Last weekend, the APICS Southwest district held its 10th annual student case competition. We had 25 teams and 108 students from 3 countries with another 11 teams on the wait list (including another country). We had about 50% undergraduate and 50% graduate level students who competed in a supply [...]
If there is one area that changes on a seemingly daily basis, it is your end-to-end supply chain.
Sometimes inventory problems are people problems.
You can’t expect manufacturing or distribution success without securing base fundamentals such as inventory management.
What are you doing to make sure you KEEP your top notch talent and to continually have an eye out for what talent you’ll need to stay ahead of the curve?
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
By collaborating, we create a win-win-win. The customer has what he needs when he needs it without having to go out of his way and deviate from his typical process. The supplier has information in advance about an upcoming event and so can modify plans as appropriate to better serve his customer at the lowest inventory levels and maximum efficiency levels.
Supply chain performance metrics include reliability, responsiveness, agility, cost, and asset management efficiency for strategic success
Think about one of your products or materials. What does your supply chain look like?
Lisa Anderson will speak to APICS 2015 attendees from manufacturing, operations, distribution and supply chain on Priming Your Supply Chain for The Amazon Effect
