Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. These are my thoughts. See you there?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In this first part, I will focus on 6 places that you can apply to your organization to reduce costs and increase profit. According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP. Suppliers can sometimes absorb direct logistics costs. Try a velocity layout.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In my 2014 piece, I argued that educators need to play a role here and pointed to the planned launch in 2015 of the groundbreaking MITx MicroMasters® Program in Supply Chain Management online program as an example of what educators can contribute. It has become apparent that accounting for Scope 3 emissions is a very tough nut to crack.

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DynaSys

MARCH 5, 2019

Sales in mainland China have grown by 18% in 2017 after a two-year crisis that spread doubt in the market (figures reported by Claudia d’Arpizio, partner at Bain). For example, European consumers prefer to buy in their region (75%), then abroad (19%) or at the airport (6%). The Digital Experience.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. To help support new customer trends (e.g. expecting same day delivery, two-day shipping, etc.) What is a logistics startup?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” CNN Money Watch, August 12, 2015. Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 27, 2015

In this blog, I share the findings and why I think that they should matter to supply chain professionals in consumer-facing industries. This requires analytics that can learn and adapt as markets shift. This work into product segmented production planning is critical to manage the lumpier, less predictable demand patterns.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 21, 2019

This hybrid model marries the digital and brick-and-mortar retail experience for a seamless and streamlined customer transaction. It is also sometimes known as “buy online, pick up in store”, or BOPUS for short. In the UK, the click and collect model is particularly popular with experts predicting that usage will double by 2025.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 4, 2020

Also in 2015, the global cost of overstocking goods was $470 billion , while the cost of under-stocking was more than $600 billion. With accurate Inventory Optimization, manufacturers can streamline stocking issues using predictive analytics and data-driven insights. . Lack of automation.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 4, 2020

Also in 2015, the global cost of overstocking goods was $470 billion , while the cost of under-stocking was more than $600 billion. With accurate Inventory Optimization, manufacturers can streamline stocking issues using predictive analytics and data-driven insights. . Lack of automation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. I am enlisting their support to share their stories in podcasts, blog posts and at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6-9. All winners received their digital images this week. ) I am on a mission.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2020

It ensures consistent repeat purchases over time, regardless of price, convenience or even a global pandemic. Corona’s ‘do nothing’ strategy appears to have paid off — Brand Finance Annual Report in August 2020 named Corona as the world’s most popular beer brand. Content such as: Blog posts. An apt example is Corona beer.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

*This post was originally published June 2015; it was updated September 2018*. In today’s competitive business environment, getting the correct products to the right place at the right time via the most cost-effective manner is paramount for your business’ success. Logistics & Supply Chain Mobile Applications Top 12.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

2015 was a very exciting year for AIMMS. We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. We welcomed many new customers, resulting in a 40% increase in revenue growth.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2016

Editor's Note: Today is a guest blog from our friend Andy Woodward with Wenzel America, Ltd. In this blog, Andy discusses the health of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing technology orders, and setting benchmarks for company performance. who specializes in innovative metrology & styling solutions.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

2015 was a very exciting year for AIMMS. We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. We welcomed many new customers, resulting in a 40% increase in revenue growth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy and sell-side markets) bi-directionally with near-real time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Thoma Bravo purchased Elemica in June 2016. This is a missionary buying market where taxonomies and technologies are not clear.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 29, 2014

Learn more about aligning strategies by downloading Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium’s report Aligning Supply Chains with Business Strategy.). The growth of actual online sales from online purchases between 2012 and 2017 will only grow from 7.7% What is worse than the 2014 store closings will be the bankruptcies in 2015.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. He is the author of the blog Supply Chain Trend and the self excellence guide Building Mental Toughness. S&OP, a vision for the future interview.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In this blog we are going to learn more about what to do when you discover disruption in your industry. Pisano, "You Need an Innovation Strategy," June 2015. Users of Google apps were looking for low cost and collaboration over the exhaustive features offered by Microsoft Word and Excel. Source: Corning; Gary P.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 11, 2016

The blog was uglier then and less polished, and I have learned a lot about blogging over the years; however, my focus is the same. The Supply Chain Shaman is an independent blog. You will note that there is no advertising for the blog and I am never paid to write. I take independence seriously. This is my 310th post.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

As reported in the Wall Street Journal last week: “Automotive value chains are international. An interruption in delivery of parts from a partner in Europe can therefore also have implications in China,” said [Markus Duesmann, BMW board member in charge of purchasing and supplier network]. View Results. Total Answers 11.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Last month, Lennox Residential was runner-up in the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Supply Chain Innovation competition, arguably the top supply chain award in North America. And last year Costa Express won the “Technology” category award at the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards , also a top honor.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This creates a “double whammy” effect, in that digitization is driving up the need for analytics but to truly find collaborative solutions that rely on new technology solutions, companies will need to find ways to partner. Prediction 1 – Supply Chain Analytics Will Become More Predictive (Not Backward Looking).

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . Top 10 Supply Chain Articles from 2015. No Purchase Orders were used.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

South Korea has reported the lowest number of new cases in 4 weeks , leading the way on the containment execution roadmap. Currently, in the advanced analytics space for supply chain, I have the flexibility to help eliminate bottlenecks for some of the world’s largest canals while also ensuring things end up on Mars in one piece.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to the 30th Annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), companies spent $1.64 Rising costs mean that companies must continue to innovate and implement strategies that can help reduce logistics costs and boost the bottom line. This is known as “dropshipping.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Guest blog provided by Joe Hall, Director, Business Development at 360 Energy Inc. Today manufacturers must continually look for waste reduction, process improvement and supply chain efficiency to meet competitive pressures and their customers’ cost reduction requirements. Energy costs are not well understood. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This blog was started in 2010. Today, 270 posts and five years later, I am thankful for the opportunity to sit at my kitchen table and communicate to almost 20,000 supply chain professionals globally (directly through this blog and through connections on Linkedin). This is the goal of this blog post. I am giving thanks.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

South Korea has reported the lowest number of new cases in 4 weeks , leading the way on the containment execution roadmap. Currently, in the advanced analytics space for supply chain, I have the flexibility to help eliminate bottlenecks for some of the world’s largest canals while also ensuring things end up on Mars in one piece.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 21, 2020

Beginning in 2015 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine led a standing committee to inform Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) decision-making. ” The Act would: Require publicly reported national assessments on a weekly basis to determine national critical equipment supply and requirements.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Also, if you would like to read anything related to the supply chain you can read all the supply chain blogs in that category here or search any keyword in the search bar to the right. 2015 saw a shift from the linear supply chain to the circular supply chain. I expect other companies to ask similar questions. Increased velocity.

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