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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

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The US quality guru Joseph Moses Juran (born 1904 in Romania ) divides the supplier quality assurance process into nine steps: definition of the product’s quality requirements, evaluation of alternative suppliers. The definition of this metric is similar to the way it sounds. Cost of quality.

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Intermodal Growth Starting to Pay Off with Inland Ports’ Development

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Chad Buch , JLL Research Manager, explained in an interview that this JLL paper served as a “refresh” of a 2014 intermodal publication, entitled “ The re-emergence of the iron horse.”. Read: Walter Kemmsies Talks Economics, Supply Chain, NAFTA before Jump Start 2019 Conference.

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International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) report ‘significant progress’ on 6-year extension

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This week’s negotiations in Newark, New Jersey, were the first for the ILA and USMX since early December, when negotiations broke off after a disagreement over the contract’s definition of automated terminals, which ILA President Harold Daggett opposes. The West Coast’s share of US containerized imports from Asia slipped to 65.3

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Reshoring Or Not, What is Manufacturing? 4 Questions to Ponder with Real American Manufacturers

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The ‘ole “garbage in; garbage out” (GIGO) adage definitely applies here. Obviously accuracy of the BOM and Inventory are critical, and the goal should be 100% daily. Since there is no perfection, 98-99% accuracy is considered close enough to the goal of 100% accuracy. It was called, “ The Short List ”.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

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The transformation in the way that war was being fuelled and fought was definitive in logistics moving from the margins to one of the most significant influences upon success. This is an edited adaption of a presentation given at the Australian Defence Force conference ‘Rapid Force Projection’ in April 2019. 1] Engels, D.,

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2018 Supply Chain Top 25 Rankings released by Gartner

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s annual Supply Chain Executive Conference held last week in Phoenix, AZ provided the platform for the release of its Supply Chain Top 25, which identifies industry “best practices.”. Notes: Gartner Opinion and Peer Opinion: Based on each panel’s forced-rank ordering against the definition of “DDVN orchestrator.”

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

The transformation in the way that war was being fuelled and fought was definitive in logistics moving from the margins to one of the most significant influences upon success. This is an edited adaption of a presentation given at the Australian Defence Force conference ‘Rapid Force Projection’ in April 2019. 1] Engels, D.,