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Using Lean to Manage Inventory!

Supply Chain Game Changer

What is Lean Inventory Management? More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers. Lean supply chain and inventory management enable Small Medium Businesses (SMB) to improve efficiency and increase profits.

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Cost Performance Index (CPI): What is it and How to Calculate it?

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While CPI is normally used within project management and earned value analysis, it has significant application and importance within supply chain contexts, particularly in procurement, logistics and warehousing. CPI can help track whether inventory costs are justified by the value generated through stock turnover.

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Complete Guide to the Procurement of Materials

World of Procurement blog

The procurement of materials is a vital process in supply chain management, involving the timely acquisition of high-quality goods and services at the most economical prices from reliable suppliers. Inventory Control and Management : Properly managing the received materials to ensure they are used efficiently and effectively.

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Complete Guide to the Procurement of Materials

World of Procurement blog

The procurement of materials is a vital process in supply chain management, involving the timely acquisition of high-quality goods and services at the most economical prices from reliable suppliers. Inventory Control and Management : Properly managing the received materials to ensure they are used efficiently and effectively.

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The Big Interview with Gordon Hall

Procurement Heads

It was presented to me as an opportunity and challenge at the same time in my very first role by the Managing Director I was reporting to at the time, this followed a two-and-a-half-year stint in front-line operations. When I actually left that employer I then took a step into my first procurement management role.

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The Big Interview with Gordon Hall

Procurement Heads

It was presented to me as an opportunity and challenge at the same time in my very first role by the Managing Director I was reporting to at the time, this followed a two-and-a-half-year stint in front-line operations. When I actually left that employer I then took a step into my first procurement management role.

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7 Supply Chain Cost Saving Ideas from SpaceX

Supply Chain Opz

The simplest yet effective method is called "Value Analysis". In fact, he has managed to make it (jaw-dropping) 100 times lower than any competitors in the world! Theoretical Background No matter how complex your business environment is, there will always be the way to reduce the manufacturing costs. In 1947, Lawrence D.