Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Ronald Coase passed away this past week, at the ripe old age of 102 1/2. He represents one of the truly brilliant economists who helped shaped our understanding of management enterprise. Coase took on the challenges of management and the evolution of the modern firm, and was awarded a Nobel prize for his work.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The company held $500 million of inventory which was about 2 months coverage, much more than those of the other technology companies. Cook reduced number of warehouses, from 19 to 9 and slashed inventory level from 2 months to 1 month. He also reduced the manufacturing cycle time, from 4 months down to 2 months.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JULY 4, 2013

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Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2013

Finally, as I wrote back in November 2008 , if there’s ever a business process that lends itself perfectly to a network-based solution , it has to be “10+2” compliance. Global Trade Management Regulations 10+2 CBP Descartes Systems Group Importer Security Filing Kevin Gavin network-based solutions U.S. Be Sociable, Share!

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

2) Virtual Integration : in 1998, Harvard Business Review conducted the interview with Michael Dell and published the article called " The Power of Virtual Integration ". 2) Segment customers and anticipate changing needs : This is how Dell how has mastered the virtual integration by paying lots of attention to the final customer.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 29, 2013

2) filetype:pdf is the way to tell Google Scholar to shows only fulltext in the pdf format. 2) Read the last part of the article which may be called summary, conclusion or something in the same manner. Spending 1-2 hours to do a research this way will help you eliminate the unnecessary training , a seminar or even a consulting project.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

When we asked the attendees to imagine their supply chains of the future, and to rank the supply chain trends that they were the most excited about in the race for Supply Chain 2020, their answers are shown in figure 2. We will be sharing these insights on our upcoming webinar that will happen post-conference.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Metrics used to evaluate these new books are as below, 1) Citation count from Google Scholar 2) Number of reviews found on Amazon.com 3) Editorial Opinion Citation count is a standard way to evaluate any publication. Data Collection To answer the above question, I''ve searched for new books published during 2010-2013 on Amazon.com.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

2) Origin of "Logistics". 4) Relationship Between 2 Terms. The difference between 2 terms has been very confusing for practitioners. 2) The job title "logistics analyst" will become "supply chain analyst" if companies feel SCM is the new term for logistics (Re-labeling). (3) Image credit Google Books. 5) New Definition.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

In order to reduce lead-time, Quick Response (QR) strategy was developed and there are 2 core principles, namely, partnership between retailers and suppliers to improve the information sharing and the adoption of technologies such as EDI, UPC Code and point of sales data (POS). This help Zara to streamline the internal communication a lot.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

2) Say Yes and Mean it! Check out Hershey’s impressive results in figure 2, and give Jason a “Congratulations!” Use the work in the Center of Excellence to help drive the cross-functional understanding of the supply chain as a complex system, and facilitate a cross-functional understanding of trade-offs.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

2) Virtual Integration : in 1998, Harvard Business Review conducted the interview with Michael Dell and published the article called " The Power of Virtual Integration ". 2) Segment customers and anticipate changing needs : This is how Dell how has mastered the virtual integration by paying lots of attention to the final customer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2013

In figures 2-4, we share the ratings and perspectives of the individual functions. As shown in figure 2, the Information Technology (IT) team views the organization as more aligned, with fewer gaps, than their finance and supply chain counterparts. 2) Clear Supply Chain Strategy. The self-assessed ratings are very different.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Let’s take the example of Colgate, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever in figure 2. 2) Balance: The right balance of supply chain financial ratios to improve market capitalization. 2) Balance. However, leaders make these choices consciously showing year-over-year improvements. While laggards, lose ground. 1) Strength.

