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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. Overall, the sessions were all very insightful and informative.

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Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Mini Case Study: Walmart Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. In 2015, Nestlé discovered that fish products it was procuring from Thailand for use in its cat food brands were sourced from suppliers engaging in forced and slave labour.

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Mike Rother: The Toyota Kata Practice Guide

The Lean Thinker

Study the Process’s Operating Patterns. Until you have struggled as a learner to apply the Improvement Kata (using the Starter Kata) on a real problem (not just a classroom exercise) that affects the work of real people and the outcomes to real customers , please don’t just pick up the 5 Questions card and think you are a coach.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Mini Case Study: Walmart. If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability

Logistics Bureau

Step 1: Agree on Objectives: CTS analysis is highly valuable as a general exercise, especially if your company has never completed one before, but certain specific problems can also be solved with help from CTS analyses. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in August 2015. Move pallet to storage location.

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Gartner Announces Rankings of the 2018 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

247 Customs Broker

Three-Year Weighted ROA (2015 to 2017) 1. Watson Health 15 Top Health Systems Study 4. “Building a leading supply chain in healthcare is a very deliberate exercise that takes years of effort and lots of resources,” he said. The Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2018. 2018 Ranking. Company Name. Bond Rating 3.

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Underpinning asymmetric advantage: USAF airlift when strategic mobility is at risk

Logistics in War

4] Individual service studies and those of partner allies back up the same thesis. [5] USAF C17 during a recent joint forcible entry exercise; photo by USAF. 7] United States Air Force, “Air Force Future Operating Concept,” (Washington, DC: HQ Air Force, 2015), 18. [8] 5] What does this mean for logistics?