As many as 55 percent of distribution centers make so little use of modern management methods and IT support that they qualify as weak links in the supply chain. Managers in these distribution centers are …
Planning, Software, Content, Reports
Contents 3 | Column: Holy Grail of ERP and S&OP 7 | News & Background: Recruit the ‘yes’ gene 'Details count. So make yourself stand out' said Innocent Drinks founder, Richard Reed. Jokes on packaging, grass covered promotion …
The success of any project relies on the punctual, accurate and cost-effective delivery of materials, systems and facilities. Typically, a major project involves several stakeholders working together with controlled resources to deliver a completed project. …
Books, Content, Planning, Software
Presenting an alternate approach to supply chain management, ‘Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials: A Framework for Materials Managers’ explains why the traditional materials planning environment, typically embodied by an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, is …
Contents 3 | Editorial: Natural risk behaviour 7 | News & Background: Segmentation proves crucial for the supply chain Big negative impact of tsunami Column by Tom van Woensel 10 | Management article: Do or die, Manage or ignore supply …
Most CEOs know intuitively that profit drives shareholder value. Yet many of them fail to realise that this begins with a superior supply chain, which then translates into economic value and hence shareholder value. With …
12 PROFILE JOHN VAN DONGEN Treat others as you would have them treat you: If you want to organise the supply chain properly, you have to take responsibility for the whole chain, end-to-end, says John van …
Different customer value propositions require different supply chain approaches – that is the essence of what Professor David Simchi-Levi, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, hopes to get across in his book ‘Operations …
With efficiency and productivity at work currently being more important than ever before, most managers feel that they are working harder yet achieving less. Ron Ashkenas has identified four major causes of complexity in an …
All true leaders have been formed by a crucial experience in their past, and most of these crucial experiences occurred outside rather than within the safe confines of work or school, and at unexpected moments. …
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