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Globalize Your Supply Chain Management and Execution System

global supply chain managementAcross multiple regions, across multiple countries, in mature or emerging markets or on the other side of the world, you can manage inventory from far-flung places. It is clear that this will also directly impact your warehouse activities. To do it without mass chaos, longer production times and added costs, you don’t just dive in; you leverage the best options as part of an overall strategy.

Today, I want to give you a few areas that will help you effectively manage your global supply chain execution by using supply chain management systems.

3 Areas That Help You Establish Global Supply Chain Management

How Innovation can Reduce Errors in Supply Chain Management

supply chain managementSupply chain management is important, not only for getting products to market but for keeping your brand promise to consumers and retailers. When you miss your mark, often times due to improper insights into your operations, you can give your competitors an advantage over you.

Recently, I read an article on Advertising Age, which described the troubles a major brand had with a product launch. The problem was attributed to their supply chain constraints, which opened up the door for competitors to come in and take a considerable impact on that product market.

Warehouse Management: 3 Elements to the Warehouse Evolution

warehouse management warehouse evolutionChange and evolution are always in the mind of good warehouse professionals– this is especially true in the warehouse management and supply chain management spaces. I know it may sound like a broken record, but if you don’t keep the big picture in mind, your competition will pass you by.

Our own Guido van Osch touched on this in a recent OnWindows.com publication and I would like to share his thoughts with you. I believe he hits the nail on the head here, and that we should all think about in the coming warehouse evolution.

Van Osch writes:

The Tactical Side of Supply Chain Management

supply chain management strategyRunning a supply chain requires many components to make it a completely functional and effective system. This means things like strategies, tactics and daily operations. The problem isn’t necessarily getting everything working; it’s ensuring your choices meet the expectations from your customers.

Today, I want to touch on the tactical side of the supply chain and point out a few areas that are crucial to growing your supply chain management operations – not just maintaining them.

Tactical Supply Chain Management

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The Technology Behind Retail Warehouse Management

retail warehouse technologiesStaying competitive in the retail warehouse management business is the business equivalent of “keeping up with the Jones’s.” Why? The technology to get warehouse operations in top form is always changing and that means keeping up with those competitors who understand what technology means to success.

I do believe if you’re the one that competitors have to keep up with, then you set the standard – which is ultimately what you want. To start setting that bar, let’s look at some technologies any retail warehouse management professional should keep in their toolbox for optimal efficiency and staying ahead of the pack.

10 Traits of Top CIOs in the Supply Chain Business

Supply chain businesses and many other companies that view IT as a way to gain a valuable competitive advantage also understand they need to find the highest level of expertise and experience. One of the most important keys to IT success for any industry is hiring strong leadership—specifically a Chief Information Officer (CIO). What are the qualities of a CIO who can meet and exceed the IT expectations of executive leadership and company stakeholders?

Note: These are not ranked as I believe these traits are equally important.

What 5 Trends Are Most Driving Lean Manufacturing Strategies?

Is the answer to the question used in my headline too obvious?  At least part of it certainly should be, as ‘budget reductions’ is certainly one of the key trends driving lean.

But going lean is not just about reducing costs.  Lean can be defined with words ranging from ‘efficiency’ to ‘green’ – and between these two words is too wide of a scope to tie into one obvious trend.

And with that, here are the five trends I see as most driving lean manufacturing:

Manufacturing Supply Chain Visibility Is Key To Success In Any Vertical

Integration can help optimize business systems to work more efficiently.  Integration can help simplify processes in the manufacturing supply chain.  Integration can help meet business objectives.

But unless it’s focused on improving visibility, integration will not help with any of the items above, regardless of your vertical.

For all the talk and buzz over integration, especially the integration of Enterprise Resource Planning (ER) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), I feel the real crux of these conversations needs to focus more on one of the ultimate benefits of integration – rather than the process itself.  And in a word, visibility defines this benefit.

Retail Supply Chain Management: A Trip To Its Future & Past With Guido Van Osch

Guido van Osch, Global Industry Director, To-Increase

As populations expand, and goods continue to travel, what advancements are guiding the growth and evolution of the retail supply chain?  Even more compellingly, how will retail supply chain management principles continue to evolve – and as professionals working in or supporting the retail industry – how are we directly responsible for nurturing this evolution?

For answers, I turned to Guido van Osch, To-Increase’s new Global Industry Director specializing in retail supply chain management software solutions. Below, Guido shares his insight on everything from how retail supply chain management best practices sync with mobile and Enterprise Resource Planning solutions, and offers tactical recommendations regarding what improvements retailers can look at making to their supply chain processes before this holiday season?

5 Retail Blogs Warehouse Management Professionals Should be Reading

The speed of information dictates that a real-time news source is critical for those striving to stay up to date on the happenings of their industry.

For those working in warehouse management or retail – where everything from new technological advancements to new supply chain processes are commonplace – this makes your daily blogroll all the more critical a resource.

Below, find five retail themed blogs that I recommend for any warehouse management professional working within this industry:

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