The old days of the Quality movement seem quaint in retrospect: the banners, the slogans, the prizes and team-building events. Today, quality management is all about information — or, more to the point, how to keep from getting buried in it.
Are manufacturers, retailers and brands serious about providing sourcing visibility to ensure ethical supply chains? And are consumers willing to pay for it?
Decisions on what, how much, where, and when to stock product across the extended global CP supply chain directly impact corporate profitability, positively or negatively.
Many companies that employ an on-demand transportation management system (TMS) to automate their transportation processes realize double digit savings on their total transportation spend within the first year.
Too many companies are still plagued by a "siloed" mentality which keeps various functions from collaborating fully on demand planning. But Arnold Mark Wells, principal of End-to-End Analytics, sees reason for hope.
The enterprise wants procurement to enable global growth scenarios in 2012 while also continuing to protect supply and lower input costs, according to research conducted for The Hackett Group's annual Key Issues Study.