SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

These functions include procurement, production planning, inventory management, logistics, and customer service. Procurement Procurement involves sourcing and acquiring the materials or products needed for production. Logistics Logistics involves managing the transportation and delivery of goods.

Supply Chain Optimization 90

Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain 90

Procurify

AUGUST 23, 2022

In order to begin lean manufacturing, businesses should examine all of their routings, bills of material, and equipment to determine what changes need to be made. These methods can help businesses flourish; consider the Kenco Group , a Chattanooga-based firm recently examined in an Inbound Logistics article. Warehousing.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 59

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain management Supply chain management Supply Chain Efficiency 59

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

With dozens of facilities, dozens of customers, thousands of bills of material and tens of thousands of parts we had an environment which was prone to having part shortages. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) programs can help to ensure goods are held as low in the Supply Chain as possible yet be accessible quickly.

Strategy 48

Strategy Bill of materials Supply Chain Efficiency Inventory 48

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

MRP software wasn’t as well developed then as it is today, and the best we could do was find something that would let us create and manage multi-level indented bills-of-material and kitting work orders. It was a killer for us to meet the cost reduction target which had little effect on their total bill-of-material.

Leadership 42

Leadership supply chain software solutions Bill of materials Real-time Visibility 42

Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

Part Availability Insights allow you to automatically search for all the parts and alternative options on your bill of materials (BOM) and part lists. Their “savings engine” helps manage bills of material (BOM) and cost-targets, and identifies new savings opportunities to create win-wins for buyers and suppliers.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Procurement Software

JULY 9, 2024

These tools ensure that the direct materials meet stringent quality standards and are delivered on schedule, which impacts the overall production timeline. Indirect procurement software, however, centres around purchase order management , expense tracking, and vendor management for non-production items.

Raw materials 40

Raw materials supply chain software solutions Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency 40