This article covers Textile Apparel Supply Chain Logistics Model. When I say ‘Fashion’, the context is ‘the overall Textile and Apparel Industry of India and not just the retailing portion of it’. To better explain the Textile Apparel Supply Chain Logistics Model, we should first understand basis structure of this Industry. In India, Apparel or Clothing or Fashion […]
‘Warehouse Design’ & ‘Warehouse Start-Up’
Till last decade, stocking points (Warehouses) mostly called Godowns, are treated in the same manner and given the least priority in the Value Chain. The same sentiments prevailed even in the job market too; Though warehousing is an integral part of the supply chain – everyone wants to be and called as ‘SCM Manager’ rather than a ‘Warehouse Manager’. But, things have changed drastically […]
Warehouse Transformation for an Indian steel and energy company
Warehouse Transformation Solution design for an Indian steel and energy company. This would be a ‘Transformation Change’ across all existing Warehouses as well as the Upcoming Warehouses of the Textiles sector of that company. The Supply chain in discussion is from the Yarn storage, Processing, Roll Storage and Transportation to Customers. Warehouse Transformation Solution Design: Location […]
Warehouse Optimization – A COMPETITIVE EDGE in Supply Chain!
Warehousing and Logistics are two key levers and enablers within Supply Chain. To describe each one of them in a single word, I would use the verb ‘Store’ to describe Warehousing and ‘Move’ to describe Logistics. Supply chain will cease to perform without these key verbs (Store and Move) since products have to move through multiple nodes of the supply […]
The World Class ‘Petty Shop’ Supply Chain
World Class ‘Petty Shop’ Supply Chain Do you know Mrs. Lakshmi from Bangalore? Probably not! She is a petty shop owner at HSR Layout, Bangalore. I’m a regular customer at her shop. Do you know the shop’s Customer Service Level? – it is consistently 100% for past 5 Years. Never my favorite Ginger Tea and […]
Inventory Blunders that Haunt your Business
As I write this article, I have lead more than 150+ Projects in Supply chain across many countries throughout my career and the real inspiration to this article is that ‘In each of those projects, the flavor of Inventory was always there either part of the issue or the solution’. I have also seen when […]
Is ‘Giving Up’ a Smart Supply Chain Operations Strategy?
Let me first explain the overall fit; In an Organization, there are three levels of Planning – Strategic Plan, Tactical Plan and Operational Plan; it is also termed as Strategy, Tactics and Operations. Considering the focus area of this article let me explain this very short. Strategic plan of an organization sets the direction for an […]
Odoo Implementation for a Global Retailer
Odoo Implementation includes Global template for Retailer, FRDs, detailed process FDMs, specifications, integration, process documentation and training. Since the project includes the end to end of supply chain, it includes Manufacturing, WMS, CRM, Sales, Accounting, E-Commerce and POS. About the Business: The retailer has operations in 8 Countries and this implementation is a pilot at […]
‘Delay in Supply Chain’ is too Good?!!!
Delay in Supply Chain is too good? Even I was puzzled the same way when I had my first interaction with a core supply chain management concept (Strategy) called ‘Product Postponement’. In a layman’s term, postponement can be ideally termed as ‘Delay’ – probably to be more precise, we would term that as an ‘Intentional […]
Supply Chain Simulation & Modelling – A Bad strategy?
Before we get into the discussion of “Are Simulation & Modelling a Bad Strategy?”, let’s understand the basics of Simulation and Modelling and why / where / how we do that in a Supply Chain environment. Have you ever referred your friend’s name to your parents and told something you would like to do in […]
