Supply Chain: Lean Supply Chain Management or Agile? Here's How to Achieve Both
The supply chain industry is at a crossroads. Once upon a time, when most products and components were in abundance, a lean supply chain was a miracle of efficiency. Lean principles were used in every ...
Supply Chain: How Lean and JIT Strategies Can Help Manage Supply Chain Risk and Develop Contingency Plans
Lean and just-in-time (JIT) strategies are still vital to supply chains. Lean management practices JIT strategies may have taken a beating in recent years, but only because companies relied too ...
How Lean and JIT Strategies Can Help Manage Supply Chain Risk and Develop Contingency Plans
Forbes: Top Five Ways To Become Agile And Lean In Your Supply Chain
There’s been a long-held concept that a supply chain could be agile or lean, but not both. In last month’s article, we explored how with the right digital transformation, there is no reason why a ...
Top Five Ways To Become Agile And Lean In Your Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management Review: Balanced supply chain management: Managing at the edges
Supply chain management (SCM) refers to the planning and coordination of activities involved in sourcing materials, producing goods, and managing logistics across a supply network. SCM involves ...
In February, Klaus Niebur, the director of global supply chain risk management at Autoliv, and Jan Theissen, the managing director at targetP!, spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management ...
Another wave of lockdowns will renew concerns about supply chains and shortages. As a grower of fresh mushrooms, for decades I experienced the difficulties of filling orders during wild fluctuations ...