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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

They don’t have an internal power source, so range and data storage is sacrificed to gain cost efficiency and lifespan. The internal power sources in these tags sacrifice cost efficiency and lifespan to gain range, data storage and self-initiated broadcasting. Be sure to do your research and assess the situation with ROI in mind.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. How easy is it to buy from your company? Bio-engineering?

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. In our research, discrete industries–aerospace, automotive, hi-tech, and semiconductor– rate themselves as performing better, being more proactive, and having greater alignment. I am struggling with jet lag.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Automotive Logistics. Logistics and Research Analyst, Spend Management Experts.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

On my walks to the hotel from the office at AMR Research, I wrapped my scarf tight on my head and fought the brisk harbor winds freezing my face. As we traced the process that could exist using channel data, the conversation changed… DuPont served two primary markets–automotive and the building industry. They are not.