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Cost to Serve Case Study that was Off the Scale! – with Steven Thacker
What are the three things that people get wrong with their supply chains? 1. Focusing on the wrong things 2. Understanding margins in your product 3. Not setting the bar high enough for cost reduction planning With us is Steven Thacker, Rob’s fellow director in...
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Freight Procurement Tips with Trent Morris
WHAT ROLE CAN PROCUREMENT PLAY ON FREIGHT EXPENDITURE? “A better way, in my opinion, of approaching it is to simply define what you actually want them to give you” – Trent Morris Once again our favorite purchasing and procurement consultant, Trent Morris, gives us...
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What to Focus on First – COST to SERVE – Supply Chain – Logistics
Here’s a brief review of our webinar which mainly tackles the importance of Cost to Serve in the Supply Chain and the understanding of the cost in a detailed level of servicing different types of customers and products. Related articles on this...
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Circular Supply Chains with Deborah Dull – Supply Chain Sustainability
Get to know about Circular Supply Chain— the definition, examples, and more, especially that Supply Chain sustainability is quite very high on Corporate Agendas around the World. Watch the video below: Editor’s Note: This post was originally...
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What are the Different Jobs in Procurement?
We have received a lot of questions regarding the different roles in procurement. Good thing we got a long-time friend and our Supply Chain & Procurement Consultant, TRENT MORRIS, to tell us more about it in the video below! Related articles on this...
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Is Your Supply Chain Fit Enough for the Challenge?
Will your Supply Chain overcome the current Coronavirus challenges? There might be opportunities you want to jump into and some things you might have to look at. WE WILL HELP YOU! Watch the video below and together let us outrun the competition! ...
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What is Procure to Pay (P2P) – What is Procurement to Payment?
“PROCURE TO PAY is a PROCESS that can be enable by a SYSTEM” – Trent Morris Watch the full video here to learn more about P2P: Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on July 1, 2020, under the title “What is Procure to Pay (P2P) – What...
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Supply Chain Strategy Guide in 6 Easy Steps – No Excuses
Hello! I spend a lot of time helping companies with their Supply Chain Strategy and this is an outline of the approach I use. I’m always surprised how many businesses don’t have this essential planning document prepared! So here are the SIX easy steps to Supply Chain:...
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Your Supply Chain Focus – Here’s a Handy Guide
We’ve been hit by the Coronavirus and for Supply Chain, this is the greatest disruption it has ever confronted. Further matter in these troubled times it can be hard to maintain the right Supply Chain Focus. So, we made a video to guide and help you. ...
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Free Supply Chain Education Online! – No Catch
We got an exciting news for you! We have opened our online Supply Chain Education Program, FREE! We are also adding a couple of things to it which will be really interesting! To learn more, kindly watch the video below: Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne...
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Get a Supply Chain Job Overseas
This is really a common question I encounter. How can I get a Supply Chain job in Australia, or Canada, or the USA? Well in this video, I’ll give you some tips based on my experience living in Australia and dealing with overseas applicants for jobs: ...
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Definitions for Supply Chain & Logistics – LLP, 3PL, 4PL and More
What is LLP mean? What does 3PL stand for? How about 4PL and 5PL? More of these Supply Chain questions will be discussed in the video below: Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on May 27, 2020, under the title “Definitions for Supply...
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3 Supply Chain Things You Need to Focus Right Now to Reduce Risk
What are the things that you need to be doing in your Supply Chain right now to get you through this current crisis? Cost to Serve Sales and Operations Planning Inventory To further help you manage the cost and service risks during the pandemic, kindly watch the video...
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Manufacturing and Supply Chain Options during COVID-19 Disruption
Other Asian countries offer promising high-tech manufacturing other than China so big businesses can rope to these countries for affordable manufacturing cost and a lot more flowing supply chain amidst COVID-19 disruption. See the pros and cons of these manufacturing...
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Supply Chain after the Crisis?
How willing would a company be to return its operation back to China, after investing and relocating operations to other countries? How will the companies typically plan for disasters like the Coronavirus, with supply chains become even more global in the...
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