Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 18, 2014

My blog post is written for you to understand what needs to happen… While companies need to be good at forecasting, and redefining forecasting to be outside-in is needed: it is not sufficient. In contrast, the demand organization that I am advocating is an analytics group that crosses over sales and marketing into supply.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 27, 2015

My most recent book co-authored with Gerard Chick, the Procurement Value Proposition , has received some nice accolades recently. The book was listed by Peter Smith of the site Spend Matters on the “ Christmas Books for Procurement People “, based on Smith’s earlier review appearing back in May.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Blog post originally created and published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at [link] . Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! In 1995 IKEA faced an organizational shift in purchasing and sourcing methodology. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

in this blog, I am going to rely on the account of the songwriter, that the song is a childhood story about a dragon that lived in Honalee. How do we harness the power of data with new forms of analytics? Today, technology providers are selling analytics. In 2015, I worked with a manufacturer of men’s underwear. (My

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2018

Truckers Boosted Hiring At Fastest Pace Since 2015. A Wall Street Journal report said carriers added 5,600 jobs last month, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics – the largest increase since May 2015. and other providers, and will require a $30 minimum purchase plus a $9.95 freight market. Walmart Inc.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 12, 2015

I was at the GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference earlier this week. April 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). There are many aspects to cloud computing that make it exciting, including the fact that it is providing companies with almost infinite computing power at a relatively low cost. Post your thoughts below.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. In 2015 Insight acquired E2open, and Infor acquired GT Nexus. Together, we built this model. It is seldom positive for the line-of-business user.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 23, 2014

When your phone rings, and you and your supply chain team is called to the corporate office to talk about the expansion of your ecommerce strategy for 2015, here are my recommendations: 1) Embrace the Each. The proliferation of the business models is exciting. Manufacturers, today, are aggressively pursuing e-commerce strategies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. In the evolution of today’s analytics most companies are evaluating concurrent optimization of transactional data. We are just beginning to understand how to use sentiment data and new forms of analytics.

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FLEXE

JULY 8, 2016

This is the first report in a quarterly series that will highlight trends and insights in the dynamic warehousing market. to establish benchmarks for future reports and analyses. Dynamic warehousing is a relatively new business model that’s been gradually taking hold in the supply chain and logistics industries over the last.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. It will delay my report. ILOG was then purchased by IBM for $340 million in 2008.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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FLEXE

JUNE 15, 2016

This is the first report in a quarterly series that will highlight trends and insights in the dynamic warehousing market. It marks the first time dynamic warehousing has been analyzed in detail and serves to establish benchmarks for future reports and analyses. In Q4 2015, stacked space took the lead by a significant margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. It was also the preference of the consulting partners because the projects were longer, more costly and better aligned with the consulting model.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It also is increasing the number of ‘carbon neutral’ brands it offers as consumers increasingly value this attribute when they purchase a product.”[6]. Everything from procurement, to production, to logistics can be improved using artificial intelligence. Why sustainability is important. ”[6]. Footnotes. [1]

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

As I mentioned in an earlier blog about the Gartner conference , customers are demanding you deliver an experience, not just a product. Order fulfillment channels are becoming more complex as the possible combinations for purchase and returns explode. Global purchasing power. The customer. That much isn’t new. Uberization.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal , a Texas site could begin pilot refining operations as early as the fourth quarter of this year.,

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Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2021

Wearable healthcare works by collecting a user’s wellbeing and fitness data, and creating a personalised database of the user’s health metrics. They work by collecting a user’s wellbeing and fitness data, and creating a personalised database of the user’s health metrics. The company’s revenue has sat around US$1.5

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

If you’ve never seen the film, treat yourself by watching this clip below, and directly after you finish this blog, do yourself a favor and stream the entire film. Now… Is there something to be learned from this quote in Finding Nemo, that we can apply to procurement and sourcing? So here we are. Suppliers are our friends, not food!

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. When I heard their story, I scratched my head.

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Arkieva

JULY 25, 2016

Continuing growth in ecommerce is fueling a tight market for distribution and fulfillment centers space, either leased, purchased or through a partner, as companies look to expand their networks to meet growing consumer demand for rapid parcel delivery. in 2015, of which 50% to 75% comprised warehouses. Source: Arkieva Blog.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. It now serves more than five million businesses and has generated $25 billion in global sales since it began in 2015. If 2020 was the year of B2C, 2021 could likely be the year of B2B. In the U.S.,

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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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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. In July 2012 E2open went public on the NASDAQ; and in March 2015, after a series of financial earnings disappointments, Insight Venture Partners funded E2open to become private.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

LLamasoft acquired the LogicTools assets from IBM in the spring of 2015.) For those who are new to reading the Supply Chain Shaman blog, let me begin my analysis with a disclaimer. The purchase of Barloworld gives LLamasoft a strong presence in the United Kingdom, and a team on the European continent. I mpact #2.

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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

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. See you there?

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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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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. Identify and eliminate open spaces."

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Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Two years ago it was reported by CNBC that the inability to efficiently manage inventory cost retailers $1.75 The issue – as we’ve covered before in this blog – is that fulfillment operations haven’t kept up with technological advancement the way selling has. trillion dollars.

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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

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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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore how Amazon does it all. Pharmacy: Amazon Pharmacy – Online service for purchasing prescription medications with home delivery. Business Solutions: Amazon Business – Marketplace offering tailored products and tools for businesses, including bulk purchasing and business pricing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 16, 2022

You can set up this article because of expanding interest in Bitcoin and reports of expensive goods made by the individuals who tried to purchase Bitcoin through obscure sites. Regardless, by 2015, Bitcoin had begun to attract monetary benefactors, notwithstanding, it by and by couldn’t affect.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

As we’ve learned from Kotter’s 8 Step Change Model (hyperlink), utilized as a framework to implement and achieve organizational change, the first 2 steps to create change boil down to one thing: People. Gauge Output, Report and Refine. Having leadership in place will put a face behind the movement? Suppliers and partners.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A report showing the impact of the zone after six months found that between March (just before the zone was introduced) and September 2019 there was a significant reduction in older and more polluting vehicles which did not comply with the regulations. Figures showed on an average day 13,500 fewer vehicles, a drop of 38%. Conclusion.

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