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I will like to knw how to manage a companies logistics majoying on procurement and transportation

my boss has recently asked me to come up with a presentation about how one of the transfer of products from our current warehouse to customer own factory affect our business. As i m still new to this co. i have no idea where should i start and how do i go about doing it. Definitely buisness vol...

Hi, Whilst not strictly new to the world of purchasing i would appreciate some advice if possible? After 7 years in Sales, mainly recruitment, i took a temp admin role whilst looking for another position within a food wholesale business, after a month or so there i began undertaking some...

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Are there any global certifications in supply chain. Name, cost, testing location needed. What is the benefit of these professionally. Is PMP relevant to supply chain professionals ?

Hello, I am about to be a sophomore in college, and I find SCM to be very interesting. The problem is, finding a good book on the subject is pretty difficult since I do not yet have a good solid foundation on the subject. The only books which I have read which have any relevance to SCM...

Can someone explain the difference between SAAS and cloud computing?

I've been searching around for a few weeks now on information regarding a career change into SCM. I am fairly analytically oriented and after reading some job descriptions I feel that this career would fit my personality much more than my current line of work. Background: Bachelor degree in...

Hi, I knew there are lot of IT services employed in SCM, not to mention software products like SAP, OracleApps and many more to say. But as what SCM domain accomodate an IT professional like me (having 7 yrs exp in software devllopment, JAVA platform). I have only started with learning A of SCM...

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Hello Everybody, Glad to find such a comprehensive and interactive platform for supply chain management. I have done MBA in Marketing and currently having work experience of +7 years in shipping/logistics. In future I have a plan to move into supply chain consultancy. With this regard;...

Hi, 1. Could anybody tell me if there is a model to estimate the total cost of a unique product? 2. What are the relevant parameters that contribute to the total cost of a keeping one unique product (for example a vacume cleaner) active? Answers appreacited, Thank you

I've never considered a business degree before, but I think I would be really good at and enjoy supply chain management. I love details and organizing everything down to the last letter (literally - I've considered going for an MLIS after undergrad), plus contingency plans. I have some questions,...

Hi, I am doing a intern in Supply Chain department of a automobile service company. Can anyone please help me out in which research methodologies should i adopt and what should be the format of questionnaire. Please help:)

Hello. I am currently doing a Masters in Purchasing & SCM. Doing it part time whilst working on the factory floor - and half way through. Just looking for a route in to this industry. I have an interest in IT. Is there any application I could/should get to know which may secure me a niche...

I've noticed that there is minimal activity on this forum. What options are there to increase the activity, and therefore the value of the forum? Otherwise, other forums such as the LinkedIn Answers arena will be of more value to the community. This forum has great potential. Ideas?

Are Full Truckload and Less Than Truckload internationally recognized standard terms? Meaning that if I were to used those with a european customer would she/he understand what I mean or are there other terms that are more used internationally (to express the same concept)? Thanks.

Dear Members and Guests, Some members have recently remarked that the Supply Chain Focus (SCF) forum would be far more beneficial if there were more members and greater participation. I could not agree more. The more activity there is on a forum like this, the better for all concerned. I...

Just out of curiosity, which industry trade shows do you go to and do you find them helpful? We have signed up to exhibit at a couple this year, some are new ones and others have been running for years, I personally have no experience of any of them but would like to go to some as a visitor to...

Hello everyone Philip Godkin here, i'm an Irish gradute of Supply Chain management and logisitics from DIT (Dublin Institute of Technology) and i am going for a job interview for a supply chain co-ordinator role in Saudia Arabia. I am looking for some information regarding SCM in relation to...

As we all know the Mentor is a kind of "Role Model" who helps the mentee with carrier advices, consultations, "out of the box" thinking. Is there somebody who has experiences as Mentor / Mentee? Regards, Sz.

Dear friends, I'm very new in Supply chain field, and very interesting in this forum. In my company, we have measured forecast accuracy with the following tolerance: SKUs Tolerance A +/- 3 B +/- 5 C +/- 15

Hello everyone Merry christmas from snowy UK(Halleluyah).I was hoping I could find someone that works in the supply chain function of any pharmaceutical company to share ideas with. I just joined a pharma company in the UK from a food industry and there are vast differences in the ways of...

I am in the very early stage of implementing an ERP system for 4 manufacturing sites that are supported by 2 offsite warehouse locations. Solomon is the current software that is used for account, purchasing and inventory management. I am looking at adding WO and BOM to the system to round out the...

