Best Practice Case Studies
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Inventory Management - periodic reviews lead to improvements
To lower stock levels a US Wholesaler instituted a programme of periodic inventory review. Poor performing items were discontinued, popular new items introduced, and an economic order quantity method implemented...
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| Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Just-in-Time (JIT) combined to cut inventory costs
To take cash out of inventory without affecting production a US Manufacturer integrated a just-in-time (JIT) buying process with vendor managed inventory (VMI). The company took its top 20% items,..
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E-learning system lowers training costs
To reduce its sales training costs a US Manufacturer created a collection of electronic files from existing..
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| Cost reduction programme tackles shipping costs
A US Pharmaceufical Company reduced its logistics costs by some $425,000 by:
1. Reducing the number..
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Supply Chain Management - synchronisation brings significant improvements
Swire's manual production facilities had reached breaking point due to the accelerating market opportunities in China. Better ways of managing forecasted growth were needed and the supply chain complexity was progressively increasing. More demanding customer-service levels were also being faced by the organisation and to overcome these issues Swire chose a proprietary software solution that would synchronise its supply..
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| Supply Chain Management (SCM) - costs saved and safety provided by automation
Sharp partnered with its wholesalers to facilitate automated ordering and receiving of products. Ordering took place using the wholesaler's web site and delivered products were recorded into inventory using handheld scanners streamlining processes. Tools were also implemented for automatically ordering pharmaceuticals. All hospitals were provided with automated dispensing..
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Code of conduct published in response to criminal behaviour
In response to criminal conflicts of interest and self-dealing by staff at the U.S., Minerals Management Service (MMS) a new code of conduct was published. Staff were asked to keep ethics at the forefront of everything they did and to work in a conscientious and professional manner. In the code employees were:
- Prohibited from soliciting or accepting..
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| Code of conduct wins awardsThis snippet and associated..
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3PL with best-in-class class technology
Saddle Creek a nationwide Third Party Logistics (3PL) company specialised in dedicated and shared warehousing, transportation, contract packaging, and logistics. Saddle Creek integrated these offerings into customised solutions designed to help companies..
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| HR outsourcing offerings standardised
Hewitt scaled back its large HR outsourcing implementations which were difficult..
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Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) - domestic outsourcing with higher quality
After three years of outsourcing to a call centre in Mumbai (400 seat) operations were returned to the U.S. Agents were often not able to resolve problems during the first call due to language barriers hence Monster decided to use..
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| Offshoring frees up staff for value-added work.
Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) sent thousands of personal and corporate returns to India annually. The benefits of offshoring included, cost savings, lengthening the workday by operating across time zones, and eliminating seasonal peaks which burn out key staff. Employees were this able to focus on value-added activities such as consulting and financial..
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