Supply Chain Diagnoses and Prescriptions: Solutions Looking for Problems
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RIGHTCHAIN INSIGHTS
Dr. Frazelle's periodic posts on supply chain optimization, technology, and operations.
Supply Chain Project Success Belongs to the Diligent Few
We have to cajole some of our clients to embrace the processes of cultivating supply chain data, analyzing supply chain data and gleaning...
Supply Chain Optimization through the Eyes of a Receiving Dock
A few years ago, we were asked to assist a large apparel retailer with their supply-chain strategy. We toured the main distribution...
The Supply Chain Squeeze
HOW SUPPLY CHAIN PHILOSOPHIES ARE SOMETIMES USED AS SUBSTITUTES FOR COMMON SENSE, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, AND/OR ANALYTICAL HARD WORK A few...
Strategic Warehousing?
Since warehouses house inventory (or wares), warehousing adds business and supply chain value in all the same ways including facilitating...
Is ERP a Good Fit for Supply Chain Management?
A few years ago we were helping a large retailer develop their supply chain strategy. During one of the strategy meetings I was called...
The COO Meets Supply Chain Strategy
A large company in the Silicon Valley retained us a few years ago to help them craft a supply chain strategy. We were about ninety...
Is Inventory a Means or an End?
A few years ago I conducted a workshop for the operating committee of one of the world's largest industrial conglomerates. The heads of...
The Power of Metrics in Supply Chain Management
I like to start our seminars with a series of questions from the students. One morning the head of supply chain for a large...
The Value of Visibility in Supply Chain Logistics
Inventory levels to a large degree are about trust. Since we tend to not trust what we can’t see, any place where there are blind spots...
The Customer is Not Always Right or King
During one of our supply chain strategy seminars I made the statement, “The customer is not always right or king.” One of the seminar...
How Many Supply Chain Metrics is Optimal?
Dr. Frazelle explains the principles of determining the optimal number of supply chain metrics. During a recent visit to an automotive...
How to Tailor Supply Chain Strategies for Unique Conditions
Dr. Frazelle explains how to incorporate unique economic, geographic and demographic conditions in to consideration when developing...
The Supply Chain Intelligence Crisis
Dr. Frazelle explains the growing supply chain intelligence crisis - artificial and human - and some steps organizations need to take to...
Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategy
The contentious drama between sourcing and supply chain strategy. Dr. Frazelle shares an all too common story of sourcing and supply...
Logistics and the Golden Gate Bridge
Dr. Frazelle explains how logistics is like a figurative bridge connecting organizations via software, hardware, processes and people to...
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