Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

2018 is right around the corner. At this time of year, we find many companies planning workshops to stimulate thinking on building a digital supply chain and igniting next-generation supply chain thinking. Use our Metrics That Matter methodology to look at improvement and performance. Summer is ending. Forge a strategy?

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

In a prior post on 2018 supply chain predictions, I shared how NC State’s Poole College of Management engages directly with industry through student-led projects. This project is the e xtension of an executive workshop we ran last fall. MUFG Union Bank Strategic Performance Metrics. Lenovo Excess and Obsolete Inventory.

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EcoVadis

MAY 25, 2017

This strategy was echoed in the Johnson & Johnson / Tessy Plastics workshop which detailed their buyer-supplier collaboration to drive sustainability to deeper tiers of the supply chain. A spark of an idea can light a team or company’s journey to a bold goal, for example to re-think a business or metric or engagement strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Mark Hersh (shown here) is now a Director of Supply Chain Strategy at Clorox while Dave retired in 2018. Value Chain segmentation—designing a fit for purpose supply chain—was the focus of the strategy day workshop. Clorox Performance Compared to Competitors (Supply Chain Index is a relative metric of growth.).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

I was in Orlando, Florida this week moderating workshops for a logistics service provider client. Robinson Reports 2018 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results TPG Capital to sell Transporeon Group to Hg BluJay Hires Andrew Kirkwood as Chief Executive Officer Tool Company Claims IPS Worldwide ‘Misappropriated’ Millions (WSJ – sub.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 27, 2018

That was the key message Doug Braun, CEO of BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), delivered in his keynote presentation at the SOAR 2018 Customer Conference last month. The post Competing on Customer Experience (Takeaways from BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2018 Conference) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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