The Reshoring Institute asked 18 executives how they are responding to tariffs, with most saying they are in a holding pattern until more clarity emerges.
Employee adoption of AI is slowing—even as enterprise initiatives expand—due to fear, unclear expectations, and the absence of HR-led job role alignment. Norman Katz explains the role HR can play in encouraging employee AI use.
Supply chains operate in an environment where disruptions are almost guaranteed. To address this, procurement organizations must leverage all the tools at their disposal to not only anticipate disruptions but also change how they respond with targeted improvements in processes…
Using a tailored simulation model provides strategic insight into inventory management, resulting in improved forecast accuracy, reduced errors by 26%, and lowered Mean Absolute Percentage Error from 28% to 20.7%, research found.
Within the world of supply chain management, your competitive advantage might have been making the lowest-cost product at the fastest possible speed. Today’s ability to achieve competitive advantage depends on end-to-end upstream visibility and the ability to secure critical…
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Companies that make and sell a product are responsible for creating an internal identifier for each unique item. Many struggle to do that in a way that helps achieve the goal of Perfect Order.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Ensuring that the quantity is right means that there is quantity available in stock to always pick from. Overstocking means over-producing and expending too much cash. Under-producing can leave consumers wanting more.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Outsourcing a process does not mean you have outsourced responsibility. Businesses own their supply chains, so selecting the right source for materials is critical to customer success.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Whether you are receiving goods or shipping goods, getting the destination correct is a basic tenet for any business and its ultimate success.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Getting the destination right is absolutely a matter of getting the ship-to address correct. Whether conveying goods for use or for sale, ensuring that the destination address is accurate, and clearly marked on the shipping container is something that the shipper needs to make…
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
When it comes to retail supply chain vendor compliance, ensuring that goods are ready for use and sale. In the retail industry, that means something meeting Floor Ready Guidelines, first established in 1986 for the purpose of developing supply chain standards.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Whether raw materials, components, or finished goods, the product delivered should be ready for the purpose intended. Ensuring that the goods are delivered in the right condition requires, first and foremost, that the goods themselves are produced to the quality standard that…
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Customers don’t care about supply chain problems, they simply want their product. It’s up to the supply chain to deliver at the right time.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
At the Right Time is when the customer requires or expects the item to be delivered. Based on this, the timing of the preparation and transportation to get the item to the customer needs to be thought through to ensure that all operational steps have sufficient time to be…
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Most goods include documentation, and increasingly, that documentation includes physical specifications and electronic transactions.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Runaway costs eat away at money that could have been used for the benefit of the company like upgrading software systems, hiring additional employees, or training employees. That means root-cause analysis is required to identify all costs.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
The original Customer’s Bill of Rights featured 8 rights. But, given the proliferation of e-commerce today, should the right to return also be a customer right?
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
The Right Cost is not the lowest cost but is the necessary cost to ensure that the order is perfectly conveyed for use or sale based on the customer’s requirements and expectations.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Quite simply, and by its own definition, Dr. Edward Marien’s Customer’s Bill of Rights is a customer-focused business model that places the customer first and foremost. It is also the foundation for delivering the Perfect Order.
Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
Retailers and vendors need each other in what should be a symbiotic relationship. Here are some tips that each can implement to help in this common effort.
Supply chains operate in an environment where disruptions are almost guaranteed. To address this, procurement organizations must leverage all the tools at their disposal to not…
The advent of AI as a widely available business tool has given rise to numerous applications that are proliferating at a dizzying pace. As we strive to stay current with the…
So far, this year has been a continuation of 2024 with supply chains facing disruptions and challenges resulting from multiple factors beyond anyone’s control. At the…
So far, 2025 has started out as a continuation of the previous year. Factors beyond organizations’ control have taken a toll on their performance on business goals. Many…
So much is beyond any company’s control, including geopolitical and economic issues, new regulations, natural disasters, and shifting sustainability expectations. What is in a…
The state of California recently withdrew from a mandate that would have required truckers to buy battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The retreat is part of a…
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