global sourcing

September 10, 2021

MES President & CEO-Hiten Shah Featured in World Leaders Magazine

The road to being an entrepreneur is not a straight line to success. It’s a winding path with many ups and downs. The amount of risk that an entrepreneur takes, whether it’s quitting a job, making a capital investment, or borrowing money, is greatly underestimated. Hiten Shah’s entrepreneurial journey is an inspiration for many emerging business leaders.

December 7, 2021

How a power transmission manufacturer found inventory freedom-MES

How can a mechanical components manufacturer provide well-engineered and energy-efficient products to their customers in the face of constrained supply chains? What happens when their parts availability is at the mercy of long lead times? And how can they keep their administration costs (and sanity) at reasonable levels while dealing with hundreds of part numbers and just as many different suppliers?

December 15, 2021

Flying Blind During the Supply Chain Crisis

Back in September and October, suppliers in China and many other countries dealt with electricity shortages, aluminum, magnesium, and silica shortages, in addition to ongoing container shortages. Fast forward to December; we are seeing that - Containers are becoming more available than in the last 90 days, although they remain historically high (Drewry Index is still high around $9500 – 5x the 10-year average!

January 24, 2022

3 Signs – Optimize Your Supplier Relationship Management Process

Juggling suppliers is hard. There’s testing and quality control to contend with. There are lead times to factor in. And there are logistics routes, warehousing, and inventory management processes to streamline. Multiply each of these responsibilities times the dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of suppliers you’re working with and, well, it’s easy to see why supplier relationship management can be so tricky.