USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 30, 2021

This, in the midst of a surge in demand brought about by the lifting of COVID restrictions and the fact that consumers are spending money again after a long spending drought. Not only are those laid-off workers not rushing back to their old jobs, but people who kept their positions during the pandemic are now quitting en masse.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Facebook accurately tags our photos, we ask Alexa to play our music and we look to Google to help us navigate traffic. We use AI every day. Interestingly, research by Gartner shows that “if your organization doesn’t use AI, chances are high that your competitors do, and this should be a concern.” [1].

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 15, 2015

As a sourcing or procurement manager, you may think there’s nothing new about supplier collaboration. They not only value collaboration, but require a revolution in how their buying organization conducts its business and operations. Look at the Apple Store as a prime example of collaboration en masse. Co-marketing is a win-win.

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ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

A recent Forrester study on effective Procurement performance measurement found that advanced Procurement organizations measured and assessed performance based on many more, and more strategic objectives than less mature organizations. But it is a must, sooner or later, for the majority of organizations that are woefully behind.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 26, 2019

.” Jessica Schiffer ( @jessicaschiffer ) observes, “In the early days of e-commerce, deep-pocketed companies like Amazon offered free shipping and returns to juice growth and help customers overcome their misgivings about ordering online. These standards have been adopted en masse by retailers. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 23, 2017

There’s no time like the present to talk about the future of supply chain management. But here’s the thing about supply chains: Today’s supply chains are the result of what we’ve done in the past; tomorrow’s supply chain will be the result of what we’re doing today. That brings us back to millennials. Here are a few of them.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 disruption, I have come across many organizations and ‘initiatives of the month’ focusing on improving supply chain visibility. This got me thinking about the nuances of supply chain visibility – what is it and why should organizations care about it, at this moment in time?

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Proxima

JUNE 13, 2022

In fact, very few businesses are “price setters,” giving them the freedom to raise prices without consequence, and even those that can do so will be concerned about recession and long-term customer loyalty if they do nothing now to acknowledge the growing financial burden facing customers. Not thinking more creatively about value.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Some biologicals such as organs and tissues must be kept frozen during transport. During transport, it is important that pharmaceutical products like vaccines, biological samples, and other medical products are constantly stored within a limited temperature range from the time of production to its use. Usage of Dry Ice.

Pharmaceutical 89

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If you’ve been to a supply chain conference or read any updates on the industry, you’ve probably heard all about the supply chain's new favorite topic: blockchain. But, what about those companies that are experimenting with blockchain now? “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” Karen Lamb. Consulting Logistics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Organizations are beginning to hop aboard the technology train en route to their end destination: Innovation City and Top-Line Value Ave. . Along the way, there will be barriers to a smooth journey, but taking incremental steps towards change will allow organizations to overcome challenges. Utilizing Kotter’s model allows us?—?the

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Oracle SCM

JANUARY 5, 2016

We have so many reasons to be excited this year about the Modern Supply Chain Experience. Excite your inner maker, by listening to Ayah Bdeir , whose company littleBits is an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that allows anyone to be a creator and maker. Curius about 3D printing? PLM Tracks.

San Jose 60

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RELEX Solutions

MARCH 20, 2017

As an organization, we are continuously looking for ways to continue to innovate, enhance and optimize the way we procure and forecast product to our retail locations, ensuring our customers have the freshest merchandise available,” says Chris Lewis, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Delhaize America. ” About Delhaize America.

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RELEX Solutions

MARCH 16, 2017

Under the new agreement, RELEX Solutions and Strategix CFT will offer the combined solutions and services, with Strategix CFT having existing presence in the US, Germany, Poland, Russia and Turkey, and RELEX in 20 countries worldwide including North America, UK and Germany. About Strategix. More information: www.strategix.eu/en/.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The list is presented in the order the responses were received in: 1) Andreas Wieland , Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School Successful supply chain management means that organizations are well-orchestrated in an end-to-end value network. Drop us a line at bloggeradmin@supplychainopz.com.'

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Oracle SCM

APRIL 15, 2016

notes: “Today’s car has the computing power of 20 personal computers, features about 100 million lines of programming code, and processes up to 25 gigabytes of data an hour,” so it’s no surprise that some of the best examples of Industry 4.0 practices and processes into your organization? As McKinsey & Co.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As the Covid-19 Coronavirus has wreaked havoc with everyone’s lives all over the world there is great hope for a vaccine to allow us to get back to normal. ” There are more than 160 coronavirus vaccines in development , according to the World Health Organization, though only 25 are currently in human studies.

