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What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021

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In a blog at the very start of the COVID-19 outbreak when confirmed cases had just exceeded 40,000, we discussed the considerations for organizations facing the outbreak. At the time, this article is being drafted, COVID-19 Cases have topped 59M, underscoring how much the world has endured in 2020.

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Robotic Process Automation and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

”[2] In other words, RPA does the busy work so employees can focus on more important tasks. The connection between RPA and supply chain functions may not be clear until you realize just how much paperwork is involved in supply chain transactions. 1] Good question. RPA can bring those processes back in-house.

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Are You Prepared for a Climate-Change Charged Hurricane Season?

Enterra Insights

For the 2022 hurricane season, NOAA is forecasting a likely range of 14 to 21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 6 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher).”

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Predicting the Future is Neither Easy nor Certain

Enterra Insights

Don’t both activities rely on available data to estimate what a potential future state is going to be? The two activities are related and trying to define differences between the two can be difficult. In contrast, forecasting provides overall aggregate estimates, such as the total number of purchases next quarter.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

It was designed with linearity in mind: a singular focus on minimizing transport costs through building high-capacity, point-to-point distribution infrastructure. ” In the Digital Age, many analog processes are quickly becoming anachronistic. Supply chain processes are not immune to this trend.

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Three Reasons Why SAP Supply Chain Planning Is a Risk to Your Business

Supply Chain Shaman

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. As I look below, I see field after field of United States farmland. The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change. It requires focus and discipline.

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Three Reasons Why SAP Supply Chain Planning Is a Risk to Your Business

Supply Chain Shaman

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. As I look below, I see field after field of United States farmland. The goal of this blog is to help business users maximize their current SAP Investments in a time of change. The land looks like a giant puzzle.