Do you want to understand the supply chain capabilities of your key competitors? Or gain insights into how their supply chains are structured? If your competitor is a large company, they almost certainly have a vendor guide. And if you type their name and “vendor guide” into a search engine, there’s a good chance you’ll find their vendor extranet where you can access and read their vendor guide.
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There are three bedrooms upstairs, two decent-sized ones and the other the size of a mouse trap, dark and forgotten, its walls painted black, and off to the side an old Singer sewing machine resting on a small wooden desk. “This will be your room,” my parents said to me with a smile (I think it was a smile) and… Continue reading
How can a company that is so innovative in so many aspects of its business, also be so ordinary (or worse, the opposite of innovative) in others?
Apple has received a lot of negative press lately about its supplier practices in China, including an article published last week in The New York Times titled, “In China, Human Costs Are Built Into An iPad” by Charles Duhigg and David… Continue reading
At the end of December, the Boston Globe published an article titled, “Wide heart monitor use tied to missed alarms.” I had a strong feeling I had read that article before, and then I realized I was having a déjà vu moment — ARC had published a strategy report in 2004 focused on alarm management strategies for manufacturing plants.
Here are the opening paragraphs from the Boston Globe
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Guest Commentary: Retailers and Manufacturers Must Rethink their Planning and Fulfillment Strategies
This is an interesting time to be a supply chain professional. We are seeing a convergence of revolutionary trends that are causing retailers and their manufacturing suppliers to truly re-think how they approach their planning and fulfillment strategies.
Here are some examples:
Multi-Channel Retailing. Not long ago, a retailer’s transportation focus was on loading trucks and shipping into distribution centers and stores. The recent increase in parcel activity… Continue reading
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