Supply Chain Industrial Engineering Module - Supply Chain Cost Reduction - Productivity & Quality Improvement - Bibliography

Lesson 166 of  Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course.

Lesson 167 Supply Chain Efficiency - Supply Chain Waste Elimination

Lesson 168. Supply Chain Industrial Engineering

Lesson 169. Supply Chain Industrial Engineering Process Charts

Lesson 170. Top Companies - Supply Chain Industrial Engineering Initiatives & Projects

Lesson 171. Supply Chain Industrial Engineering - Bibliography

Supply Chain Operational Excellence

Supply Chain First Design - Adopting Evolving Technologies - Continuous Productivity Improvement - Capacity Adjustments -  Operations (Quantity) Planning - Operations Execution

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering Focuses on adopting evolving technologies, continuous productivity improvement apart from contributing in first design of the supply chain to ensure high productivity in the first design itself.

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering -  Presentation Video
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Large number of articles are available on supply chain cost reduction and productivity improvement. The subject of supply chain industrial engineering can be developed out of them. Subjects like manufacturing systems industrial engineering, product design industrial engineering, maintenance systems industrial engineering, information systems industrial engineering have to be developed by IE academicians to give clarity to the profession of industrial engineering. 

Adopting new technologies and improving productivity of those technologies is an important function that gives powerful scope to industrial engineers to contribute to the growth of companies and that of economies.

The collection of articles, books and papers will give you the idea of importance of the issue of cost reduction, productivity improvement and industrial engineering in supply chains. But the industrial engineering profession has not yet recognized this area as an important task of industrial engineers and they still talk in terms of supply chain management only and use books written for supply chain managers in the subject of industrial engineering curriculum. Industrial engineering profession has to develop a unique area for it in the supply chain management area.

Interesting Contribution from Schroeder

Operations Management in Supply Chain - Decision and Cases

SCHROEDER

Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2013

Contents

5 Parts

Product Design

Process Design

Quality

Capacity and Scheduling

Inventory

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Peg3AwAAQBAJ

Supply Chain Cost Reduction - Articles, Books and Papers

2022

Why organizations should transform their supply chain through cost reduction?

Global disruptions and growing pressure on operational and financial performance are forcing organizations to redesign their supply chain.

The role of supply chain is more strategic than ever and cost transformation becomes vital for companies to thrive.

There are 6 focus areas: Portfolio Simplification, Procurement, Supply Planning, Manufacturing Optimization, Operations Network Footprint and Target Operating Model.

https://www.ey.com/en_be/supply-chain/why-organizations-should-transform-their-supply-chain-through-cost-reduction

How can today’s supply chain disruption cut costs and improve control?

Supply chain teams should examine their end-to-end value chains and identify levers to improve costs and controls – now, next and beyond

Digital enablers may require early outlay but offer significant gains in terms of cost, efficiency and control

https://www.ey.com/en_ch/supply-chain/how-can-todays-supply-chain-disruption-cut-costs-and-improve-control

16.10.2021

Search term: "supply chain" cost reduction

Cost Reduction Strategies in Supply Chain Management

Small Business

By Cathy Habas Updated August 21, 2020

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/cost-reduction-strategies-supply-chain-management-69509.html

Top 10 Tips to Reduce Your Supply Chain Costs

BY TOM K /  FRIDAY, 15 MARCH 2019

http://www.leansupplysolutions.com/blog/top-10-tips-reduce-supply-chain-costs/

Tap Your Supply Chain For Cost Savings And Efficiency 2021/02/10 

10-Feb-2021 — Supply chain efficiency, such as warehousing and distribution, can reduce your overall expenses for your firm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2021/02/10/tap-your-supply-chain-for-cost-savings-and-efficiency/

 7 ways everyone can cut supply chain costs 

https://www.supplychainquarterly.com/articles/513-7-ways-everyone-can-cut-supply-chain-costs

Reducing supply chain costs- supplier substitution, outsourcing, supplier refinancing and inventory changes.

https://www.gartner.com/en/supply-chain/insights/supply-chain-costs

To Evaluate Cost Savings in a Supply Chain : Two Examples 

by A Pettersson · 2013 

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:977185/FULLTEXT01.pdf

01-Jul-2021 — The supply chain is becoming more strategic than ever before, with cost-cutting a priority amid growing financial pressure and volatility.

