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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory. It has been awhile.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

Muller explained in a very comprehensive manner about how "movement" of each type of soldiers should be done which included marching, transportation, wheeling, advancing, formation, transport of heavy guns, how to cross the river etc. 3) Origin of "Supply Chain". This implies that the army relied on "replenishment progress (process).

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

As I presented on Supply Chain 2030, I shared the research on balance sheet performance, and provided the insights on why I believe 90% of organizations failed in the delivery of supply chain excellence at the balance sheet level. Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka). Localized manufacturing.

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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . Exhaust-data analyses (OTD, pallet volume, transport, suppliers, returns, etc.) Stocks of raw materials, semi-finished products and/or unsuitable finished products that destroy exposure. 2/ Order processing.

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IBM Beefing Up for Matrix Commerce in 2012

Supply Chain Network

Acquisitions of Emptoris and Demandtec expanded sourcing and pricing portfolios while the new version of IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE further enhances supply chain network capabilities. Matrix Commerce extends beyond the sales and customer focus to include management and optimization of supporting sourcing and supply chain facets.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. I am a manufacturing gal by training. For example, in the recession of 2007, DuPont missed the downturn in the market. In my opinion, we need a jump-start of sorts….