Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. From whom are we buying? By how much?

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QAD

MARCH 27, 2024

Having a good Supply Chain Management (SCM) process is crucial for offering excellent customer service. It’s fair to say that your information is likely not unified in one system offering a single source of truth. Multiple ERPs, CRM and PLM are common in global businesses. The ERP is the nerve center of the business.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2022

As a recent college graduate, he was chartered with running manufacturing discrete event simulation for an automotive company. He worked for the North American manufacturing team and struggled with the imposed standards by the centralized center of excellence. He was frustrated. This discussion typifies what I see.

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Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

But there is good news: a convergence of process, data, and technology provides the real-time and predictive visibility needed to optimize supply chain planning, ensuring food manufacturers can build resilience now and for the future. Planning Manufacturing Based on Demand. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

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Logility

DECEMBER 29, 2020

How can manufacturers manage disruption and improve productivity? By using advanced analytics for manufacturing, to understand the valuable information concealed within the data they already have! Therefore, manufacturers must continually look for new ways to improve the productivity and profitability of their operations.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

So, rather than get overly prescriptive, I’ll use this blog post to highlight some companies that have achieved success through excellence in inventory management , and outline some of the most effective elements of their strategies. Another takeaway is the importance of warehouse layout as an enabler for inventory management excellence.

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Logility

DECEMBER 28, 2020

How can manufacturers manage disruption and improve productivity? By using advanced analytics for manufacturing, to understand the valuable information concealed within the data they already have! Therefore, manufacturers must continually look for new ways to improve the productivity and profitability of their operations.

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Synovos

AUGUST 21, 2023

RS Integrated Supply is committed to making safety the number one priority in everything we do,” said Brandon Coombs, Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence. Together, the two form the world’s first MRO supply chain services company with true global reach.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

In these times of global turmoil, there are five (5) important megatrends shaping supply chain innovations in the coming years, namely in e-fulfillment, sourcing, food and agriculture, labour intensive operations, and halal supply chain management. From global to local and regional sourcing. Feature Article by Prof.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The issues are largely rooted in politics and the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence. Regional companies outperform global brands in all but two industries in the market. Global companies with stable brands struggle to drive improvement, but ironically, we speak of best practices. Or planned orders to purchase orders?)

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? manufacturing had seen five years of consistent growth. manufactured?pet tended to buy their?pet pet food manufacturers?significantly

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. Reflection. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Regional supply chain companies are attempting to define global requirements. They are well versed in requirements for regional supply chain planning, but they are attempting to redefine their processes and be more global. I am trying to not sound like a broken record. Instead, it requires some rethinking of processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. Procurement processes–encumbered by a focus on paperless processing, RFPs/RFQs, and efficient procurement–do not embrace the capabilities and requirements of direct material sourcing. Global Summit. Close this gap.

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Planting the Seeds of Resilience Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are critical to minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

But all kidding aside, the world is changing on both a global and societal level. It has most definitely impacted how people buy products of all types and in all industries. For example, manufacturers have had to alter business models to be able to accommodate the change in consumer behavior. Hopefully yet probably not.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

Some stated that the war marks the end of the global supply chain. ” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. By definition, this requires a global supply chain. Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital. Today’s supply chain—with greater outsourcing, global manufacturing, and complex bill of materials–requires synchronization of the links.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The Terra Technology investment is one of what we believe will be a series of purchases to build inter-enterprise cloud-based software platforms to redefine supply chain planning.

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Unleashed

MAY 24, 2021

Sustainable manufacturing is at the forefront of good manufacturers’ plans. This article will take a look at what is sustainable manufacturing, some examples across various industries, and how SMEs can plan for sustainable manufacturing. What is sustainable manufacturing?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) The process mistakes include: Mistake #1. Mistake #3. My challenge?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Source E2open Shipping Index). My observation is that over the last two decades and the myriad of mergers and acquisitions and the building of global supply chains, five things happened which makes it harder for organizations to make good decisions at the pace of business: Alignment. We started the conversation with sourcing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

As supply chains moved from regional to global, intransit and cycle inventories increased. Functional excellence drove regional supply chain performance in the 1990s, but a focus on functional metrics in large, global and complex supply chains over the last two decades threw the supply chain out of balance. Maturity Model.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis – the Director Global Manufacturing Capacity, Strategic Assets and Capital Expenditures at Philip Morris Products S.A. This was done at a stock keeping unit level and for the entire manufacturing supply chain. Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers. That’s why global leaders like Absolut, BP and Harley-Davidson rely on us year after year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Source E2open Shipping Index). My observation is that over the last two decades and the myriad of mergers and acquisitions and the building of global supply chains, five things happened which makes it harder for organizations to make good decisions at the pace of business: Alignment. We started the conversation with sourcing.

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. RPA is an excellent tool for automating laborious processes currently executed manually.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2023

It enables you to figure out the “what,” the “when,” the “where,” and the “how many” behind all your manufacturing activities: What: Determine the exact product mix you’ll need to produce to satisfy customer demand. Your master production schedule also enables you to understand the constraints across your entire manufacturing network.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 19, 2024

It takes real dedication to excel in the agriculture field (no pun intended). To that list of activities, I would add get to know more about the global food value chain. Climate change has also shone a harsh light on the global food value chain. produce bumper crops), their profit margins often shrink due to oversupply.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

There is no true end-to-end solution that enables bi-directional orchestration across deliver, make, and source processes. The optimization routines single thread through functions not enabling trade-offs across source, make, and deliver. The global supply chain assumes wide availability of transportation. Why Should You Care?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has a high volume of products stored, and an urgent need to fill existing client orders to match ongoing consumer demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. Not many companies have cracked this code.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2020

Strategic National Stockpiles and Sourcing for the National Interest! The Covid19 global pandemic has cruelly exposed the utter dependence of the US and the world on China’s mass manufacturing capability and supply of critical medical equipment and materials. If any part of manufacturing is to move back to the U.S.,

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