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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices. Here are some of the quotes from the workshop I led yesterday that helped me to better understand the industry: “A process born out of chaos is chaos. It is now shifting again.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

Over 93% of companies use Excel Spreadsheets to develop their plans. Companies need to be aligned to a common set of metrics in a balanced scorecard to mitigate risk. Functional metrics introduce risk and throw the supply chain out of balance. Workshop Participant Feedback. Build a Unified Data Model. I am tired.

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Why You Should Conduct Internal Quality Audits

Arena Solutions

Leveraging internal audits to align quality management with key business metrics When asked what are the benefits of conducting an internal audit? Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). There is a belief that the efficient response—the tightly integrated lean supply chain—defines supply chain excellence. Orders do not represent market demand. If this is you, don’t accept the status quo.

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50 expert tips on logistics planning and strategy

6 River Systems

Create an adaptive unified buying process. “If you look at the typical buying process, it is bifurcated based on geography. If I am going to buy goods from this geography, then I use this process. At the very least, they should see a message indicating that the products are out of stock before they make the purchase.

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Provenance is looking for a Marketing Manager!

Provenance

At Provenance, we envision a future where every great product comes with accessible, verifiable information about the people, places and materials behind its creation, helping us all make positive choices about the things we buy. Ensure accurate reporting of key daily metrics to optimise outreach. More on our mission here.

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22 HR & management professionals share the most effective ways for managers to retain their best warehouse workers

6 River Systems

We did this by tying metrics to their workload and included those metrics in our weekly all-hands meetings. They are just basic metrics like total shipments per week, shipments per day and item receipts per day, and we compare those numbers vs. previous periods. Show workers that their well being is very important.