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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Need For What-If Analysis. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

(When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. The reason? The result?

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Source E2open Shipping Index). As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Market inflation sits at 7%–the highest since June 1982. Focus on Cost.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Source E2open Shipping Index). As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Market inflation sits at 7%–the highest since June 1982. Focus on Cost.

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Logistics Predictions: How Did We Do in 2022 and What Will 2023 Look Like?

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s take a look at what happened with the major themes, as well as the research and analysis we conducted in 2022 to help determine what those themes will look like in 2023. The only bright note is that shipping costs will be a fraction of what they were over the last several years. Despite many calling for U.S. Figure 1: U.S.

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10 Inventory Control Techniques That Are Evergreen

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Understanding the most valuable inventory control techniques, along with utilizing inventory control template Excel, is essential if you want to ensure effective inventory management. This is achieved by helping business owners determine the right time to restock their items or purchase materials for production.

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An Entrepreneur Explains The 10 Things Needed to Build A Business that Investors Can’t Say ‘NO’ To

Logistics Viewpoints

The company buying his company, EXE Technologies, is now infamous among those who have followed the WMS market. It was really intended to allow us to buy a few robots and rent some space, just get us started” and prove the business model. We asked for $2 million to buy more robots and then shortly thereafter another $4m.