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SCM Research

JANUARY 30, 2013

This approach includes (1) identifying the hypothesized mechanisms, (2) testing for the presence of the mechanisms in the empirical setting, (3) testing isolated causal relations, and (4) testing the theoretical system. Strategic Management Journal, 32 (2), 139-158 DOI: 10.1002/smj.868. Miller, K., & Tsang, E.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 15, 2013

2) Enterprise Alignment. 2) Business Model Innovation Needed. 2) Investment by Manufacturers in Supply Chain Planning. Nearly two-thirds of manufacturers are offshoring to reduce costs. They have longer more complex supply chains, but rate themselves low on their ability to plan demand and manage a network.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

The average bias of European forecasts versus North America had 2% more bias. The average MAPE for top performers in the study is 46% and the use of FVA and other techniques reduced bias from 7% to 2%. Process Excellence Helps. Forecast Value Add (FVA) analysis has increased in popularity. Technologies Need to Change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Contrast the patterns of the two companies in figure 2. Products have proliferated by 37% over the last five years and packaging suppliers are being asked to provide more and more innovation to help the food manufacturers bring new products to the market. The companies are similar in size. Sonoco Products is a $4.5

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Humanitarian Principles People in humanitarian organizations adhere to 3 basic principles, namely, 1) help everyone in need, 2) don''t favor one over the other and 3) don''t influence the outcome of the conflict. This is in line with company like Dell who segments its customers and tailored the whole supply chain network for each segment.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Since supply chain network design is the analysis that will be done every 2-3 years only, many people are not familiar it. 2) Current and Future Demand : once determining the location, you need to group the demand / supply points so you can determine the current and future demand. - Location and size of each warehouse?

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SCM Research

JULY 27, 2013

Journal of Product Innovation Management, 26 (2), 156-172 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00343.x. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 45 (2), 37-56 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2009.03162.x. Knowledge Sharing in Interorganizational Product Development Teams: The Effect of Formal and Informal Socialization Mechanisms. 1540-5885.2009.00343.x.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2013

2) Build Strong Horizontal Processes like S&OP. Unfortunately, only 1-in-2 supply chain centers of excellence are self-assessed in surveys as meeting expectations. Use modeling tools to help teams to visualize these concepts. The impacts are profound. 3) Build an Effective Supply Chain Center of Excellence.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The purpose of this article was to identify the paradigm shifts the authors observed from the way leading companies transformed their supply chain capabilities which were the results of the change of information technology. When, junior staffs are empowered to do so, the organization is flattening.

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 26, 2013

A Munich court is currently hearing a case that involves several members of a supply chain: (1) Alfred Ritter, a manufacturer of chocolate (“Ritter Sport”), (2) Symrise, Ritter’s supplier of piperonal, an aromatic compound, (3) Stiftung Warentest, an influential consumer organization, whose verdicts frequently lead to an increase (..)

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I have posted 1-2 articles a week for over four years. How time flies… One of the problems with a blog is that as it becomes bigger, it becomes more and more difficult for the reader to access old posts. And, as many of you know, I like to pound a keyboard. I wanted to make access to the content easier.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2013

Most of the current company’s efforts are focused on new-hire recruitment or mentoring for high-performance development for executive level positions. There are few companies that understand and have addressed the mid-management talent issue. As a result, mid-management supply chain talent is getting short shrift.

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SCM Research

JULY 10, 2013

Journal of Supply Chain Management, 49 (2), 58-77 DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12003. Finally, closed supply chains are more stable, but require more management resources. Humphries, A., & Choi, T.Y. Toward a Theory of Multi-Tier Supply Chain Management. Theory Relationship Supply chain complexity Supply Chain Management Triad'

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

When we asked the attendees to imagine their supply chains of the future, and to rank the supply chain trends that they were the most excited about in the race for Supply Chain 2020, their answers are shown in figure 2. We will be sharing these insights on our upcoming webinar that will happen post-conference.

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SCM Research

MARCH 22, 2013

The framework contains six Ts, which are identified as critical factors associated with food (or more generally: product) quality: (1) traceability, (2) transparency, (3) testability, (4) time, (5) trust, and (6) training.

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Supply Chain Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Rick’s team of thirty people set a five year growth objective and beat it in the second year. He has aggressively moved forward with demand sensing, visualization and analytics projects. Top Trends in the Race for Supply Chain 2020.

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