Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2018

Being a supply chain gal, I think that supply chain leaders can help. In the chart in Figure 1, let’s look more closely at the healthcare value chain. Suppliers to the healthcare value chain enjoy high margins and continue to drive higher profits. Healthcare Value Chain Analysis.

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Synovos

AUGUST 9, 2023

RS Integrated Supply’s Costanza Campi to speak at World Procurement Excellence Summit WARRINGTON, UK / RADNOR, PA 8 AUGUST 2023 – Costanza Campi, Senior Vice President of Global Procurement for RS Integrated Supply, has been selected to present at the upcoming World Procurement Excellence Summit in Cologne, Germany.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the podcast interview Brian shares his insights on the shipment delays on the West Coast that are wreaking havoc on retail, e-commerce, and production supply chains. The US imported the most goods from Canada until 2007 when China replaced our neighbor to the north. In 2019, these five countries supplied 48% of the $2.5

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 30, 2014

In part one and part two I explained how the terms “shelf-connected” and “demand-driven” have been in use for years within the supply chain community, but only recently has demand-driven value network technology emerged and matured enough to truly be a game-changer. Note, this is part three of an ongoing series.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

In our prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we reviewed and provided some added insights on July’s global manufacturing PMI indices which are pointing to declining global supply chain production momentum. A July edition provided two reports that responded to the question- Are Global Supply Chains Recovering ?

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

There was no online shopping, and the grocery stores of the day were not much bigger than most standalone pharmacy chain stores are today. That was the value chain. Over the last 25 or so years, the food & beverage value chain has exploded. The consumer’s impact on the value chain has been huge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

KION acquired Dematic and Egemin Automation in 2016, forming KION Supply Chain Solutions that operates under the Dematic brand. KION is a publicly-traded company and reports on the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) segment. Never before have we launched so many innovations for all parts of the value chain.”.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2019

When motorized vehicles became commonplace, horse-and-buggy supply chains found they couldn’t compete with modern transportation systems. We now live in the digital age and supply chains desiring to remain competitive must keep in step with the times. Connectivity has always been the hallmark of supply chains.

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Locus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Fuelled by a strong return to normalcy, ‘revenge festivities’ is a simmering trend that picked up during this Navratri in India, leading to a 15% spike in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) sales with kirana stores stocking up 18% more. As festive season demands go up so does uncertainty in supply chains. Schedule Demo.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech highlights yet another Cloud based B2B supply chain control layer platform announcement, this time from Amazon’s AWS Cloud computing division. The Announcement. The product announcement was made in conjunction with the Amazon AWS reInvent conference.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The survey, conducted in the period of November 1 through November 6, reportedly polled 8,424 adult consumers about their holiday shopping plans and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 © Copyright 2021, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. percentage points. All rights reserved.

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Logility

DECEMBER 9, 2011

. $100 million – Amount Proctor & Gamble saved in just the beauty division from multi-echelon inventory optimization ( Link ) ( Video ). $50 50 million – Total savings HP realized from MEIO as well as a 30% inventory reduction ( Link ). 26% – Amount Boston Scientific reduced their inventory ( Link ). $20

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Woods explains, “TSI is the sum of all of the ways business can affect society by doing the real work: thinking about their supply chains, working on their product design and manufacturing processes and their distribution. ” To watch Woods’ TED talk about TSI, click on this link. first appeared on [link].

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Elementum

MAY 19, 2022

Since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic, the words “global supply chain” have become a familiar sight, not only in the financial pages, but on the front page as well. Why supply chain management is important 2. How does supply chain management “work,” and 3. What’s new in supply chain management.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The editorial team at Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) argues CPG companies have been slow to embrace cognitive technologies; however, the coronavirus pandemic is changing that picture. In CG, four additional key and common areas to explore are supply chain, design, TPM and marketing.” Footnotes. [1] 5] Michael C.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Link between Procurement and Purchasing. A purchasing manager or purchasing officer typically won’t buy anything unless the contract has been set up by procurement, so in that way procurement and purchasing are linked. The Chain of Responsibility. There are two possibilities. In other words, be a boffin in data analysis.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog shares a mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 predictions for industry supply chains published at the beginning of 2022. Economic Outlook Significantly Changed. percent this year, after the global economy grew a reported 5.9

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 3, 2020

Georgia Wilson predicts the circular economy represents the future for the supply chain. She reports, “In the next 18 months, 70% of supply chain leaders are planning to invest in circular economies.”[1] ”[1] She notes, however, “Only 12% have linked it with their digital strategies.”

