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5 Ways Shippers And Suppliers Can Maintain A Great Relationship

Blue Grace Logistics

Supply chain management is characterized by the fact that all interested parties collaborate towards a common strategy or to achieve a common objective. 5 Tips To Improve Supplier Management. Here are five tips to help you improve your relationship with your company’s suppliers. Finally, make it personal.

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How AI and Machine Learning Changed Procurement Management

CLX Logistics

From streamlining sourcing and supplier management to optimizing contract negotiations and spend analysis, AI and ML offer various capabilities that can revolutionize procurement management operations and drive sustainable value creation.

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Big data and inventory management

EazyStock

But as the number of systems being used increases, the amount of data available for consumption and analysis grows exponentially. This is especially true in inventory management, where new technologies are being introduced all the time, and along with them, more and more data is being generated.

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Demand Planning & Policy-Based Planning: A guide to Inventory Management

Log-hub

The right inventory policy can be identified by a detailed inventory analysis of demand patterns, lead time for replenishment, storage costs, and production timelines. Inventory management ensures that the right amount of inventory is available at the appropriate moment, minimizing excess stock or shortages.

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Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Such an approach results in unnecessary cost, a lack of resilience, and unwanted challenges in meeting customer service requirements – yet sadly, it’s still the approach most commonly taken. For example, supplier performance issues can cause problems with inventory, order fill; on-time delivery performance and customer-order lead times.

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

Logistics Bureau

Even if you simplify your product range and your upstream suppliers, you still have to deal with the ramifications of diverse customers, their expectations, their location and the logistics needed to meet their requirements. Patient care remained uncompromised and as a bonus, supplier management was streamlined too.

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Supplier Relationship Management: Expert Guide for Field Service

WorkWave

Organizations operating under a reactive SRM approach tend to have limited visibility into their supplier relationships and may lack a long-term strategy for supplier management. On the other hand, strategic supplier relationship management involves a proactive and long-term approach to managing supplier relationships.