https://www.ey.com/en_ch/supply-chain/how-can-todays-supply-chain-disruption-cut-costs-and-improve-control

(PDF) Supply chain cost reduction using mitigation & resilience

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318490396_Supply_chain_cost_reduction_using_mitigation_resilient_strategies_in_the_hypermarket_retail_business

Lean and mean: How does your supply chain shape up

by K Alicke  — As in warehouse operations, companies that focus on transportation cost drivers gain. They can control cost overruns or reduce current costs.

https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/dotcom/client_service/operations/pdfs/lean_and_mean-how_does_your_supply_chain_shape_up.pdf

Supply chain management as a competitive strategy for costs. POMS conf. paper. 

by H Pozo — for costs reduction: a case study in two small manufacturing companies

https://www.pomsmeetings.org/confpapers/043/043-0536.pdf

Research on supply chain cost reduction based on process - ieee.org 

Supply chain cost reduction becomes a new source of achieving competitive advantage. Although interests in reducing supply chain cost are growing.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4738147/

Mini Case Studies: Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Rob O'Byrne Feb 20, 2020

https://supplychainchannel.co/mini-case-studies-supply-chain-cost-reduction-and-management/

Cost Drivers in Supply Chain Management

By Daniel Stanton

https://www.dummies.com/business/management/cost-drivers-supply-chain-management/

Reducing Costs Through Collaborative Working in the Supply Chain.  - MDP

https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/reducing-costs-through-collaborative-working-in-the-supply-chain

Identifying and prioritizing cost reduction solutions in the  supply chain.

by JH Dahooie · 2020 · — The present study aims to provide a coherent framework for utilizing a value engineering approach to supply chain cost management.

https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/TEDE/article/view/13534

Supply chain cost research: a bibliometric mapping perspective  (Paper downloaded)

Edgar Ramos , Steven Dien , Abel Gonzales , Melissa Chavez , Ben Hazen 

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Citation Ramos, E., Dien, S., Gonzales, A., Chavez, M. and Hazen, B. (2021), "Supply chain cost research: a bibliometric mapping perspective", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 1083-1100. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-02-2020-0079

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BIJ-02-2020-0079/full/html

Supply Chain Analytics for Cost Reduction - KPMG International

Understand undiscovered connections in supply chain to optimize cost. Supply chain analytics helps organizations gain a holistic view of the entire supply.

https://home.kpmg/tr/en/home/services/advisory/strategy/management-consulting/business-intelligence-data-analytics/data-analytics/supply-chain-analytics-for-cost-reduction.html

Cost Management in Supply Chains — Different Research 

by S Seuring · 2002 · Cited by 19 — Cost reduction is among the most cited objectives in supply chain management. 

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-11377-6_1

Inventory management and cost reduction of supply chain  (Paper downloaded)

by U Praveen · 2019 · Cited by 5 — Reducing waste, and therefore cost, within a supply chain can be a very challenging process due to the large number of variables involved.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978920300354

SUPPLY CHAIN COST MANAGEMENT AND VALUE-BASED  

by M Christopher · 2005 · Cited by 272 — Whilst some of this price deflation can be explained as the result of normal cost reduction through learning and experience effects (1), the rapid fall in

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/138414.pdf

How to Reduce Costs through Supply Chain ... - IndustryWeek 

08-Jul-2013 — Supply chain network design is a powerful modeling approach proven to deliver significant reduction in supply chain costs and improvements.

https://www.industryweek.com/supply-chain/planning-forecasting/article/21960681/how-to-reduce-costs-through-supply-chain-network-optimization

Evaluating cost-reduction alternatives and low-cost sourcing opportunities for aerospace castings and forgings

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2008.

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/44381

Best practices for managing cost in the healthcare supply chain 

by JP Dittmann · Cited by 3 — This part is designed to help you take the next step and identify specific cost reduction projects in your firm.

https://www.ups.com/media/en/managing-costs-part-2.pdf

Supply chain costs and customer satisfaction - PwC 

This also represents one of the greatest opportunities for both cost saving and faster, more reliable delivery to customers.

