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March 19, 2021

Spring Begins March 20, 2021

7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Supply Chain

(warehouse and distributor)

Now is the time to dust off those metrics and spruce up your on time delivery.

By Gary Marion

the balance small business

1. Cycle Counting

If you’re spring cleaning your supply chain – take a look at your cycle count program.

2. Re-Order Points

When does your Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system tell you to re-order your inventory?

3. On-Time Metrics

What are your customers saying about you as a supplier?

4. Safety Stocks

Your safety stock inventory is sitting there to protect you against emergencies. It’s also costing you money.

5. Supplier Lead Times

Supplier lead times are a function of how quickly your suppliers can secure raw materials and components, along with their manufacturing lead times and inventory levels.

6. Customer Lead Times

You are your customers’ supplier. The same lead time variables that impact your supplier lead times impact yours.

7. Cost of Goods Sold

Are you still paying the same for your components and raw materials that you did a year ago?

OR Is Spring Cleaning for Supply Chain committing to Sustainability through all the tiers of suppliers?

This topic mentioned by Dr. Elouise Epstein when she spoke to the WISC Association on January 21st, 2021, that the work in the Digital platforms will give visibility to the multiple tiers of our supply chain.

A More Sustainable Supply Chain

Companies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down.

by Verónica H. Villena and Dennis A. Gioia

From the HBR Magazine (March–April 2020)

This is where things get interesting.

THANK YOU!

We appreciated the time Magali gave to present, and from Winnipeg. Thank you for those who spent their evening with us. We appreciated the questions and engagement.

WISC and Wine

March 17, 2021

We want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Magali Lacerte, Director of Process Engineering from Bison Transport.

We learned about women in trucking, how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics (RB) have helped alleviate workloads to assist employees become better problem solvers - to Magali's personal journey and success in her career.

Magali affirmed that women succeed and thrive in trucking and supply chain.