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Editor’s Note: Vishnu Rayapeddi is a recognized pioneer of Lean Management and founder of Productivity Solutions. He is the author of the S&OP Workshop Presentation on Flevy. You can view all of his Supply Chain training materials… Attaining Supply Chain Excellence with Sales & Operations Planning
Editor’s Note: Vishnu Rayapeddi is a recognized pioneer of Lean Management and founder of Productivity Solutions. He is the author of the popular Supply Chain Fundamentals 5-modules series on Flevy. You can view all of his… Supply Chain Excellence: Excellence through Lean Thinking!
Sixty percent of business organizations face a wide range of increasing risks, according to a Chartered Global Management Accountant report on the Global State of Enterprise Risk. But less than 35 percent of these companies… Business Risk Basics Enterprise Owners Should Know
Corporations throughout the world are losing billions in wasted project spending owing to their mis-management, poor quality processes, lack of knowledge in how to manage projects, etc. These projects are often not included in the… Boosting Project Bottom Lines through Effective Project Quality Reviews and Audits
The current status quo is that the shipping industry’s cycle is not synchronized with global economy’s one. As a consequence, the ratio between demand and offer for sea transportation of containerized cargo is bringing shipping… How Can We Fix the Shipping Industry? Let’s Think outside the BOX!
Fifty percent of smartphone owners compare prices online while in a store, a phenomenon known as “showrooming,” according to Wiser. One third of these then go on to purchase from competitors. Meanwhile, 69 percent of smartphone… Combine Customers’ Online and In-store Shopping Experience for Sales
Editor’s Note: Ganesh Rajagopalan is a seasoned management consultant and former investment banker. He is also a leading author on Flevy, having published numerous business frameworks on topics such as Strategy Development, Investment Analysis, and Value… Industry Value Chain: Understand Its Importance and Application to the Mining Industry
Whenever we ask what supply chain is, we get different answers depending who we ask. Some say it is planning and purchasing; or procurement; and some say inventory management; and some others may say it is… Supply Chain Excellence begins with Understanding the Supply Chain
There is always much talk about the basic technology (and supplemental technology) solutions that are designed to optimize systems in an effort to work “smarter” in a distribution center or warehouse–to possess a “strategy for… Do You Have a “Strategy for Speed?” Start by Conquering the “10 Plus Wastes”
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step. – Lao Tzu, a famous Chinese philosopher Around the world, more and more organizations have started to adopt Lean principles and practices to… Improving Office Productivity with 5S Principles
The physical supply chain is made up of thousands of moving parts, literally. Before it’s a laptop, your computer may have started as a screen from South Korea, a CPU from the United States, a… Your Supply Chain Doesn’t End Where You Think It Does
Trust is built on credibility and credibility comes from acting in others’ interests before your own. – anonymous If leaders have credibility, people want to work for them. But credibility is important in many areas, not… Credibility in the Supply Chain and Elsewhere