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3 years ago Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Planning – 5 Levels of Time Horizon and Complexity Hierarchy

Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Planning within an organisation exists on many levels, as well as in many functional areas. At a minimum, most organisations formally update their Profit Plans on a yearly basis. However, planning is an ongoing process that happens at different levels and different times dependent on resource availability and this is…

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3 years ago Procurement, Supply Chain Management

7 Reasons Why You Should Hire Supply Chain Interim Staff

Why You Should Hire Supply Chain Interim Staff?   In an ideal business world, you have recruited and hired all the full-time staff you need, who, between them have all the necessary skills, expertise and knowledge of Supply Chain Management for all your business needs.   Well, more often than not, the reality is, in…

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3 years ago Career Advice, Education, Procurement, Supply Chain Management

Masters in Supply Chain Management – Top 6 Universities in the U.K.

Masters in Supply Chain Management

Masters in Supply Chain Management why do you need one? By definition, Supply Chain Management focuses on how to economically and efficiently manage the supply-chain systems in place for the smooth movement of the product or service from the supplier to their client thus increasing a business’ competitive advantage.   It sounds simple enough! However,…

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3 years ago Supplier Development

What is Direct and Indirect Supplier Development Process?

Supplier Development Process

In my research I have found 14 papers that have discussed Supplier Development process as being either: direct; or indirect (Humphreys et al., 2004; Krause et al., 2000a; Modi and Mabert, 2007; Wagner 2006a; Wagner 2006b; Hines, 1994; Giunipero, 1990; Krause, 1997, Wagner, 2011; Inemek, 2011). Wagner (2006b) defines indirect Supplier Development process as when…

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3 years ago Performance Management, Supply Chain Management

13 Possible Nightmares That Stops You to Provide Great On-Time Delivery Performance

On-Time Delivery Performance is one of the key metric in Supply Chain which represents customer service levels an organisation is providing with given resources. Why do we want to measure On-Time Delivery Performance?   It is primary metric in order to drive continuous improvement of service levels and differentiate our service offering from your competitors.…

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3 years ago Lean Six Sigma, Procurement, Supplier Development

JIT Purchasing – 3 Reasons why it is Different from Conventional Purchasing

JIT System

JIT Purchasing different from Conventional Purchasing? Most of us have worked in both some sort of JIT purchasing (Just In Time purchasing) and conventional manufacturing business. However, in the lean environment, the supply chain process should be capable of supporting Just in Time manufacturing. Manufacturers and suppliers have to adopt an appropriate method of supply…

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3 years ago Redefining Supply Chain, Transportation

33 Very “Motivational” Transportation Quotes!

Since the advent of Social Media people like “Motivational Quote” as it gives them quick boost of self-confidence which can be found in a few simple words of wisdom. In this holiday and festive season I thought I should post something which is motivational. Therefore, I decided to research on Transportation quotes. I have started reading a…

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3 years ago Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Strategy

Supply Chain Strategy – 4 Key Pillars [Infographic]

supply chain strategy 4 pillars

To build Supply Chain Strategy first it is important to revisit what is strategy in general. Max McKeown (2011) argues that “strategy is about shaping the future” and is the human attempt to get to “desirable ends with available means”, so regardless of the size of your business (SME or Large Corporation) or nature of…

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3 years ago Career Advice, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain Management

8 Must Have Supply Chain Competencies

Supply Chain Competencies

The underlying Supply Chain technical competencies are skills, knowledge and characteristics that support the effective performance as Supply Chain professional. Given the global Supply Chain demands Supply Chain professional should never stop developing new skills and enhancing existing ones. Here are 8 core supply chain competencies that Supply Chain professionals need to master and continually…

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3 years ago Career Advice, Inventory Management, Procurement, Supply Chain Management

APICS VS CIPS – What Should You Choose?

Lot of Supply Chain and Procurement folks who are in early stage of their ask me should they go for CIPS or APICS qualification. Depending on their career aspiration to either grow in Supply Chain in general or become specialise procurement professional I give them advice accordingly. Like most good things in life there is…

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