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/private-company-services/business-perspectives/supply-chain-costs.html

E-Commerce Enterprise Supply Chain Cost Control 

by H Mao — ... products products to reduce supply chain costs. The research in this study has achieved a breakthrough in the cost management

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/complexity/2021/6653213/

Reinventing the CPG Supply Chain with Zero-Based Budgeting   bcg.com 

15-Nov-2019 — CPG companies have traditionally sought to reduce supply chain costs by 2% to 5% a year. Incremental reductions are no longer sufficient

https://www.bcg.com/publications/2019/reinventing-consumer-packaged-goods-supply-chain-with-zero-based-budgeting

Optimizing the retail bank supply chain - Deloitte 

In fact, the worldwide cost of handling cash already exceeds $300 billion per year. To reduce these costs and improve efficiency, retail banks need new methods.

https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Financial-Services/gx-fsi-ca-optimizing-the-retail-bank-supply-chain-2013-10.pdf

10 tips for reducing supply chain logistics costs    mhlnews.com  

09-Aug-2005 — 10 tips for reducing supply chain logistics costs · 1. Understand the true costs of sourcing overseas. · 2. Focus on eliminating the variability. 

https://www.mhlnews.com/transportation-distribution/article/22051660/10-tips-for-reducing-supply-chain-logistics-costs

Cost Reduction Measures

May 5, 2004  |  SCRC SME

According to a study by the Center for Applied Purchasing Studies (CAPS) Research, the primary goal of most purchasing executives is to reduce total costs (1). Supply managers in general are under an increasing amount of pressure to assure the accuracy and validity of their cost reduction measures. Their goals are often directly linked to promotions and bonuses as an incentive help their purchasing department reach its goals. As such, cost reduction measures must be able to withstand rigorous questioning from top management (2).

(1) Hendrick, T. and Ogden, J. (2002). Purchasing and Supply Managers’ 2001 Compensation Benchmarking and Demographics CAPS Research Focus Study. CAPS Research.

(2) Smeltzer, L. and Manhsip, J. (July, 2003). How good are your cost reduction measures? Supply Chain Management Review.

https://scm.ncsu.edu/scm-articles/article/cost-reduction-measures

Our Quick Notes On Supply Chain Cost Reduction

Vivek Sood

Global Supply Chain Group, 18-Nov-2020 - Business & Economics - 22 pages

Part of our new "Quick Notes" series - this report answers your most pertinent questions of the topic.

Included are quick notes and some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) on supply chain cost reduction that we have encountered in our workshops, seminars, and other forums.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-G8JEAAAQBAJ

Supply Chain Cost Control Using Activity-Based Management

Matthew Zander

CRC Press, 19-Jul-2006 - Business & Economics - 224 pages

Having an accurate assessment of company expenditures is a key to staying in business. Activity-based management (ABM) is the only system that offers the tools to correctly assess the outflow involved in a tightly knit supply chain and enables understanding not only of the total cost of ownership (TCO), but also how these costs should be allocated.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=cdvLBQAAQBAJ

Measuring the Value of the Supply Chain: Linking Financial Performance and Supply Chain Decisions

Enrico Camerinelli

Gower Publishing, Ltd., 2009 - Business & Economics - 218 pages

In a company ecosystem the supply chain manager is tasked with duties and objectives primarily aimed at controlling and reducing costs, while optimizing the material flows. Yet, in many organizations, common perception limits supply chain management to product logistics, materials handling and warehouse management. The supply chain manager must learn how to communicate the results of his work to show the importance and impact supply chain management operations have on a company. In this book, Enrico Camerinelli provides the supply chain manager and the chief financial officer with the means to link the value of the supply chain to an organization's bottom line. He explores the problem with current supply chain metrics, shows how to close the gap between financial decisions and supply chain performance, suggests a model to provide a lingua franca for supply chain, financial and other managers throughout the company and points to ways in which new technology can help measure the value of the supply chain. Using case studies and interviews with supply chain and financial experts, Measuring the Value of the Supply Chain will help financial and supply chain managers achieve strategic advantage through effective supply chain management.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=d_LhBol2674C

7.4.2018

HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH SUPPLIERS TO REDUCE PRODUCT COSTS
Abe Chaves January 21, 2016
https://www.apriori.com/blog/how-to-collaborate-with-suppliers-to-reduce-product-costs/

Cost reduction tips for your strategic sourcing contracts
https://searchcio.techtarget.com/tip/Cost-reduction-tips-for-your-strategic-sourcing-contracts

Manage your suppliers
Reducing supplier costs - McMillan-Scott
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/reducing-supplier-costs-mcmillan-scott

