- 21. Go With The Flow: Streamlining Your Supply Chain Flow with AI
- (Integration)
- ... The use of machine learning to analyze inventory levels, lead time, and order quantity provides more credible forecasting. Algorithms like these make inventory control automatic and accurate. Integrated ...
- 22. Hewlett Packard Adds 3D Printing to Supply Chain
- (News)
- Hewlett Packard (HP) will use its own Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology to enhance its supply chain, reports ZD Net. By using its own 3D printing they will lower costs, cut design time and lead times. ...
- 23. How to Achieve On Time In Full Delivery
- (News)
- Manufacturing and distribution companies still struggle with on time, in full delivery, reports Industry Week. Poor lead times are often a contributing factor to failing to meet the delivery expectations ...
- 24. Service Levels vs. Inventory
- (News)
- If you're in the supply chain or customer service arena, you're aware of the pendulum that swings between inventory and service level. Too much inventory and service is great, but financial performance ...
- 25. The Flexible Supply Chain
- (News)
- In an article on the EBN site, Jim O'Reilly discusses how supply chains are being affected by market forces that make binary decisions obsolete. It's no longer a matter of either/or; there's a premium ...
- 26. Holiday Tips for Supply Chains
- (News)
- Although it seems to happen every year, the Holidays are right around the corner. It may be a bit early to shop for your brother-in-law at the mall, retailers know they need to have their supply chains ...
- 27. Integrated Supply Chains
- (News)
- Supply chains are at their most efficient when they're highly integrated. On the Thomas.net site, David Sims looks at what integration means and how Proctor & Gamble used integration to address a sticky ...
- 28. Tracking Your Products Can Bring You Closer to Your Customers
- (Management)
- ... handle the direct consumer interaction and simply order more product from their suppliers to restock their shelves. And the tight margins, short lead times, localized demand cycles, and global distribution ...
- 29. Leveraging Analytics To Solve Common Supply Chain Problems
- (Technology)
- ... partners can also give you a bird's eye view as to how things are actually going with those partnerships. You will be able to see for yourself your transportation partner's lead times, shipping times, delivery ...
- 30. Multi-Channel Retail Strategies and the Supply Chain
- (News)
- More retailers are moving toward a multi-channel strategy. It's not business as usual for the supply chain. Tom Hickey, in an article in Supply Chain Management Review, talks about the challenges faced ...
- 31. Lean Impact at Nike
- (News)
- Companies of all sizes can benefit from the use of continuous improvement methodologies. In his Supply Management article, Adam Leach reviews the effects of lean on Nike's cycle time, productivity, ...
- 32. Upgrade Surprises
- (Management)
- ... #1, used #2 at times but had to deal with lead times, and heavily investigated #3 for certain situations. There’s not a magic formula out there to tell you which direction to turn, but just knowing the ...
- 33. Living/Surviving in the New Economy - Managing Item Information
- (Retail)
- ... need to be a definition of the data requirements, which tends to be driven by the buying organization but can be a collaborative effort. Information can include lead times, product descriptions, dimensions, ...
- 34. Managing Order Updates
- (EDI)
- ... of the physical product. This means that with an increase in online orders will come an increase in canceled orders as well. With the fact that there is a much shorter lead time expectation with shipments ...
- 35. Keep the Change
- (Retail)
- ... have the capability to create it either automatically or manually to meet his requirements? Your business model. If your customer is ordering direct materials with a fairly long lead time, then it’s possible ...
- 36. Is POS data that valuable or is there something better?
- (Retail)
- ... to them with 2 – 4 week lead times (domestic suppliers). Thus the most important forecast is 4 weeks out For those suppliers that have longer lead times with their suppliers, or a production line; having ...
- 37. Using 852 Data May Improve Your Vision
- (Retail)
- ... are up appropriately so they can make sure the next shipment is ready to go when it needs to,” Bolduc says. “Lead times can be shrunk down and that in turn helps lower inventory levels on the retailer ...
- 38. De-stress for Success
- (Management)
- ... to lead time of important activities. Imagine you studied extremely hard for your GMATs, only to find that you missed your top school’s admission deadline by a month and have to wait until next year. Career ...
- 39. MRO and EDI- a Good Match?
- (Retail)
- ... issue with MRO products is with exactly what they are and how they’re used. Direct materials generally have well established lead times, and manufacturers know when they need to procure these products ...
- 40. Data Syncronization initiatives
- (Integration)
- ... to be a definition of the data requirements, which tends to be driven by the buying organization, but can be a collaborative effort. Information that can be included are lead times, product descriptions, ...
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