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Changing a supply chain near you. In a previous post , I wrote on the emergence of Circular Supply Chain models and, whether we welcome it or not, there is a new future coming soon to a supply chain near you. They are facing cost increases, vanishing supply sources, combined with increased demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. This trend spawned chains like Trader Joes, Walmart, Whole Foods, etc. Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. Get Good at Data Sharing.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Consumer and investment goods producers each observed increases in production.

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E2open

AUGUST 7, 2017

Companies whose products cater to end-consumers – especially in industries such as Consumer Electronics, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods and Automotive – run the risk of having their profits and reputations damaged due to poorly executed product recalls. Consumer Electronics.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” ran a segment on some of the issues involved in the current global supply chain crisis — focusing primarily on U.S. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the formal declared end to the Covid-19 pandemic along with commenting on the industry supply chain learning that has emerged. From our perspectives, that statement should and will likely resonate among multi-industry supply chain professionals.

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OptiProERP

MAY 3, 2021

That includes your supply chain management needs, such as managing your suppliers and vendors, purchasing or supplying material and parts from/to third parties, and ensuring compliance and quality with your supply chain partners. 6 Tips for Choosing the Right ERP for Supply Chain Management.

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

This blog post is in response to recent results from the APICS/Logility Survey, Consumer Goods S&OP research, and ChainLink’s end-user research. Demand management has always been at the top of supply chain professionals’ list of challenges. We were making progress. Firstly, some ChainLink research data.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 13, 2021

While the construction industry itself poses some unique challenges in supply chains across the world, cement manufacturing comes with its own diverse set of differentiators like the ones mentioned below: Top unique challenges of cement industry. Cementing supply chain operations: Key drivers for optimized cement supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

For the past few years I’ve been using that phrase, which you typically find in investment literature, when making the case for innovation in supply chain management. These new participants frequently have less experience executing the development of efficient supply chains. Network Connectivity.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

There are undoubtedly moments when risk managers would like to “take a knee” in order to find respite from the risks their supply chains face. The report points to potential vulnerabilities in a significant percentage of global supply chains. First, supply chains have grown complex and global.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2019

Today, consumers are empowered with more knowledge about the products they buy than at any time in history. Steve Osburn ( @skosbu ), Managing Director at Kurt Salmon — a part of Accenture Strategy specializing in Supply Chain, observes, “E-commerce customers in the U.S. This has emboldened them in new ways. ”[5].

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 16, 2017

Amazon’s announcement of its acquisition of Whole Foods Market will be a landmark business move that has far reaching effects to the Consumer Chain and the way CPG suppliers go to market. How about THAT for a shock to the digital transformation of consumer goods and retail?

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EcoVadis

MAY 24, 2019

Among them were representatives of the European pallet-pooling specialist La Palette Rouge (a division of Euro Pool Group), who, for the fifth year running, has received Gold rating for its commitments to reduce environment impact of its entire supply chain. Linkedin: [link]. Twitter: www.twitter.com/ecovadis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

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. How do they buy from you?”

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EcoVadis

JUNE 25, 2018

Producing forestry and agriculture products for export, e.g. into global supply chains, is an attractive means for many developing nations to create economic growth. Done responsibly, this can succeed. However, the current state of deforestation shows there is much work to be done to achieve a healthy balance.

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QAD

MARCH 25, 2021

The grocery stores of the day were not much bigger than most standalone pharmacy chain stores are today. That was the value chain. Over the last 25 or so years, the food & beverage value chain has exploded. Consumers’ Growing Impact on the Food & Beverage Value Chain. Quality but at a Value.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Supply Chain Management is complex and truly mastered by few. For those of us who have made our careers in supply chain, one of the great challenges, and the attraction of the discipline, is the variety of differing opinions about what constitutes ‘excellence in supply chain’ and how it can be best achieved.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Consumer Goods. 3: Consumer goods. Medical Devices. Technologies.

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