Supply chain news

Using supplier scorecards to align performance As we noted in our recent post on KPIs and metrics, a strong metrics framework is needed to manage supply chain processes on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.  Here we look at best practices in outsource supply chain governance, with some thoughts around supplier scorecards. Supplier scorecards are […]

Tackling inflation in our supply chains For the first time in over 30 years, inflation is a concern faced by many western economies.  Academics will debate how we got here – concerns over fuel supply, expansionary economic policies, recovery post-pandemic, geo-political instability, logistics congestion, additional non-trade barriers – but supply chain professionals have been feeling […]

Aftermarket certification for your ICT equipment For a long time, the fate of ICT equipment, no longer needed, has been the least of an organisation’s concerns.  Indeed, most seemed content to let someone take aftermarket equipment away for the smallest fee on offer.  Other companies, typically those dealing with higher volumes of more recent used […]

  Selling your B2B outsource solution – the online sales meeting The arrival of Covid-19 has turned the B2B sales world somewhat upside down.   Maintaining contact with your clients and providers has moved online, international visits haven’t gone ahead, and at times it feels like the B2B channel is now almost entirely virtual. 3PLs, 4PLs, […]

Reflecting on a challenging retail season As retailers reflect on what has been a challenging holiday season, supply chain constraints will feature heavily in their considerations. Planned inventories to support holiday sales and promotions were disrupted.  Supplier shipments were delayed, transportation costs rose, and suppliers looked to recover additional costs.  Labour shortages across the supply […]

Operations Research: A Supply Chain Perspective In this final introduction to OR in the supply chain, we discuss facility location choices, and the common techniques that are used to geographically position plants and DCs, in order to provide demanded services.  These methods are essential to the optimal design of network structures.  They are widely applied, […]

An approach to supply chain metrics and KPIs We are often asked what are the key performance indicators that should be considered when measuring supply chain performance.  Every time you buy, sell, make, or move something in a supply chain, you leave a data trail.  With all this data available, there is nearly an unlimited […]

Last week, three of the PerformanSC team spoke on various supply chain challenges, on Day 1 of the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Event that took place in the RDS, Dublin. On the Supply Chain and Logistics stage, Lorcan Sheehan, CEO, spoke on the topic of Risk & Resilience in Supply Chain Later that afternoon […]

Lorcan Sheehan, PerformanSC CEO, joined a panel discussion at the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Event in Dublin last week, on the topic of ‘Opportunities to Build Resilient Supply Chains for the Future’.   Having spoken earlier on the topic of Risk and Resiliance in the Supply Chain, Lorcan was delighted to bring his insights, based on experiences […]

Supply chain forgiveness – short shelf life As a profession that is built around ensuring reliability of supply and predictable levels of cost, we enter the holiday season with many companies finding themselves with constrained supply, increased lead times and costs significantly over plan. While speaking at the National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference in […]