by Dave Frentzel | Dec 21, 2023 | Briefs, Operations, Supply Chain Management
As a supply chain manager, how do you spend your time? Managing day-to-day operations, addressing people challenges, budgeting, and fighting the inevitable fires might be top of mind. How about managing essential projects? In our experience, these SCM initiatives are...
by Dave Frentzel | Oct 26, 2022 | Briefs, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management
Shippers are busy restructuring challenged supply chains today, including their third-party logistics (3PL) provider relationships. Importers face a seemingly never-ending list of concerns – geopolitical, inflation, interest rates, freight rates, network resilience,...
by Dave Frentzel | Oct 14, 2022 | Briefs, Consumer & Retail, Industrial & Distribution, Strategic Sourcing
Given today’s volatile costs and service levels across the global supply chain, complete and timely product costs are even more critical to your company’s sourcing strategies and day-to-day purchasing decisions. Make-vs-buy and supplier selection decisions depend on...
by Dave Frentzel | Sep 4, 2021 | Briefs
Moving a container from China to the US has gotten expensive these days, a lot more expensive. For mid-sized importers, spot and premium rates – rates that actually get an empty container to your factory or warehouse loading dock and a confirmed sailing date – may be...
by Dave Frentzel | May 14, 2021 | Briefs
This past year has no doubt been a challenge for inventory planners: customer demand surging or evaporating seemingly overnight, shortages of critical supplies, and global shipping congestion, delays and skyrocketing rates isn’t business as usual. For many companies,...