Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. One of the goals of the conference was to challenge the audience to redefine work. Net/net, the current architectures are hard-wired into back-office Information Technology deployments with layers of security and integration, and batch processing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. While companies talk digital, the projects follow traditional supply-centric paths. Almost two decades of reporting. They are not active on conference circuits. As I listen, I struggle.

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Precoro

MAY 22, 2023

In today’s fast-paced corporate world, it's difficult to overstate the significant role that technology plays in the success of many organizations. Strong companies depend on a range of hardware and software solutions to support key business processes like customer service, financial management, and supply chain operations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Supply Chain Insights Training, 2024 The Opportunity Based on my research, I believe there is an opportunity to reduce the number of planning roles by 80-85%. Guess what?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

As a guest writer for Forbes, public relations firms constantly pepper me with requests to speak to technologists boasting of having answers to improve supply chain resilience. I strongly believe that historical supply chain practices are not the answer. They need to evolve to help today’s supply chain business leader.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2022

My imagination goes wild when I see new forms of analytics. I am always thinking about how supply chain planning architectures can change. I find most accept planning as a technology–and delve in with an implementation focus–few question if they are getting better decisions. This is my life’s work.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model.

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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. The world of supply chain is active on my iPhone. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

I was fortunate enough to spend the beginning of this week at Manhattan Associates’ Momentum user conference. It was great to be back in person at a conference, seeing people face to face. Although virtual conferences do offer convenience, they lack a personal touch and the ability to network with others in person.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

In this special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology , we provide a follow-up on a prior announcement of added capabilities being planned for Amazon Web Services, Inc. AWS) Supply Chain. AWS Supply Chain N-Tier Visibility is now available to customers in US East (N.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 9, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement operations are the backbone of every company’s supply chain. Fundamental to procurement is the acquisition of goods and services from a party that’s further up the supply chain.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Effective supply chain management is essential for success in the dynamism and connectivity of modern companies. To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology , we highlight an announcement of added capabilities being planned for the Amazon AWS Supply Chain B2B Cloud. The product announcement was made in conjunction with the Amazon AWS re:Invent conference held in 2022.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supply chain conferences, we would be drunk at many. While we speak of collaboration, the focus is on driving enterprise results not value in value chains. However, organizations are not good at managing inventory. Cash-to-Cash Metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

“If only I had the money that the company was supposed to save from the multiple ERP and supply chain projects. This year supply chain leaders will celebrate thirty years of progress in supply chain management; but we have not made progress on one of the funamentals: inventory management.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 30, 2024

Supply Chain Matters draws reader attention to a published report that depicts how branded company Nike made strategic mistakes in its online distribution strategy during the time of Covid , and how the shoe and athletic goods retailer is still recovering. They smack of Nike’s iconic branding message: Just Do it !

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” Inventory is the culmination of many business decisions.

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Kinaxis

JULY 19, 2017

In reality, all this emerging tech, whether it’s turning your world upside down or not, is having a very real impact on how businesses manage their supply chains. He outlined eight emerging technologies that are most likely to drive dramatic changes across the CPG supply chain. Automate manual processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

. <Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. Let’s face a hard fact: the supply chain planning market is a mess. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. As supply chain clichés take flight, clients struggle with execution. One of these concepts that I hear a lot; but see few tangible examples, is the idea of “customer-segmented supply chain.” The discussion of customer-segmented supply chains happens often.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Today, 270 posts and five years later, I am thankful for the opportunity to sit at my kitchen table and communicate to almost 20,000 supply chain professionals globally (directly through this blog and through connections on Linkedin). However, this is not the case in our supply chains. It is a conundrum.

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

Public gatherings have been cancelled including public schools, sporting events, and social gatherings, conferences and most musical performances and other entertainment. Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain. The digital supply chain thrives on data.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. Cost reductions in food manufacturing can be achieved by using food manufacturing software that improves ordering processes and minimises overstocking of expensive raw ingredients. Working with fresh food.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The jobs reduction will save $1 billion this year, Tomé said on an earnings conference call with analysts on Tuesday. export regulations led to supply chain disruptions. technology from helping China’s military. technology from helping China’s military. The shares fell as much as 7.6

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Next week is the annual Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , and summit preparation is on my agenda for the weekend. We feel so strongly about this that we do not have an inventory planning role.” His feeling was that inventory is an asset to manage. Inventory is both. A heated debate ensued. My Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2016

During the spring, I get to spend a lot of time in airplane(s) attending and speaking at technology confer ences. The technology market for new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is drying up. Software maintenance costs are rising for the CIO. New business models are evolving. I have done this for a decade.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

(All photos credited to Depositphotos.com) Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Some retailers may have seen these signs but could not pivot quickly enough because of supply chain delays.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 3, 2023

Sahil Gupta , Chief Product Officer at ToolsGroup, shares the most important insights and takeaways from this year’s ShopTalk conference. After four days of retail insights focused on the trends, business models, and technologies that are shaping the future of retail, ShopTalk 2023 has closed a successful and illuminating conference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The All-In-One WMS Myth – A WMS voice module provides all the benefits of a best-in-breed warehouse optimization solution at a lower cost. The ‘mobile-first’ approach is actually more cost-effective and makes the WMS transition easier for users.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

This week, I spoke at the Llamasoft Summercon Conference. The conference was low-key. The attendees were sitting on the edge of their seats to hear about the next release of Llamasoft software. We laughed, and felt a bit silly, leaving the conference room holding our new furry tchotchkes. The theatre was packed.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

In today's highly competitive marketplace, it’s imperative for businesses to innovate new ways to streamline their supply chain and optimize productivity. Additionally, through a more stable and efficient supply chain, you can greatly enhance customer satisfaction and retention. Computerized Shipping and Tracking.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

the name given to the Fourth Industrial Revolution involving robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), must be supported by Supply Chain 4.0. But what does Supply Chain 4.0 The retail supply chain ‘has not caught up with the speed that the world is moving at,’ Fung said. Supply chain 4.0

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

” Supply Chain Leader. Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. As background, Peter Gibbons is the Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain for Mattel, Inc.

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