Hi Guys, I am not sure if anyone on this forum will have an idea but I need some ideas here. I am in the process of making a recommendation to a firm on how to increase sales within a particular product group within a major retailer in the UK. If it be through proper merchandising or proper...

Dear all, I want to prepare a production planning and scheduling worksheet for a 5 molding machine. appreciate if you could share ideas to complete my task. In advance, thanks. Regards, Siv

:rolleyes:One of my clients, is holding a supply chain related webinar on SaaS Business Intelligence, December 9, 2009. Please, contact me directly and I'll provide you with a link for free registration for this webinar (US-based). Also, I would appreciate, if you could re-tweet this webinar to...

Sooooooo...I need help. It's probably one of those things that will come off the top of your head but would take me several hours of Googling. I'm really new to the 3PL industry (like, baby new). What are some of the best publications or research consulting firms which publish rankings of...

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Hi, I am reading a job description and it has the following paragraph: "Summary The purpose of the Supply Operations Specialist is to manage the procurement, toll manufacturing, shipping and customer service activities of assigned APIs and finished SKUs from vendors and tolling facilities to...

I just graduated from the university and now work in a freight forwarding company for a month. Is anyone here can share any experience with me about how to start a career or how to adjust myself to a new stage in life.

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Anyone how does it work? trade.meritline.com free b2b service for wholesale trading, I have joined, seems great no limit to use all features but just do not know how it works. Should I just wait after upload my needs?

Hey all I'm studying at the undergraduate level in a business school in Canada that has a commerce degree in supply chain operations management. I am currently in accounting but I am seriously considering switching to this major. But I'm still new to whole field to SCM so I'd like to hear...

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buddy, Some questions are haunting around in my mind, I can not figure out. My question is how to set up reorder level and reorder quantity for item with intermittent demand? for example, Jan(demand=100), Feb(demand=0), Mar(deman=0), April(demand=0),May(demand=90), June(demand=20). How to handle...

Hello everyone.. I'm currently doing my master in logistics and SCM, and need to specify my thesis topic. I have chosen a leading petrochemical company to write my thesis about. However, I can not choose my topic for the reason of the size of the thesis and also because I don’t know the current...

Hi, What do you think about win-win parnerships with suppliers in SCM? Does it really works in competitive environments? We should consider that it involves sharing of information, collaboration, similar culture. A great number of managers in Brazil, from several segments, believes that it is...

Hi everyone, I have just joined the this forum on today, I have a question that is related to my work. Does anyone have use any good, cheap and easy to use forecasting software. I have used the Excel "Data Analysis" forecasting software but I doubt it is really good enough and the company I work...

well i have been scouring the net looking for good places to get my fix of transport and logistics news, I am subscribed to alot of news related websites, anything to do with international shipping, logistics, transport, rail, supply chain etc, and i think about 90% of what i read is BAD NEWs!! :(...

Hi I have been working in a supply chain and logistics company as a IT consultant for a WMS system for 2 years. Prior to that I was in sotware development for an OEM company. Currently my role caters to Spare Parts logistics. I want to make my way towards more generic supply chain areas and see...

I would like to thank all forum members for there support, and postings that you have made throughout Year 2007. Welcome to Year 2008, lets make it a good one, and expand this forum to make this the first choice for SCM advice on the web. Fortune favours the bold, so lets make it happen. ...

i searching for a topic in scm to do my thesis. particularly in mechanical industry, can anyone suggest me some current problems in scm.

Hello I am bright and new comer , really thanks this site. But for my working are sales of the air transportation into global.. I wonder where i can find some channel to seek the potential customers who are looking for the this part of the supply chain ... Also i'd like to share my...

Sales forecast: Feb-40000 Mar-15000 Apr-12000 May-8000 Jun-8000 Jul-10000 Aug-15000 Sep-40000 Oct-60000

Hi, We are trialling a new article library forum for more professional articles that are not part of our competition but may be of interest to SCF members. You can find the forum and rules here: Artical Library I may move some existing articles on the forum into here, just to get it...

Hi, Have been reading the stuff here for a while and thought it time I signed up and participated. When you hear people talk about the 'Professions', they nomally mean Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants and so on. People in these jobs have undertaken a lot of training and require formal...

I'm looking to recycling "liner" non-stick paper. These papers come from taking off labels to placed on bottles, barcoding or RFID tags. Does anyone know of anyone else who recycles this type of paper or have any experience doing so? :confused: