Articles on Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management – Definition and importance of its strategies

Definition of Supply Chain Management If you go to a Supermarket and pick up a few items off the shelf...

Information Technology – A Key Driver of SCM

Supply Chain Management is a broad-based function that encompasses all business and operational processes involved in but not limited to...

Logistics – An Integral Component of Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management encompasses, planning, design, control and implementation of all business processes related to procurement, manufacturing, distribution and sales...

Logistics Operations in Supply Chain Network

Logistics has aided and contributed to enabling global trade. Third Party Logistics Service Providers both at global levels and local...

Logistics Service Providers keeps Supply Chain Moving

Procurement Logistics, Manufacturing Logistics and Finished Goods Logistics functions are managed by different independent departments in a company. Though the...

International Logistics – A brief introduction

Supply Chains ride on Logistics Networks and IT Applications/Internet. In this topic a brief introduction to each of the Logistics...

Role of Freight Forwarding & Logistics Companies in Supply Chain Management

Global Logistics Scene is dominated by a handful of ten to twelve multinational Companies followed by smaller companies altogether numbering...

3PL Contract Logistics Operations

While Freight Forwarding is an important function of 3PL Service providers to facilitate the Supply Chain, another equally important function...

Finished Goods Supply Chain

Buying a Desktop computer for your home or a Laptop for your use is very easy. You browse the internet...

Finished Goods Supply Chain Operations

FG Supply Chain consists of all activities involved in movement, storage and distribution of Finished Goods from the Delivery point...

Spare Parts Supply Chain

When you buy any Computer or Electronics Hardware or equipment, normally one of the questions asked to the sales person...

Spare Parts Logistics

In a computer spare parts supply chain, usually the network consists of the country depot that stocks all the parts...

Reverse Logistics

As Supply Chain Activities are evolving and partnering changes in business models, the focus and activities are not restricted to...

Reverse Logistics & SCM – Scope and Advantages

Supply Chain Management is concerned not only with the flow of raw materials and finished goods, but scope extends beyond...

Contract Logistics – Key block in Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Activities constitute multi-modal transportation, customs clearance, and warehousing activities in one or more locations in the entire network....

Contract Logistics RFQ Process

Outsourcing of core Logistics function of Warehousing is fast becoming popular not only for Multi National Companies with global operations...

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) – A collaborative Supply Chain Concept

As the name suggests, VMI stands for Vendor Managed Inventory. VMI involves a collaborative and continuous inventory supply owned, managed...

Documentation – A Control Mechanism of Supply Chain Logistics

Supply chain operations and network extend beyond domestic boundaries and global boundaries of all countries. A logistical exercise originates at...

Warehouse Management System – Ensuring efficiency of the Supply Chain

In any Supply Chain, Inventory Management and Warehousing form a part of operations intensive function and is one of the...

Selecting 3PL Service Provider for Warehouse Management

Global business models are rapidly changing. Shorter life cycles of products and new business need exert pressure on Supply Chain...

Selecting 3PL Service Partner

When an Organization chooses to outsource its inventory management services, the project success hinges on choosing the right partner because...

Internal Planning for Effective Operations in Warehousing Projects

Globally outsourcing 3PL Market is growing fast. In the US, the industry is expected to reach over $150 billion as...

Warehouse Design Concepts

Supply chain efficiencies depend upon the efficiency of logistics including transportation and warehousing operations. Warehouse efficiencies depend upon a combination...

Warehouse Operational Efficiency Contributing Factors

Managing Warehouse Operations is akin to playing a symphony with people, systems, and processes. As long as these elements are...

Warehouse Operational Efficiency and Inventory Health

Any warehouse operations are measured by service levels, volume of transactions handled quality of transactions and most importantly inventory health...

Contract Logistics & Warehousing – Pricing & Costing Mechanisms

3PL Logistics Service Providers are many in the market. There are players from Multi National background, regional players, local companies...

Contract Logistics Pricing Methods

Warehousing and Contract Logistics forms an important part of Supply Chain Networks. Contract Logistics projects are of two kinds. The...

Contract Logistics Cost Model

Warehousing Costing methods vary with the business models. While some warehouses using common shared facilities may be worked up based...

Contract Logistics Solution Design Document

In any project involving outsourcing of warehousing operations, setting up a Distribution Center or Managing Plant logistics, if the project...

Inventory Migration – Meaning, its need and importance

The need for Inventory Migration from one warehouse to another warehouse does not come about very often in Supply Chain...

Inventory Migration Scope

Inventory Migration is a mammoth project exercise involving internal teams as well as many external agencies. Detailed planning, process, simulation,...

Warranty Management – Meaning and its Components

Warranty Management had been traditionally viewed by companies as a cost of doing business. The costs of warranty management were...

Supply Chain Network and Technology

The entire concept of business philosophy has moved away from traditional model to being more customer oriented, driven by demand...

Supply Chain Network Design & Contributing Factors

Designing Supply Chain Network for each industry or business involves arriving at a satisfactory design framework taking into all elements...

Customs Clearance – Meaning, Scope and Documentation

Customs Departments are the government designated authority to implement the policies related to import and export, collect customs duties and...

Ecommerce and Internet Enabled Supply Chains

Internet Technology has impacted our day to day life beyond imagination. It has changed the way we make purchase decisions,...

Sourcing Strategies and Procurement Processes

Not long ago, purchase function was seen to be a desk job, monotonous paper work, dull and passive and more...

Supply Chain Management – Problems and Roadblocks

Companies increasingly are becoming aware that their opportunity to having a competitive edge in business can come through supply chain....

Supply Chains as Sources of Competitive Advantage

Optimizing the Supply Chains A supply chain is the network of relationships between the upstream and downstream activities with all...

Analysis of Amazon’s Supply Chain Management Practices

Analysis To start with, Amazon’s SCM has a strategic fit with its competitive strategy of being the retailer of choice...

How Automation Benefits the Logistics Sector through Efficiencies and Synergies

How Automation Benefits the Logistics Sector through Efficiencies and Synergies Automation benefits the logistics sector in many ways. Right from...

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