Cost Reduction Strategies in Supply Chain Management
by Kevin Johnston
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/cost-reduction-strategies-supply-chain-management-69509.html

Reducing operating costs through procurement transformation and strategic sourcing
http://www.genpact.com/insight/case-study/reducing-operating-costs-through-procurement-transformation-and-strategic-sourcing

Article February 2013
The power of successful supplier collaboration
By Jehanzeb Noor, Aurobind Satpathy, Jeff Shulman, and Jan Wüllenweber
https://www.mckinsey.com/practice-clients/operations/the-power-of-successful-supplier-collaboration

Three Major Areas for Supplier Cost Reduction and Management
Posted on April 10, 2013 by Floyd Talbot
http://costmgmt.org/supplier-cost-reduction-part-1/

The 100 biggest U.S. manufacturers spent 48 cents out of every dollar of sales in 2002 to buy materials, compared with 43 cents in 1996, according to Purchasing magazine’s estimates. Businesses are increasingly relying on their suppliers to reduce costs, improve quality, and develop new processes and products faster than their rivals’ vendors can.

The Japanese supplier-partnering model is alive, well, and flourishing—not just in Japan but also in North America.

Building Deep Supplier Relationships
Jeffrey LikerThomas Y. Choi
HBR THE DECEMBER 2004 ISSUE


Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Cengage Learning, 17-Mar-2015 - Business & Economics - 888 pages

Providing a solid managerial perspective, PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, 6e draws from the authors' firsthand experiences and relationships with executives and practitioners worldwide to present the most current and complete coverage of today's supply management process. The text includes critical developments from the field, such as cases from emerging healthcare and service industries, procure-to-pay redesign, supply risk, innovation, sustainability, collaboration, and much more. Students examine key changes in supply management and the impact of the global economy and ongoing business uncertainty on continuous cost and value management across the supply chain. Numerous real-world cases and captivating examples help students gain contextual insights and knowledge into the strategies, processes, and practices of supply management--giving these future managers a thorough understanding of the impact that purchasing and supply chain management have on the competitive success and profitability of today's organizations.
Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=cAJoBwAAQBAJ

strategy+business: Corporate Strategies and News Articles on Global Business, Management, Competition and Marketing
January 1, 1997 / First Quarter 1997 / Issue 6 (originally published by Booz & Company)
Setting Supplier Cost Targets: Getting Beyond the Basics
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/8996?gko=1f952

Oil companies scrutinizing suppliers to cut costs
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN
Published  13.04.15
https://shippingwatch.com/Offshore/article7620498.ece

Surviving Supply Chain Integration: Strategies for Small Manufacturers

Committee on Supply Chain Integration - Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design,
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council, NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nap.edu/read/6369/chapter/1

5 ways to improve suppliers value and performance
Monday, December 1, 2014 , business management, by Rich Rafdahl
http://costreductionspecialistssite.com/5-ways-to-improve-your-suppliers-performance-and-value/

Supply Chain Productivity Improvement

Productivity, Efficiency and Global Effectiveness
By Lora cecereFebruary 1, 2017
Supply chain productivity

In this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain insights, Lora and Helen discuss the halt of the Third Industrial Revolution and how innovating processes along with technology will drive the effectiveness of value networks as related to the Supply Chain Shaman blog post: Late Night Thoughts on Productivity, Efficiency, and Global Supply Chain Effectiveness.

Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast episode #206
http://supplychaininsights.com/podcast/productivity-efficiency-and-global-effectiveness/



The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Productivity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbyAHGWmYeM

Supply chain interface problems affecting productivity
Article (PDF Available)  in International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 18(4):pp. 415-435 · July 2014
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263738754_Supply_chain_interface_problems_affecting_productivity

Supply Chain Management and Productivity Improvement Cluster
Introduction
The Supply Chain Management and Productivity Improvement (SCMPI) Cluster develops emerging technologies and capabilities in crucial areas of global logistics network operations.
https://www.rp.edu.sg/industry/working-with-us/technology-clusters/supply-chain-management-and-productivity-improvement-cluster

The Impact of Supply Chains on Firm-Level Productivity
Juan Camilo Serpa, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G5, Canada
Harish Krishnan, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2, Canada
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2632

