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Why Defining Supply Chain Visibility is a Struggle
Supply chain visibility is crucial to success in manufacturing. However, lack of synchronization in workflow often occurs when the workers can’t fully comprehend the activities one level below or above their place in the supply chain. While it can be a struggle defining supply chain visibility between your departments and workers, the benefits are worth the effort. Start by getting staff talking about what the commonalities in each worker’s definition and grow from there. It is possible to increase visibility and transparency across every stage of the supply chain to help get workers on the same page to understand its importance.
Supply chain visibility reduces risks and costs
Supply chain visibility ensures there are no interruptions in your processes. You’ll be able to quickly respond to any issues in the chain, such as redirection of supply. Increased visibility allows you to re-evaluate areas of inefficiency to reduce risks, such as damaged products and mistakes.
Supply chain visibility improves performance
Enhanced supply chain visibility helps to improve tracking of your performance expectations and estimate future demands, ensuring you can meet your long-term goals. Supply chain visibility demonstrates you are keeping pace with changes in regulation around transportation.
Supply chain visibility identifies problems
Increased communication as a result of supply chain visibility allows you to see where gaps exist in your system. Sharing information between departments and organizations provides an overall view of the entire process.
Supply chain visibility manages every aspect of your inventory
Having the right infrastructure can help you to achieve better supply chain visibility and therefore reduce costs, improve customers’ performance, and identify problems to strengthen your performance ultimately.
Universal DeVlieg provides innovative and cost-cutting tool holding and high precision boring solutions to the machine tool industry, servicing a diversified customer base. The combination of over 32,000 active part numbers, over 10,000 standard items, and our technical support staff delivers design engineering expertise that is unmatched in the industry. To learn more about Universal DeVlieg, contact us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 877.308.3077 or visit at universaldevlieg.com.