Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. GT Nexus began operations in 1998 using the name Tradiant. While many will compare you to SAP, it is not a comparison.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. But, we can’t begin our journey towards the future of procurement excellence in a ’93 Escort. Source: Accenture 2013. “An Source: Accenture 2013. Say I purchase a car. Let me explain….

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

I have done this report twice before–once in 2012 and again in 2013. Since the last report, Kinaxis successfully launched an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, E2open launched an IPO and then went private with a buy out by Insights, IBS and Steelwedge sought new rounds of capital, and WAM Systems and Acorn Systems have new owners.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 29, 2014

As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too. 2008-2013 Overall Growth. 2013-2018 Estimated Overall Growth. You bet it can. Fastest Growing Channels in B2C Sales. Non-store retail (i.e.,

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

So in order to perhaps spawn some ideas for your supply chain excellence efforts, I thought I’d offer a brief overview of how four leading organisations are achieving their successes and cementing their mastery of the 21 st century supply chain. Is sustainability a viable growth strategy for fast-moving-consumer-goods brands?

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 23, 2016

The Human Element: Companies committed to fresh supply chain excellence know just how much difference their people can make. To some extent, the problem is exacerbated by industry imposed shelf-life and sell-by dates , which are displayed on packages for consumers to see and hence, serve as a reason to reject , rather than to buy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

VTech drove significant improvement in operating margin through the recession of 2007-2009 and then drove improvement in both inventory margin and operating margin for the period of 2010-2012 with some regression in the period of 2013-2015. My first eureka moment for us was understanding why the CPFR process did not deliver.

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