The Drive To Improve Supply Chain Productivity And Efficiency
Supply Chain Transparency: How Food Makers Help Empower Consumers
By Andy Marsh, President and CEO, Plug Power
https://www.retailoperationsinsights.com/doc/the-drive-to-improve-supply-chain-productivity-and-efficiency-0001

Logistics ‐ a productivity and performance perspective
Author(s):
Alan Stainer (Head of Engineering Management, Middlesex University, London, UK)
Abstract:
Provides a critique of the present state of the art of productivity and performance measurement and management in logistics. The nature of logistics makes normal measures of productivity, based on an output/input concept, not always appropriate. Indicator or proxy approaches can be more suitable and would relate the quality of the system to total cost, complementing conventional total productivity thinking.
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/13598549710166104


Calculating the True Cost of Productivity
Labor is frequently the dominant cost of a facility, no matter where it is located within the U.S.
August 3, 2017
This white paper demonstrates two calculations that contribute to calculating the true cost of productivity—labor costs and throughput—and details the potential costs of worker liability insurance and downtime. It also shows how an investment in dynamic storage and retrieval systems can impact productivity in three areas: reduced labor costs, improved throughput and decreased liability.
http://www.scmr.com/article/calculating_the_true_cost_of_productivity

5 ways to boost productivity in your Supply Chain
ByMarc Wins
November 3, 2016
http://www.supplychain-academy.net/5-ways-to-boost-productivity-in-your-supply-chain/

How to Maximize Supply Chain Productivity and Management of Freight Costs
by Joseph DeBenedetti
Supply chain efficiency has the power to make or break a business, with fine-tuned systems translating into a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/maximize-supply-chain-productivity-management-freight-costs-77688.html

The Deceptive Simplicity of Boosting Productivity in Supply Chains
May 6, 2016 | Articles, Supply Chain | 0 comments

Productivity is a deceptively simple concept. For a supply chain, as for other functions, productivity is the ratio of what you get out to what you put in. This “output versus input” definition covers achievements of the workforce, results from the use of equipment, time spent (as in the hours needed to manufacture a product) and return on capital. However, output must also be valuable, generating value in its own right or helping an organization to achieve a valid objective.
https://www.logisticsbureau.com/the-deceptive-simplicity-of-boosting-productivity-in-supply-chains/

5 STEPS TO INCREASE YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN PRODUCTIVITY
http://www.balloonone.com/5-steps-increase-supply-chain-productivity/

Interesting Article - HBS
Achieving Supply Chain Productivity


3/7/2005
Forget traditional supply chain management. Managers must be responsible for the earning power and productivity of the assets in their trust, not just cost control, argues Jonathan Byrnes.
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/achieving-supply-chain-productivity

Who Knew Increasing Supply Chain Productivity Was This Easy?
03/08/2016 - 12:09pm
https://www.mbtmag.com/article/2016/03/who-knew-increasing-supply-chain-productivity-was-easy

Tips for Navigating Productivity-inhibiting MRO Supply Chain Silos
By George E. Krauter
November 09, 2017 at 10:24 AM
http://www.mypurchasingcenter.com/purchasing/blogs/tips-navigating-productivity-inhibiting-mro-supply-chain-silos/

Enhance productivity using supply chain management in automobile industry
Author:  Neeraj Kumar Sharma
Subject Area:  Physical Sciences and Engineering
http://www.journalcra.com/article/enhance-productivity-using-supply-chain-management-automobile-industry

The impact of RFID technology utilisation on supply chain productivity and organisational performance
Kenneth W. Green Jr. Related information1 College of Business Administration, Department of Management and Marketing, Sam Houston State University, Box 2056, Huntsville, TX 77341?2056, USA.
, Dwayne Whitten Related information2 Mays School of Business, Information and Operations Management Department, Texas A&M University, Mail-stop 4217, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
, R. Anthony Inman Related information
https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJIL.2009.02281

MH&L Staff | Apr 11, 2017
Big-data analytics and other technologies are dramatically improving productivity in the global supply chain, according to a recent survey by Clear Peak Supply Chain Advisory Council.

http://www.mhlnews.com/global-supply-chain/data-driven-culture-creates-advantages-global-supply-chain

Logistics Productivity Indicator – Assessing Supply Chain Performance
08/11/2017, 3:05 pm
http://supplychainasia.org/logistics-productivity-indicator-assessing-supply-chain-performance/

