Business Chief USA June 2019

WORLD VISION
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“For every dollar
we spend in freight,
there’s almost
$20 of product
that we’re shipping
and being able to
bring into play for
ministry utilization”
—
Tim Covell,
Supply Chain Director, GIK, World Vision
so process control documentation
creates the foundation for future
continuous improvement.”
Continuous consistent improvement
is reliant on clear communication and
coordination, and Covell stresses that
technological advancements over the
past decade have been essential to
that process. “Recently we invested in
the Microsoft Dynamics Enterprise
Resource Planning system,” he says.
“It’s been a powerful tool to be able to
synchronize different portions of the
team, in the US and internationally.”
JUNE 2019