As we approach the close of 2020, what remains certain is: The Supply Chain industry has witnessed a lot of changes this year. The impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chian was unprecedented and the changes, as a result, aren’t all shocking. Early in March, the implementation of the stay-at-home orders worldwide saw an unprecedented report… Continue reading
When I wrote the article 18 Targeted Inventory Reduction Strategies for Supply Chain Professionals, I got some criticism from some of my readers that I am misleading the supply chain community and there are equally valid and reasonable reasons where we should actually increase inventory! Fair point? The benefits of inventory management is undisputed, and… Continue reading
The impact of lead time on inventory is well known, but in the real world the relationship can be much harder to define when multiple product types, management systems and sites are involved. A lack of central planning compounds the problem by impairing the end-to-end view of inventory positions. This study explains how Optimizing Inventory… Continue reading
Among the many social media sites that have emerged in the past two decades, LinkedIn stands out for having become the dominant professional network. It now has more than 645 million users from more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, with a stated mission of connecting “the world’s professionals to make them more productive and… Continue reading
How to avoid corruption in supply chain (post-soviet countries perspective)? While there is a great possibility of reducing your logistics costs by building your manufacturing or distribution facilities in developing or best cost countries there are few things, that business executives should take into account before starting operations in emerging markets. Even if it would… Continue reading
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
Excess and Obsolete Inventory Policy Guide
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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