A good strategy is useless without good execution. This can be especially true in supply chain, where small mistakes at one end can cause major delivery failures and dissatisfied customers at the other end. Unfortunately, the field is littered with thousands of ideas about how to be good at supply chain execution, but very few sources sort out which really add value that will become visible to the company’s overall financial results and are worth management’s precious time to implement. Boston Strategies International’s Supply Chain Execution series helps senior executives to steer their companies’ resources toward initiatives that will generate real shareholder value.
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Using Flexible Capacity Techniques to Thrive in a Volatile Economy
Everybody has been challenged to adjust to the recent economic volatility. First many companies downsize, then they added capacity back. Unfortunately for some, adding capacity back has been hard or even impossible, as the workers that were let go were unavailable or the plants that were shuttered or sold cannot be brought back online at a reasonable cost. Therefore, many companies are now trying to implement capacity strategies that allow them to flexibly adjust both upward and downward to changes in demand to ensure their viability through the next turbulent economic cycle.
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Supply Chain Report Card
During periods of dramatic change like we have experienced in the recent economic recession, 20 per cent of all people shift jobs. At least that is what my e-mail box tells me based on the frequency with which e-mails bounce, and that is consistent with the turnover experienced in the 2000-01 recession.
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| Governance, Risk & Compliance: Logistics Sector
Shippers must comply with government-imposed import and export regulations. But shipper compliance extends beyond these legal obligations, since trading partners expect shippers to comply with a number of generally accepted financial and commercial protocols such as Incoterms and Letter of Credit formats, and customers will expect them to comply with their proprietary delivery, packaging, and information submittal standards. If you use a 3PL, what are the shipping regulations you should be aware of? This chapter in the Governance, Risk and Compliance Handbook, written by David Jacoby, President of Boston Strategies International, highlights significant regulations faced by shippers, companies hiring other companies to move freight.
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| Governance Risk & Compliance: Transportation Industry
The government imposes many regulations on carriers that shippers may not be aware of. Conversely many shippers are unaware of the regulations imposed on the carriers that they hire. What regulations should you be aware of if you transport your goods via truck, rail, water, air or intermodal means? Accordingly, this chapter from the Governance, Risk and Compliance Handbook, written by David Jacoby, President of Boston Strategies International, highlights significant regulations faced by shippers and carriers.
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Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook
Shippers and carriers operate within a regulatory framework that assures safety, security, and economic stability. In his most recent publication, David Jacoby, the President of Boston Strategies International, describes the important regulations that shippers and carriers need to know. The set provides a basis for both shippers and carriers to operate safely and avoid surprises and penalties by learning essential laws and legal principles.
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Materials in the Boston Strategies International Library are available to supply chain practitioners and policy makers.
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