by Dave Frentzel | Aug 12, 2024 | Briefs, Consumer & Retail, Industrial & Distribution, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy
India sourcing is suddenly on everyone’s radar. Its manufactured goods exports to the US have shot up, taking share from both US domestic producers and Chinese imports (Figure 1). Figure 1. India sourcing vs. China sourcing and US domestic production (Mfd Goods) Note:...
by Dave Frentzel | Apr 8, 2024 | Briefs, Consumer & Retail, Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Supply Chain Management
You’ve probably seen the news – in 2023, Mexico became the top source of US imports on a dollar basis, beating out China for the first time since 2002 (Figure 1). Since the mid 2010’s, the gap between imports from China and those from Mexico and Canada has...
by David Bovet | Nov 15, 2023 | Briefs, Consumer & Retail, Operations, Supply Chain Management
In a word: S&OP. Or even better, SIOP. What’s so magical about these processes? Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), or SIOP by adding Inventory to the mix, is a critical business discipline. It drives service effectiveness and operating efficiency by...
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 David Bovet | Apr 28, 2020 | Briefs, Capabilities, Consumer & Retail, Strategy, Supply Chain Management
Stay-at-home orders in the time of coronavirus have dramatically altered the path food takes from farm to plate. Grocery stores have suffered shortages while farmers plow crops under due to lack of demand from the food service channel. What is happening to our food...
by Dave Frentzel | Apr 6, 2020 | Briefs, Consumer & Retail, Industrial & Distribution, Life Sciences, Operations
For many companies, the current pandemic is driving an unprecedented urgency to get new logistics providers in place or to add services to the ones already working with your company. For sure, such urgency puts pressure on the provider selection process to be fast....
