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Strategic Sourcing: Five Steps to Secure the Best Suppliers
Oct 8, 2020 · While traditionally the goal of sourcing has been to identify and award a supplier that best meets the business requirements and is the most cost effective, in 2020, the game changed dramatically. As companies have had to navigate unprecedented supply and demand chain challenges, they’ve had to quickly revamp their supply chains to meet the needs of today and for the next six months.
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The Evolving Last-Mile Delivery Trends and Expectations of 2024
Mar 1, 2024 · Last-mile delivery is fraught with challenges. Rising shipping costs, cumbersome processes and the growing demand for seamless service highlight the urgency for businesses to rethink their approach to this crucial stage.
Four Steps to Managing Supply Chain Bottlenecks and Constraints
Jan 29, 2024 · The theory of constraints is a methodology for identifying key obstacles to achieving a designated goal. It involves systematically enhancing and resolving a constraint until it no longer hinders progress. By removing bottlenecks in the supply chain, companies can reduce inventory and operating expense, while enhancing throughput and overall effectiveness.
Podcast | Walmart’s Strategy for Boosting Supply Chain Resilience
Sep 27, 2024 · How does the world’s largest retailer protect itself against a slew of supply chain disruptions? The massive global supply chain that supports the brick-and-mortar and online fulfillment operations of Walmart is subject to countless disruptions.
The Imperative of Multi-Tier Supply Chain Visibility
Feb 5, 2024 · Analyst Insight: The need for product-level visibility across multiple tiers of the supply chain was reinforced during the COVID-19 crisis.It’s also being driven by new regulatory requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance, such as the German Supply Chain Act.
Goals vs. Metrics Keep in mind that goals and metrics are different, although sometimes the terms are used interchangeably. A goal is a measurable outcome or end point.
A Global Logistics Outlook for 2024 | SupplyChainBrain
Feb 5, 2024 · Analyst Insight: Resilience has been a main theme since the pandemic revealed risk in supply chains that weren’t properly diversified, leaving them vulnerable to disruption and delays.While many shippers have made great strides toward building resilience into their supply chains over the years, it’s important that they don’t pump the brakes on progress made thus far, especially as we ...
Supply Chain Integration: Challenges and Good Practices
May 27, 2009 · The last decade has brought a dramatic shift in the nature of competition for most companies. Technological advances, particularly in information technology, coupled with globalization, the rise of complexity and shrinking time horizons are driving order-of-magnitude changes in the competitive demands on strategic management of business and on the management of supply chains.