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Supply Chain Analytics: Benefits, Challenges & Architecture

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If you’re in the business world, you’re probably always looking for ways to streamline your supply chain operations. Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! But like any new technology, there are hurdles to overcome when implementing supply chain analytics.

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The 5S of Kaizen — The Ultimate Guide

Procurement Tactics

It focuses on making things better by improving quality, getting rid of waste, and making processes more efficient. Edwards Deming, an American expert in quality management. In the 1950s, Deming introduced statistical process control methods to Japan, emphasizing the importance of quality and continuous improvement.

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How to build a successful procurement strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. Building strong supplier relationships to encourage favorable contracts and service is also a common goal.

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How to Improve Output Quality in Your Business!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Ways to Raise Your Quality Management Game! Any devoted business owner will tell you that they have a commitment to quality, but sometimes simply being devoted to excellence is not enough. Assessing your existing output quality can be difficult without the right technology.

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Big Data: a Big Decision

Supply Chain Trend

Every so many years, a new supply chain terminology takes the front page and dominates the conversation in magazines and conferences. In the last decade or two we’ve seen JIT (Just in Time), TQM (Total Quality Management), 6 Sigma, S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning), Lean, Agile, Demand-Driven Supply Chains…to name just a few.

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How to Minimize Impacts from Supply Chain Disruption

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As globalization extends supply chains around the world, the likelihood of negative impacts stemming from supply chain disruption increases. Supply chain disruptions are an inevitability for any supply chain, though the severity of the impacts can vary. Types of Supply Chain Disruptions.

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12 considerations when choosing MES software

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Implementing such solutions could be the key to a new era of productivity for your organization, but implementing new and expansive IT software can be intimidating. As your company grows and expands its manufacturing capabilities, an MES can provide the necessary tools for managing larger and more complex production workflows.