Cost Management in Supply Chains pp 213-232 | Cite as

Improving Supply Chain Productivity Through Horizontal Cooperation — the Case of Consumer Goods Manufacturers
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-11377-6_13

Supply Chain Commentary: Boost Productivity, Efficiency, and Security in Your Warehouse
2
April 03, 2018 | Isaac Kohen
http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/boost-efficiency-productivity-and-security-in-your-warehouse/

Case Study Search
Welcome to Supply Chain Database
Search through the case studies by using the filters below according to category, the organisation leading the initiative, supply chain sectors targets and linkages to any programs or partnerhsips. You can also scroll down to see the entire collection of supply chain case studies.Start browsing the database to find out how large corporates such as General Electric, BASF, or IKEA are partnering with their suppliers to improve energy productivity.

Search through the case studies by using the filters below according to category (i.e. activity type, such as audits or purchasing approaches), the organisation leading the initiative, supply chain sectors targets and linkages to any programs or partnerships (e.g. the Value Chain Scope 3 standard). You can also scroll down to see the entire collection of supply chain case studies.

Activity types
http://www.iipnetwork.org/databases/supply-chain

HFC Technology
Guest Column | November 22, 2017
The Drive To Improve Supply Chain Productivity And Efficiency
Supply Chain Transparency: How Food Makers Help Empower Consumers
By Andy Marsh, President and CEO, Plug Power
https://www.retailsupplychaininsights.com/doc/the-drive-to-improve-supply-chain-productivity-and-efficiency-0001

TOP 10 QUESTIONS TO ASK OF YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN PRODUCTIVITY
https://gilmourindustrial.com/best-practises/top-10-questions-to-ask-of-your-supply-chain-productivity/

Best practices to improve Supply Chain productivity
ByMarc Wins
April 5, 2018
http://www.procurement-academy.com/best-practices-to-improve-supply-chain-productivity/

Year Wise Articles and Papers

2016
Increasing Productivity Through Your Supply Chain
http://www.columbusglobal.com/nn-NO/Retail/Supply-Chain-Solutions/Fra-virkeligheten/~/media/9F67956F34EE42F9B0973380438A18E4.pdf

Boosting Innovation and Productivity through Supply Chain Management in Highway Construction
http://www.cpf16.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DAVID-ONEIL.pdf



2013

LEAN Supply Chain Planning: The New Supply Chain Management Paradigm for Process Industries to Master Today's VUCA World

Josef Packowski
CRC Press, 26-Nov-2013 - Business & Economics - 493 pages

Delivering excellent service to all customers is the key imperative for many sustainable businesses. So why do so many supply chains struggle to fulfill customer requirements at competitive costs? The answer is simple: traditional supply chain planning, which was tailored to a predominantly stable and predictable business environment, cannot handle the new challenges in the world of variability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—the VUCA world.

Companies can either accept the drawbacks that often result in high inventories, poor asset utilization, and unsatisfactory customer service or, they can change their view of the fundamental approach to supply chain management. LEAN Supply Chain Planning: The New Supply Chain Management Paradigm for Process Industries to Master Today’s VUCA World introduces a new paradigm and a new approach to managing variability, uncertainty, and complexity in today’s planning processes and systems.

Introducing a cutting-edge supply chain management concept that addresses current problems in the process industry's supply chains, the book presents powerful methods developed by leading research institutes, process industry champions, and supply chain experts. It explains how readers can change their approach to the fundamental planning paradigms in a manner that will help their organizations achieve higher levels of responsiveness, improved levels of customer service, and substantial increases in cost-efficiencies.

This holistic practitioner’s guide describes how to establish the right accountabilities for performance management and also provides a set of meaningful metrics to help measure your progress. Supplying detailed guidelines for transforming your supply chain, it includes first-hand reports of leading organizations that have already adopted some of the facets of this paradigm and used the relevant instruments to achieve unprecedented improvements to customer service, supply chain agility, and overall equipment effectiveness.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=PXDOBQAAQBAJ

5 Ways to Increase Productivity and Performance in Your Supply Chain

Focusing on tactics that will increase a supply chain’s productivity is essential to earn adequate profits through achieving positive customer satisfaction. Apart from improving products and processes, there are some other very effective ways to do this.


