Manufacturers across industries are feeling the fragility of their supply chains and time isn’t on their side when it comes to making adjustments. Luckily, newer “smart” supplier search software is proving to be a powerful tool to shorten sourcing timelines.

Implementing a Plan for Every Part to organize packaging information can help reduce the time and costs of receiving parts from your suppliers. Follow this 4-step game plan for optimizing supplier packaging.

It’s not uncommon for supply disruptions to occur that significantly impact your supply chain operations. Having a solid supplier diversification strategy in place will help to reduce this risk and maximize your manufacturing and production uptime.

Reverse logistics is typically messy, can be politically charged, and exists to give money and resources back to customers, but the reality is that it’s potentially a large cost center. Evaluate and optimize these five aspects of your reverse logistics operations to experience significant cost reduction results.

Stages of rapid change require predictive information so we can take swift action to win in the future. Act now to track the right metrics across your tiered supply base to enable proactive supplier risk management to thrive during times of economic volatility.