Among the universal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed upon the supply chain management profession is the question of inventory, specifically, “how much is enough?”…
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Fat Supply Chains
Indeed. Most Supply Chains are overweight. Nevertheless, they can improve their service and cut their costs by up to 24%. How? Through Supply Chain Benchmarking…
Business Risk and Insurance with Lisa Castagnola
Almost every business with employees has to handle the course of workers’ compensation, an insurance that covers medical expenses and a portion of lost wages for employees who become injured or ill on the job…
Black Swan Planning in the Supply Chain
We can’t always plan for all circumstances, particularly in Supply Chain. But we need to at least ‘think through’ some worst-case scenarios and have some conceptual plans in place. So how good is your Supply Chain Planning? What kinds of things do you plan for?…
Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a decade of changes to the retail world in just a year and a half or so.
Few retailers can hope to grow, or even survive today, without the ability to sell through ecommerce channels. Supply chains are continually disrupted by container shortages, a lack of air freight capacity, and movement restrictions implemented by governments to combat the pandemic…
3 Ways to Benchmark to Improve Your Supply Chain
BENCHMARKING your Supply Chain is recognized as one of the Top 3 Management Tools to improve Supply Chain performance…
4 Tips in Getting Jobs in Supply Chain
“How do I get a job in Supply Chain?” “Can you help me get a job in Supply Chain?” These are the most common questions we get on our YouTube channel and other social media platforms. So in this episode, we share four crucial points for people, like you, who are looking for Supply Chain jobs…
Why Your Business’ 3PL Relationships Fail: Whose Fault is It?
Around 85% of 3PL relationships didn’t end well. Why? Find out in this video…
The Long and Short of Designing a Distribution Network
I’ve noticed a trend in recent years in that when businesses want to check their distribution networks or design a distribution network, they immediately jump into loads and loads of detail…
Losing Money on Customer Orders and Supply Chain Profit Leak
Up to 14% of customer orders could be losing money in your Supply Chain…