In my previous blog I showed the benefits and disadvantages of control towers, which were: Another way to indicate the benefits of control towers is by using “The house of benefits”, as shown in the figure blow. This model has three layers. The first layer is the foundation of profit, in which different cost and … Meer lezen over Human factor
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What are Control Towers?
Until recently, supply chain control towers have been all about providing visibility to immediate trading partners. But with the development of multi-party and consumer-driven networks, advanced control towers now provide real-time visibility, collaboration and powerful capabilities to move beyond decision-support to decision-making and autonomous control (ONE, 2018). The concept of control towers can be described … Meer lezen over What are Control Towers?
E-commerce – in depth
Dear blog readers, It has been a while, but i am back for more blogs. I hope you will enjoy them and that you will learn some valuable new things. This will be my second blog about e-commerce. In the first blog i discussed the different kind of business models related to e-commerce. If you … Meer lezen over E-commerce – in depth
Simacan
Hello everybody, Welcome back to my new blog about Simacan. Simacan is a company, active as a control tower. Simican takes control of the transport operations of companies with the Simacan Control tower, and improves the efficiency of the distribution process in the whole supply chain of the customer. Simacan acts as a control tower … Meer lezen over Simacan
Lean Six Sigma
Hello and welcome to my new blog, which will be about Lean Six Sigma. I will start with explaining what Lean and Six Sigma are, then I will treat an important methodology of Lean Six Sigma. I will end with the link with control towers and my own opinion. Lean focuses on waste reduction by … Meer lezen over Lean Six Sigma
Cross Chain Control Centers (4C)
Hello! Welcome to my new blog about Cross Chain Control Centers (4C). The Cross Chain Control Center is a direction center for the coordination and direction of multiple supply chains. Such control center needs to be equipped with most modern technology and supply chain resources. The supply chain is separated in the physical, information and … Meer lezen over Cross Chain Control Centers (4C)
E-commerce
Hello fellow blog reader! Welcome to my new and updated blog about e-commerce, in which i will address multiple subjects about e-commerce. E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet (Rouse, 2017). The benefits of e-commerce are mainly the … Meer lezen over E-commerce
The 4 R’s in Supply Chain Management
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my new blog about the 4 R’s in Supply Chain Management. The 4 R’s are principles that guide supply chain managers with competition (Beusekom, 2016). If you want to develop a competitive supply chain, it is necessary that you can manage the 4 R’s, which are: 1. Responsiveness 2. … Meer lezen over The 4 R’s in Supply Chain Management
Horizontal and Vertical integration
Hello, and welcome back to my new blog. This blog will be about the horizontal and vertical integration in the supply chain. The definitions of these terms are: Horizontal integration is the acquisition of additional business activities that are at the same level of the business column. For example, a gas station (retail level) that expands … Meer lezen over Horizontal and Vertical integration
The Business Model Canvas
Hello everybody, and welcome to my fifth blog! This blog will be about the business model canvas. The business model canvas is a tool to map your business model on a transparent and organized way (Essential, 2017) and it works in conjunction with the Value Proposition Canvas and other strategic management tools and processes. The … Meer lezen over The Business Model Canvas
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