Supply management is one of the key components of a successful business, regardless of its niche or service portfolio. Once you find a suitable supplier or B2B partner with the …
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Streamlining the process of converting raw materials into valuable products that are ultimately delivered into consumers’ hands can make or break any business. This hugely complex process relies on a …
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Contactless Stocktaking – Added value in warehouses through statistical inventory sampling
2020 will certainly be remembered as a year that changed our habits and conventions in many ways. While international supply chains are slowly recovering from the global lockdown, the situation …
The global supply chain depends heavily on material handling equipment. Therefore, when a machine goes down, operations can quickly grind to a costly halt. In fact, downtime events can cost …
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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 09/04/2020 – 09/10/2020
by Alice Scottby Alice ScottUK scrambling to fix critical gaps in Brexit Border Plan Officials of Boris Johnson are now scrambling to try and avoid a major border crisis when the UK leaves the …
From raw profitability and growth to the ability to delight customers with quick turnarounds, supply chain optimization is the missing ingredient for many organizations in a wide range of industries. …
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The Next Chapter for the Supply Chain: The 3 most important topics shaping the future
No-one could have predicted over a year ago that a global pandemic would shut down economies all over the world; throw supply chains into chaos due to panic buying and …
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Supply Chain – Ask an Expert with Farzana Shubarna
After attending this year’s virtual Supply Chain Summit, we had the opportunity to bring back our Supply Chain – Ask an Expert series.  I am delighted to have global supply …
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Re-establishing the Enterprise’s Risk Appetite
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly BarnerSince risk is a reality in business, and ‘certainty’ is an extremely expensive proposition, an enterprise’s appetite for risk has always been measured on a sliding scale. Companies with a …
Apple targets a net zero carbon footprint for its entire supply chain by 2030 According to Apple, it is already fully carbon neutral where its corporate operations are concerned. However, moving …