Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. The solution was too black box. Hence the solution couldn’t be much maintained. The Company went through many reorganizations.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Green supply chain history: The origin of Supply Chain Management can be dated back to the early 20th with Henry Ford who vertically integrates the automotive supply chain and organizational practices. The purpose of going green is shown in the table.

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ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

To reduce inefficiencies and fraud, grant activities are governed by several regulations including these two relatively recently enacted laws: The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) – This law expands on federal awards reporting reforms that began with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2018

He explains, “A digital wallet is software that allows an e-commerce retailer or a payment service like PayPal to securely store your credit card or bank information. ” E-commerce and the digital path to purchase would have been impossible without the rise of electronic transfers of funds. What about the business side?

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CormSquare

JANUARY 24, 2017

But the question is, what are the other main challenges in procurement being faced today? This survey was done on 324 senior procurement lea ders fr om 33 countries offering a deep insight into current procurement preoccupations. There is plenty to worry about. Cost Reduction. This level is higher than the previous year, 69%.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Here is what I expect to see next year: Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

The solution solved a relevant industry issue. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications. Transora had a short history. Clear governance.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 6, 2021

To achieve this the customer shares information on sales and product needs with the supplier, who is then able to ensure the correct amount of inventory is supplied. VMI creates efficiencies in the supply chain as it ensures data from sales is a key part of the inventory management system.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 Do Facebook and Twitter Need a Logistics Strategy?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. Is Steelwedge a Tragic Hero of Supply Chain Cloud Technology? I questioned the size of the market, and if companies needed a standalone S&OP solution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. The initial software product release name was Real-Time Forecasting. History of Terra Technology.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. you have to make your supply chain successful too. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 1, 2015

Transparent supply chain management and effective supply chain visibility is a critical tool in a company’s continued growth and successful brand image. An interesting development, as discussed in The Economist’s Why American wage growth is so lousy , stated 2014 showed that 1.3 Reevaluating Wages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

” Supply Chain Leader. The manuscript is due to Wiley on March 1st for an August 2014 publish date. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. I loved the quote that I captured today in my interview (see above), and I have enjoyed interviews with supply chain leaders like Peter Gibbons.

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EcoVadis

APRIL 7, 2014

Exchanging experiences , best practices and insights on Sustainable Procurement has always been at the heart of our annual Client Committee. Therefore, for its 2014 edition, what a better location for our event than Palais Brongniart, the ancient Paris stock exchange ?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Below are some photos from the JDRF Ride to Cure in Santa Fe , including some scenic ones of the course taken by teammate Kelly McCauslin from BluJay Solutions (who set a personal mileage record that day!) I also want to thank our sponsors and supporters for their generous donations, including BluJay Solutions , C.H.

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

On September 30, 2014, supply chain education will take a major step into the digital age with the start of SCx, an on-line educational program developed by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for thousands of professionals across the globe. SC1x – Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals (fall 2014).

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8 In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. The most significant for the supply chain market are assets from Baan, Formation Systems, Fygir, Intentia, Lawson, MAPICS, Mercia, and SSA Global.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

As supply chain clichés take flight, clients struggle with execution. One of these concepts that I hear a lot; but see few tangible examples, is the idea of “customer-segmented supply chain.” The discussion of customer-segmented supply chains happens often. in Net Cash on Hand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The atoms and electrons of the supply chain are changing. I am passionate about the topic of the digital supply chain, and I apologize in advance for the length of this article. The third Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over. It is an agenda designed by supply chain leaders for supply chain leaders.

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?)

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?)

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Most of those emissions are associated with corporate supply chains. Clearly, companies need to begin to more fully consider their supply chains, working to make them more resilient, sustainable and ethical.” He writes, “Promoting sustainability throughout a complex supply chain is incredibly challenging.”[2]

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 30, 2018

“Procurement departments are poised to benefit from many of the advantages blockchain technology brings, such as cost savings, greater data transparency and shorter lead times. ”[1] Among the economic sectors he believes will be disrupted are financial services, supply chain, and real estate.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions. However, with the various supply chain systems manufacturers use, such as ERP, WMS, and TMS, the systems must all provide options to integrate together with such e-commerce platforms like Magento, Shopify, and others in order to take hold in 2016.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. Let me explain.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

If counterfeit electronic parts make it through the supply chain and into a mission-critical military asset, the potential for a worst-case scenario increases. In 2014, Massachusetts resident Pierre Picone pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit integrated circuits (IC) to the U.S. Navy over the course of 5 years.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

In 2013 Nokia took full ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, buying the other half of the venture from Siemens, and 2014 sold its handset business to Microsoft. Nokia is currently preparing for another major change, its purchase of Alcatel-Lucent, which is expected to close in Q1 2016. By Helen Armstrong. It’s a one-stop shop.”.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

As more and more companies start to focus on natural ingredients, supply chain issues arise. We examine the best solutions. Its growth is enough to make giants like McDonald’s, Cargill, and Wal-mart sit up and pay attention, agreeing to overhaul their current procurement methods in order to give the people what they want.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 24, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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