The Impact of China’s Slowdown
The most successful supply chain partnerships I've seen are when you are upfront with all supply chain partners.
Why My Best Clients Focus on Responsiveness
As customers continue to demand shorter lead times, it becomes imperative for manufacturers and distributors to become more responsive and improve order fulfillment cycle time
Leveraging Supply Chain Trends: Lead Time Improvement
Those who leverage trends surpass the competition. Will you be one of them?
The Good & Bad of Using Temps, Contractors & Consultants
When facing short-term staffing challenges, supplement your needs with temps, contractors or consultants. To be successful, be clear on the purpose and staff accordingly
An IT Roadmap
Do you know where your IT team is headed? Does it line up with the business priorities?
The Value of Process Flows
Being a systems pragmatist is critical in not making assumptions about your processes, but rather review every production step to uncover any issues that were not being addressed. Being a systems pragmatist is critical in not making assumptions about your processes, but rather review every production step to uncover [...]
The Aerospace Industry Supply Chain Ready for Growth
Although evaluating your supply chain readiness is paramount to support growth, there is no reason to wait for your customers to request an audit.
SIOP/ Integrated Business Planning
Manufacturing and distributing product to meet customer demand can be like a puzzle unless you start using SIOP as a core process to run your business. SIOP (sales, inventory, & operations planning) taken to the best practice degree is often associated with integrated business planning. In some circles, they [...]
Strategies to Keep Your project On-Track of Manufacturers and Distributors
Since executives count on projects to deliver the vast majority of improvements to company performance (such as growing the business, increasing margins, and accelerating cash flow), keeping the project on track is essential.
Should We Always Aim to Reduce Inventory Levels?
Though reducing inventory is generally advisable special situations arise when stocking inventory makes good business sense.