Posts Tagged ‘Supply Chain Optimization’
Linear Optimization Improves Resource Usage
Deciding how to use resources is a universal business concern. In today’s hypercompetitive ecosystem, it’s vital to your company’s fiscal health that its people and resources are used most effectively. When dealing with complicated networks, achieving maximum efficiency can be challenging. Companies looking to maximize resources often make decisions on product mix, logistics and demand…
Read MoreWhat Can You Learn from a Bad Boss to Improve Your Job Search?
Feeling trapped in a job with a horrible boss can be the worst feeling in the world, but there is a silver lining to the situation: It can be a teachable moment for your next job search. All too often, it is difficult to figure out who a bad boss is until you are being…
Read MoreDoes Your Company Need a Transportation Management System?
Transportation management systems (TMS) are software solutions designed to help supply chain managers with tasks like routing, scheduling and shipment consolidation. The typical TMS allows shipping managers to gather information up and down the supply chain. A TMS offers numerous benefits to organizations that use them, but is one right for your organization? There are…
Read MoreHow to Negotiate a Job Offer
With today’s labor market being relatively robust, job candidates have more leverage than ever when it comes to negotiating a job offer. That being said, many companies have a take-it-or-leave-it policy when it comes to job offers, particularly for front-line or entry-level positions. Before you start even thinking about negotiating, find out if you have…
Read MoreWhy Is Last-Mile Delivery So Important?
Customers don’t see many aspects of the supply chain. They don’t see suppliers sending raw materials to a manufacturer, products rolling off the lines or shipments headed off to distribution centers. However, customers do see the final link or ‘last mile’ of the supply chain. They want final deliveries to be on time and their…
Read MoreHow Does the Whole Fulfillment Process Affect the Last Mile?
Empowered by smartphones, the explosion of services has led to an intense amount of focus being placed on the so-called ‘last mile’ in the supply chain – or final delivery in the supply chain. While the focus may be on the last mile of the supply chain, problems earlier in the process can make this…
Read MoreSupply Chain Value Webs Provide Flexibility
As industry evolves, companies need to make their supply chains more competitive by reexamining just what they can accomplish. An emerging way to accomplish this goal is not to look at the procurement ecosystem as a series of supply chains, but as a ‘value web’. When set up properly by a company, a value web…
Read MoreDon’t Get Left Behind: How to Merge Supply Chain and IT
To be able to compete globally, more businesses are adding technology to their supply chain management strategy. In the past few years, consumers have become more demanding and started setting their expectations high in terms of quality and service. Concurrently, supply chain managers must understand how the latest technology can assist them in terms of…
Read MoreHow Does Total Cost Perspective Help Make Better Supply Chain Decisions?
Working with quality suppliers is a top priority for almost every business, and companies need to assess suppliers with an eye in the direction of overall cost, quality, and performance. Furthermore, complicated supplier relationships, untrustworthy providers of material supply and growing customer expectations also add to the considerations when putting together a supply chain. Recent…
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