Efficient Communication: Communicate with your supply chain partners  in a clear and concise manner that defines supply chain goals and the methods to achieve those goals. This communication is crucial to a supply chain’s operations and productivity. By scheduling meetings devoted to collaborative problem-solving, management is able to make essential changes regarding performance. This diligent problem-solving ensures a unified understanding of productivity and operations that will facilitate open communication between supply chain partners.


Development of Procedure Standards: The development of procedure standards reduces error within the supply chain and saves both time and money. Focus on the reduction of probable variation in areas such as receiving, quality control, shipping, shift scheduling, and facilities management. This is one of the many ways to increase collective productivity and establish procedure standards.

Determination of Importance: Continuous improvement to supply chain productivity depends on the areas where attention is given.  Measuring outcomes in critical areas that drive business, for example: Safety, Service/On-Time Delivery, Inventory Accuracy/Turns, Productivity, Cost per Unit/Total Landed Cost, Product Damage/Claims, Customer Satisfaction

Engage, Align, and Empower Workforce: Encourage supply chain partners to focus on the core skills of employees and empower them. This focus will foster confidence and result in a continuous increase of productivity. Gaining the buyin of workforce makes it possible to create new ways to engage and align, to ultimately increase productivity. Be sure to define supply chain’s goals in a clear and concise method that will allow employees and management of supply chain partners to take advantage of existing and future opportunities for improvement.

Construct a Powerful Training Program: First, formulate a comprehensive plan to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve customer service and satisfaction levels. Then tie an incentive plan into the supply chain’s core mission, a critical element to building a performance-based approach. Train supply chain partners and their employees in implementing the new plan.  This constructive training will drive a successful organization and improve supply chain productivity.


Increasing productivity within the supply chain is achieved through a top down approach – everything rises and falls on the supply chain leader. Leaders must practice effective communication, create procedure standards, determine a hierarchy of importance, encourage empowerment of  the workforce of supply chain partners, and arrange powerful training programs. Management and employees of the supply chain leader have to first create and establish a performance-based culture within their company and then in its supply chain partner companies.
Adapted from https://legacyscs.com/5-ways-increase-productivity-performance-supply-chain-2/

2011


Labor management systems: Labor is a significant expense item in warehousing costs. A robust warehouse labor management system (LMS) can help you understand this expense. An LMS lets you  examine tasks such as receiving, put-away and processing at the individual level. You can evaluate performance elements more closely, isolate problem areas and make better decisions about training, staffing and management. It also enhances accountability for all employees, which often brings out their best performance.


Picking devices and technologies: Sometimes, the best order-picking alternative is an employee’s hands. At other times, a device that picks a whole layer of cases at a time could be economical  and much faster,  Some of these machines can double or triple picking volumes for the same time.  Hands-free voice picking devices are another fiscally friendly upgrade.

Cut down lighting costs: Warehouse energy bills can exceed $100,000 annually.  Today’s energy-efficient  lighting technologies offer brighter, greener and less expensive electricity alternatives.


A relighting project may demand upfront investment,  but provide saving up to 50 percent as soon as new lights are installed. These projects also could earn tax breaks or incentives from local governments and utilities. They also could reduce the expense of any carbon offset purchases your company plans to make.

Interleaving: In the average warehouse, forklift operators move between a couple of points such as a loading dock and storage racks. On the initial trip, these vehicles usually are full — and fully utilized. But they’re empty while returning, a process known as deadheading. Deadhead journeys can add up to countless empty miles and wasted operator time.

Interleaving rearranges workflow so forklift operators travel in a circular motion or some other route configuration, better using the traveling time between racks and loading docks. Interleaving designs vary significantly from facility to facility. And since most all facilities use forklifts, this growing practice deserves a closer look. Granted, it requires robust systems capacity and cooperative operators who will embrace the change. However, the ultimate payoff can be significant

There are some  more money-saving warehousing investments such as thermal-shrinking machines, financial gainsharing incentives and space utilization tools.

Adopted from

Supply Chain by Rajiv Saxena
Industrial Engineer's quarterly column about supply chain and logistics solutions (July 2011)


Ken Ackerman's Warehousing Fourm
http://www.warehousingforum.com/TheTopShelf/index.html

Supply Chain Industrial Engineering -  Presentation Video
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Updated 16.10.2022,   16.10. 2021,  8 April 2018,  12 August 2016, 8 April 2013