ) NagerIT took supply chain transparency to an extreme, disclosing the entire supply chain of their Fair Mouse (pdf) on their website, thereby highlighting suppliers with unknown details on working conditions.
Talking Logistics
APRIL 17, 2014
'Transportation Management Systems (TMS) is fast becoming a go-to tool for supply chain management professionals across every industry. However, for one industry in particular – food producers/shippers – TMS is becoming indispensable. Here are five reasons why TMS for transportation automation and optimization is a must-have for food shippers. Reason #1 – TMS adds shelf time.
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Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 29, 2014
'Talent development. In this series on global fashion retail we have discussed about network design and inventory location in Chapter 1, stores replenishment in Chapter 2 and sourcing and manufacturing lead times in Chapter 3. In this final chapter of the series, we want to discuss about talent management, as it is a major current concern for global supply chains.
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
APRIL 14, 2014
'In my previous two blogs on the subject, I outlined how producers (manufacturers) can achieve very significant improvements in the financial performance of their supply chains by a process of integration between the primary and secondary supply chains (Integrated Supply Chain Planning – The Number 1 Opportunity). I then described how to achieve focus when considering global supply chain integration programmes of this type by looking at different market profiles (Integrated Supply Chain Planning
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 16, 2014
'It is a slow week. Most of my friends are on vacation. I would like to be on vacation with them, but it is not in the cards. I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. It is tedious. Let me just state for the record that “Saying that you are going to write a book, is far more exciting than writing one.” I like to write, but I am 52,000 words into a 90,000 word project, and I am struggling.
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 2, 2014
'Today’s cities and towns are home to just over 50 percent of the world’s seven billion people. By 2050 that number will be up to 70 percent of the world’s population (estimated at nine billion!). To accommodate this predicted influx of urban residents, we need better cities. The question is, what constitutes a “better” city and more importantly, how do you construct one?
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Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
SCM Research
APRIL 14, 2014
'Ethical supply chain management is among the most neglected areas of our field. One of the issues covered by ethical SCM are animal rights, which are not covered by social supply chain management , a closely related area. An interesting application of ethical SCM comes from KAT, the Association for Controlled Alternative Animal Husbandry, “the inspection body in Germany and neighbouring EU countries for the scrutiny of eggs from alternative forms of hen rearing (free-range, barn and organ
Logility
APRIL 17, 2014
It’s exciting when you see a company that “talks the talk” and “walks the walk” with complete conviction. Bill Nienburg, Vice President of Global Merchandising and Sales Planning, Under Armour, did just this in front of 300 supply chain practitioners at the recent Logility Connections 2014 conference in Atlanta, GA, calling the athletic apparel maker’s supply chain “a cornerstone for [Under Armour’s] overall growth agenda.” The company’
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
APRIL 9, 2014
'In my previous blog on the subject ( Integrated Supply Chain Planning – The Number 1 Opportunity ), I outlined how producers (manufacturers) can achieve very significant improvements in the financial performance of their supply chains by a process of integration between the primary and secondary supply chains. The key is data exchange between the producer and their key distributors.
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Demand Solutions
APRIL 23, 2014
A time fence is a defined period in which the forecast should not be changed. An item's forecasting time fence often mirrors the item's planning or sourcing lead time. If it takes two months from when an item is ordered to when it's received into inventory, there's logic in not changing the forecast within that two-month period, since a change to the forecast will have no impact on the item's availability.
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 18, 2014
'You’ve probably heard them already. Most supply chain directors have. Myth 1: You have to act really fast – like by yesterday. Myth 2: You never know what might be useful. Taken together, these myths have given rise to the ‘leap before you look’ approach to big data that’s already ending in crashes. Or as a December 2013 Harvard Business Review (HBR) article puts it: Companies are investing like crazy in data scientists, data warehouses, and data analytics software.
SCM Research
APRIL 29, 2014
'Every year, Emerald asks the editorial teams of several of its journals to nominate an Outstanding Paper and one or more Highly Commended Papers. This year’s winners have now been announced. These selections form part of the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2014. Awarded papers related to supply chain management are, for example, about logistics strategy and logistics integration (authors: Spillan et al. ), supplier choice criteria ( Voss ), ocean shipping ( Harrison and Fichtinge
Logility
APRIL 15, 2014
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The Logistics of Logistics
APRIL 16, 2014
'Could you “Bump” Yourself to Some Savings? Dimensional weight is not applicable in LTL…or is it? While, in the truest form, dimensional weight is typically only applicable when dealing with parcel carriers and freight forwarders. However, just as parcel carriers want to invoice for the capacity that the carton occupies and perhaps not the weight, same holds true with LTL carriers.
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
APRIL 1, 2014
'I will not reveal the name of the organisation for obvious reasons but their Supply Chain is one very impressive, slick machine. Across the Source, Plan, Make and Deliver Supply Chain disciplines we can see excellence and leading edge systems and performance. Source. Raw and packaging materials are bought at very competitive prices yet with equally favourable payment terms.
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 16, 2014
'We talked about production planning in building better cities , but what about logistics? Moving hundreds of tons of building materials around the globe involve lots of planning. Whether it is shipping pipes to Egypt for irrigation projects or support trusses to build bridges in Italy, the logistics puzzles of the materials industry are varied and complex.
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Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 1, 2014
'Sourcing and manufacturing lead times. We have already discussed in this global fashion retail series about network design and inventory location in Chapter 1 and stores replenishment in Chapter 2. In this chapter we want to take a more upstream view to discuss about sourcing and manufacturing lead times. In this particular area, there are two key aspects being debated within the industry.
Logility
APRIL 8, 2014
Cloud. Mobile. On Demand. Analytics Everywhere. These were just a few of the themes discussed at this year’s Connections 2014, Logility’s customer conference. Held at the Loews Atlanta, the conference brought together several hundred of the industry’s brightest supply chain professionals to share their opinions, techniques and experiences.
MIT Supply Chain
APRIL 3, 2014
'Logistics on the move. The logistics role is changing according to John Wiehoff, CEO of C. H. Robinson. The logistics business has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. What will it look like a decade or so from now? John P. Wiehoff, CEO and Chairman of the Board, C. H. Robinson (CHR), the world’s largest provider of truckload transportation services, visited MIT CTL recently to give his view of the changing face of logistics.
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