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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues.

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Untangling The Tangled Web We Weave

Supply Chain Shaman

The year was 2004. I was working on a report on the Multi-Enterprise Inventory Management (often termed MEIO) and I challenged Pete. This level of variability is not forecastable at an item level, but yet their companies were trying to forecast using item-level forecasting based on shipment/order data inputs using a ship-from model.

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

Hau L Lee, Triple-A Supply Chains, Harvard Business Review, October 2004. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. I believe that value is what you create. It is about more than visibility.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The report authors noted that this index, when calculated without the impact of China would have posted a 53.2 The report specifically indicated: “ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.”. .

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

SCMDOJO

The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. One of the key elements of the EDLC policy is the direct procurement of items from suppliers, eliminating intermediaries in the process.

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Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em, “Christmas in October” Sales Get Results

BlueYonder

And although in 2004 almost a quarter of consumers put off holiday shopping until December, now only 17 percent wait that long. In interviews with Business Insider and across social media, shoppers are claiming the quality of Whole Foods’ produce has gone down since Amazon purchased the grocery chain.

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Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em, “Christmas in October” Sales Get Results

BlueYonder

And although in 2004 almost a quarter of consumers put off holiday shopping until December, now only 17 percent wait that long. In interviews with Business Insider and across social media, shoppers are claiming the quality of Whole Foods’ produce has gone down since Amazon purchased the grocery chain.