Category: Lean and Just-In-Time

Supply Chain Matters Top 25 Most Read Blogs During 2020- Part Two

by Bob Ferrari | Mar 30, 2021 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain, Automotive Supply Chain, Consumer Goods Focused Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare Supply Chain, Supply Chain Business Process, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Performance, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Technology, Supply chain wide visibility | 0 |

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our annual listing of our most read blog commentaries that were created and published during the year 2020. In this Part Two posting, we highlight in descending order from Number 14 to Number 1 ranked blog content.

Zara Provides the Benchmark for Supply Chain Digital Transformation

by Bob Ferrari | Mar 24, 2021 | Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Online Customer Fulfillment, Procurement and Sourcing, Retail Supply Chain, Service-centered Supply Chains, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Strategy, Supply Chain Transformation, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |

The Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers on retail supply chain icon Inditex and its abilities to once again pivot to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Consumers Have a Role to Play in Reducing Food Waste

by Bob Ferrari | Mar 22, 2021 | Consumer Goods Focused Supply Chain, Food and Beverage supply chain, Food, Grocery and Natural Foods Retail supply chain, Green and Sustainable Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Technology, Sustainability in Supply Chain, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |

The Supply Chain Matters blog features a three-part series exploring the rather significant amount of food waste that occurs across global regions and the role that consumers can play in reducing overall food waste.

Toyota’s Response to the Auto Industry-Wide Semiconductor Chip Shortage

by Bob Ferrari | Feb 26, 2021 | Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Automotive Supply Chain, High Tech and Consumer Electronics Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Procurement and Sourcing, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Performance, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply Chain Risk Management, Supply Chain Technology, Supply chain wide visibility | 0 |

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report in indicating how Toyota has modified its just-in-time processes to factor certain supply network risks including the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage.

Lean Manufacturing for Today’s Customer-Driven Supply Chain

by Bob Ferrari | Feb 26, 2021 | Additive manufacturing, Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Controlling Supply Chain Costs, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Manufacturing Strategies, Operations management, Prescriptive or Predictive Analytics, Supply Chain Business Process, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Management for Small and Medium Business, Supply Chain Matters Guest Contributions, Supply Chain Performance, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply chain wide visibility | 0 |

The Supply Chain Matters blogs provides a guest blog contribution from Richard Lebovitz describing how new Lean thinking, artificial intelligence and connected factory management will lead the new age of manufacturing.

Auto Industry Semiconductor Shortages- The Challenge of Supply Resiliency and Risk Mitigation

by Bob Ferrari | Feb 11, 2021 | Automotive Supply Chain, High Tech and Consumer Electronics Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply chain wide visibility | 1 |

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides additional commentary related to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor components utilized in automotive manufacturing.

What to Expect in the New Normal- Fostering More Connected Manufacturing and Supply Network Synchronization

by Bob Ferrari | Jan 28, 2021 | Additive manufacturing, Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technology, Lean and Just-In-Time, Manufacturing Strategies, Omni-Channel Commerce Supply Chain Impacts, Prescriptive or Predictive Analytics, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Technology, Supply Chain Transformation, Supply chain wide visibility | 0

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides added depth to a 2021 prediction for multi-industry supply chains: The need for fostering more connected manufacturing and supply network synchronization.

2021 Predictions: Fostering Connected Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operational Synchronization

by Bob Ferrari | Jan 28, 2021 | Additive manufacturing, Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Internet of Things, Lean and Just-In-Time, Manufacturing Strategies, Prescriptive or Predictive Analytics, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Execution, Supply Chain Technology, Supply Chain Transformation, Supply chain wide visibility | 0 |

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via the Supply Chain Matters blog, highlights a specific 2021 prediction for industry supply chains: Fostering Connected Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operational Synchronization.

Announcing Availability of Podcast Episode 9- The New (Ab) Normal with MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi

by Bob Ferrari | Dec 15, 2020 | Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technology, Book Reviews and Reference Articles, Global trade trends, Internet of Things, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Manufacturing Strategies, Prescriptive or Predictive Analytics, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Control Tower, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Matters Podcast, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply Chain Talent Management, Supply Chain Technology, Supply Chain Transformation, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces availability of Episode 9 of our podcasting series: The New (Ab) Normal with MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi, describing specific areas of his newly published and highly rated book of the same name.

The Multi-Industry Supply Chain Management Themes in 2021

by Bob Ferrari | Oct 30, 2020 | Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technology, Lean and Just-In-Time, Omni-Channel Commerce Supply Chain Impacts, Prescriptive or Predictive Analytics, Procurement and Sourcing, Product Lifecycle Management, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain Business Process, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Management for Small and Medium Business, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Risk Management, Supply Chain Strategy, Supply Chain Technology, Supply Chain Technology Marketing, Supply Chain Transformation, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |

Supply Chain Matters Founder Bob Ferrari outlines the multi-industry supply chain management themes that should be anticipated in the coming year. They include New Thinking, new Definitions and New Directions.

Global Trade on the Increase and Container Shipping Lines Suddenly Benefit

by Bob Ferrari | Sep 3, 2020 | Global trade trends, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |

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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an editorial commentary on global container shipping lines financially benefitting from ability to collective cut-back on capacity availability during the COVID-19 disruption that has impacted so many industry supply chains.

Quantitative Data Addressing the COVID-19 Inventory Policy Vulnerability of Global Based Supply Chains

by Bob Ferrari | Apr 2, 2020 | Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Risk Management | 0 |

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a reference to RapidRatings quantitative proprietary data identifying inventory stocking vulnerabilities of suppliers due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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