Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are a common yet underused tool for supply chain professionals. When deployed aggressively, they can become one of the best accelerants for improvement, not just for operations, but an entire company. We used SLAs heavily at Amazon, where I helped build the ecommerce supply chain that powers Prime, among other… Continue reading
In this day and age, you have instant access to the right tools and information on supply chain and logistics management. How to find the best supply chain resources amongst tons of material available which could not just increase your theoretical supply chain competencies, but also give you practical guides and tools to help you… Continue reading
Supply Chain Risks are usually seen as the (un)desired result of an event which could occur with a probability, have an impact and a degree of manageability in mitigation efforts. Three elements which together will be expressed as the Risk Priority Number (RPN). The higher the RPN, the more important is the risk and the… Continue reading
When we enjoy the delicious fruits, do we really think how the fruit supply chain works? This summer I was in Karachi and searching for my favourite fruit Mango and found this guy in the image and asked him how old is the crop, and he passionately explained to me they arrive in the same… Continue reading
Thinking about Digital Supply Chain has now become imperative for business leaders across every industry sector. Analytics applications that can deliver a competitive advantage appear all along the supply chain decision spectrum—from targeted location-based marketing to optimizing supply chain inventories to enabling supplier risk assessment. Digitalisaion in the supply chain will enable to work with… Continue reading
As manufacturing and supply chain professionals all of us at some point had looked for Sustainable Packaging Examples. While the world still faces dramatic environmental challenges, there has been a positive shift with states across the globe taking steps to address the problems. Shaun Bryce from Melbourne Packaging Supplies shares ways in which the packaging… Continue reading
Sustainability, a lot of people regard it as an environmental issue, the climate change topic. Something that is far away from day-to-day life. But it is more. It is a way of thinking in which we are striving to a balance in economic, social, environmental and ethical value. A sustainable supply chain is the result… Continue reading
The rise of eCommerce and fulfillment did change the retail supply chain landscape dramatically in the past decade. Online was the trend and fulfillment centres dominating the world of distribution. The downside was that traditional retail supply chain relying on offline networks (physical stores) struggled and several went bankrupt. Are the current eCommerce business models… Continue reading
To start with, how many Facebook Groups are you in right now or what is the best Facebook group for Supply Chain is? I bet we cannot tell or give a precise number. I know I could not do the same, as well. I could also bet on a few groups that come to mind… Continue reading
The importance of effective supply chain leadership in the success of a business is clearly more defined nowadays. Whether you run a small, medium or multi-national/conglomerate across the globe, you need a supply chain leadership style that will effectively cover the end to end supply chain and motivate people. Leadership itself is complex and very… Continue reading
is a Manufacturing Operations, Procurement and Supply Chain leader from international multi-site manufacturing experience in Electrical, Hydraulics and Internet industries
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