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Proactive Approach to Navigating Transportation Woes
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Proactive Approach to Navigating Transportation Woes

e-Commerce & Logistics, In The News, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Disruption

Proactive Approach to Navigating Transportation Woes

Transportation has been in chaos since the pandemic. It started with logjams at the ports that persisted for multiple years, continued with atypical events such as the ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal and truckers blocking the border of US and Canada, and continues to rage on with labor shortages across the board in rail, trucking, and all transportation sectors.

admin2023-04-10T21:42:44+00:00February 15, 2023|Categories: e-Commerce & Logistics, In The News, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Disruption|Tags: disruptions, friendly shoring, innovate, nearshoring, port strike, ports, proactive, reshaping supply chain, reshoring, reslilient, SIOP / S&OP, suppliers, supply chain, transportation, truckers|

Creating Predictable Revenue with Demand Planning Best Practices

Predicting the Unpredictable Every client believes their demand cannot be predicted. After all, customers don't know what is going on in their end-to-end supply chain with the global supply chain chaos. Sales teams are optimistic and either forecast too much, hoping Operations will produce and store "just in case" [...]

admin2022-09-05T06:10:01+00:00January 13, 2022|Categories: Customer Experience, Demand Planning, Manufacturing, S&OE, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain|Tags: demand planning, inventory, monthly review, planning, revenue, SIOP / S&OP, supply chain|

Prescient Strategy & Manufacturing Resilience Using SIOP (S&OP)

To thrive post COVID, manufacturing resilience will be cornerstone. Customers expect personalization, customization, and rapid deliveries without disruption, and they will change suppliers, substitute products and do whatever is required to satisfy their customers or get what's needed. For example, although the preference is for online purchasing, consumers will return to stores to ensure quick, reliable supply of critical items.

admin2022-09-05T06:12:35+00:00January 13, 2022|Categories: Customer Experience, Manufacturing, Reshoring/ Nearshoring, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain|Tags: consumer, customer needs, customization, design, engineering, foresight, insource, manufacturing, materials, nearshoring, outsource, outsourcing, product, profit, purchasing, quality control, reshoring, resiliency, SIOP / S&OP, source alternatives, suppliers, supply chain|