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Supply chain

3 Different Types of Supply Management Tools

Slender margins of error indicate the efficiency of every sector. With the advancement in technology came the scope to develop better standards of every service provided. A tiny flaw in the process can lead to massive defects in the final …

Load Boards

The Best Load Boards in the Market

The number of load boards on the internet tends to exceed your imagination and places you at a confusing stage. As a result, you will be puzzled about the next move and what you need to incorporate further down the …

Cross-docking

Understanding Cross-docking

Supply chain management is all about flows. Material flowing through warehouses is no exception. Conventionally the warehouses were set up as inventory buffer points along the supply paths so that demand fluctuations across the network could be smoothed. That provided …

Lean As A

Lean As A Supply Chain Strategy

Lean primarily refers to elimination of waste and is the basic philosophy that originated as part of Toyota Production Systems, with its emphasis on the elimination of waste (muda). Therefore, this philosophy is based on reducing the cost by eliminating …

Push Or Pull

Push Or Pull?

Before you do, it is important to understand what it means & how it affects the supply chains. Understanding what it means depends a whole lot on the context. It also changes the question from push or pull to a …

Postponement As Supply Chain Strategy

The postponement strategy is based on the following two basic principles of demand forecasting.image
The accuracy of the forecast demand decreases with an increase in the time horizon. The farther the time window for which the demand is being forecasted, …

Inventory Planning

Replenishment Policies and Inventory Planning

The two processes of replenishment and inventory are closely related. The inventory planning process establishes the optimal inventory levels that must be maintained to meet expected service levels for demand fulfillment. What does that exactly mean? To understand we need …

Supply Chain Management Software

The Best Supply Chain Management Software

Maintaining a continuous workflow and ensuring that the overall structure is in place tends to form the requirement of a supply chain management software. The many benefits that arise from the same will be highly essential towards achieving the required …