Digitalisation, digitalisation, digitalisation…
Thierry2021-05-20T16:47:59+01:00Some people cannot hear it anymore. No matter which magazine you open or which business podcast you listen to, there seems to be only one topic. Bad news [...]
Spare Parts Management Part 2 – Arriving in the 21st century
Thierry2021-05-11T14:11:36+01:00How can inventory levels be reduced by 60 - 70% and material cost in selected product groups generate savings of up to 20% while maintaining availability at the [...]
Spare Parts Management Part 1: Why is it treated like an orphan?
Thierry2021-03-30T16:44:30+01:00Why is spare parts management often treated like an orphan by the company and managed like in the 80s? Inventory costs are too high, storage space is [...]
Successful purchasing: What does science recommend?
Thierry2021-02-15T15:31:27+01:00In practice, the perception of what constitutes good or successful purchasing is based heavily on assessments by the relevant media, consultants or "opinion leaders" among buyers. In the [...]
Supply Chain Business Intelligence
Thierry2021-05-11T13:56:19+01:00The key to sustainable implementation of BI tools in purchasing and supply chain In theory, it would be simple: a BI solution ("Business Intelligence") in purchasing and [...]
The SCP transport cost optimization part 5: TMS – a penny saved is a penny earned
Thierry2021-05-11T14:04:09+01:00Transport costs are influenced by many different factors. These were described in detail in the articles of this series. Starting with the article on alignment with customer requirements, in [...]
Business Intelligence in Procurement and SCM
Thierry2020-08-04T10:40:01+01:00"Knowledge and information [represent] the central resources of modern society ...". Additional value through data transparency Data and information are the heart of almost [...]
The SCP transport cost optimization part 4: Loading and unloading – The Achilles’ heel of transport logistics
Thierry2020-07-07T16:53:32+01:00In the previous three articles, we initially focused on the process of placing orders, then on the different possibilities and characteristics of transport systems and finally on the indispensable [...]
The SCP transport cost optimization part 3: The indispensability of transparency
Thierry2020-05-19T12:38:42+01:00In the last two articles the focal point of interest lay in the importance of the transport system to optimize costs and the dimensioning of that system. Consequently, we [...]
The SCP transport cost optimization part 2: On the dimensioning of transport systems
Thierry2020-05-19T12:35:56+01:00In addition to customer requirements, which are very important for the choice of transport and which we discussed in detail in our last article, there are a number of [...]