Pharmaceutical 59

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Oracle SCM

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Some parts of the supply chain are inherently more Cloud-friendly than others; for example, those areas that are more used to sharing supply chain data with external organizations. Much has been written about the skills crisis facing the workforce today, and the supply chain sector is by no means immune to this talent shortfall.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our survey on Revenue and Trade Promotion Management is closing soon; and we will have some pretty strong research to pass along on this topic; but you and I both know it is going to tell us that nearly half of the trade promotions continue to produce less than planned ROI. 3 Deductions. 4 Consumer Stealth.

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Veridian Solutions

MAY 27, 2023

Vous n’êtes pas obligé perdre votre temps et vos efforts dans une impasse big date en utilisant rapide et efficace réponse. Tous les trois à cinq minutes, une cloche libère de votre actuelle et vous envoie un tout nouveau rencontres perspective prendre en compte. En 2008, ils ont accouché nourrisson enfant Shane dans le globe.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 19, 2014

Ryanair proposed that if a member nation’s ATC organization decides to go on strike – thereby limiting control of the upper airspace – control of said airspace should be taken over by neighboring countries. According to research done over the previous years by Eurocontrol: The US controls 10.4 Europe controls 11.5

Europe 136

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In its simplest essence, any shipper looking to use a 3PL or 4PL is looking to refine their process and simplify its management. We never really talk about 1PLs or 2PLs as 1PLs or 2PLs but they do exist and it is important to define each layer of the supply chain so we can better understand the roles of 3PLs and 4PLs. 3PL vs 4PL.

Third Party Logistics 40

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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

When Brandon Stotsenburg, Vice President, Automotive at Kenda Tires, heard about the elevated duty fees that the government was imposing, he knew he had to come up with a new plan. About half of the 132 containers filled with tires, were en route from Taiwan, headed to the East and West coast ports. “We

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Tompkins Blog

JANUARY 15, 2014

Supply chain executives in the US and Europe nervously listen to news out of Asia about factory fires, typhoons and labor disputes. And as they wait to hear about possible. If this happens en-masse, then a suppliers production will drop for as long as it takes to re-hire the lost workers. risk-mitigation measures.

Asia 51

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping extravaganza is almost upon us. If you have products manufactured overseas for instance then if those products are not either on the ocean right now or en route over land to your Distribution Centres then you are already in trouble! So problems and kinks are being experienced today.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 29, 2019

We seem to be living at time when the complexities of the world make us long for simplicity. People from politicians to preachers constantly present us with simplistic “this or that” choices as if life were black and white rather than myriad shades of gray. STEM will get us to Mars.

Education 113

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 30, 2019

”[1] Businesses dismissing the debate as a soon-to-be-forgotten news story about politics could be in for a rude surprise. The importance of ethical use of personal data to businesses. A new film called ‘The Great Hack’ delves into the backstory behind Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and the 2016 election.”[1]

Big Data 100

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SupplyOn

JULY 5, 2020

What about the suppliers of their tier-1s? What are organizations doing to assess this and to achieve a decent and realistic level of transparency in this regard? Can a manufacturing company feel safe because their tier-1 suppliers are located in Europe?

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Keep strategic with us as we talk a bit about technology in order to increase logistics visibility for your shipments, which then aids in customer satisfaction. Using Technology to Provide Logistics Visibility to Shipments and Communicating en Route Disruptions. Consider Differing Fulfillment Models.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2018

There is a lot of discussion about innovation in education; but, many pundits believe we are not innovating fast enough. A few year ago Valerie Strauss ( @valeriestrauss ), an education writer, discussed a report released by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) claiming to measure innovation in education.[3]

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Oracle SCM

MARCH 7, 2016

Tip 1: Take advantage of the global reach of social media by listening to conversations and feedback about your products and services. Use an internal social platform to capture and collaborate on ideas across the business. Social monitoring to idea capture. Idea capture to business case. Find out more.

Innovation 60

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Oracle SCM

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Making informed decisions about which products and services to invest in isn’t easy if there’s no single source of trusted information. The best innovators use digital tools to help them structure the product innovation and development process, with everything connected and supported by continuous analysis of all the available data.

Innovation 60

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a series produced in partnership with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. We encourage our audience to visit The Catavolt Blog for more relevant posts about mobility in manufacturing for best practices, tips, and great industry insights.

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