Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As a result, the term Groundhog Day is synonymous for a person reliving a series of repetitive, and monotonous events. During the period of 2016-2020, we hosted quarterly events, and monthly calls, to encourage inter-operability testing between network providers and the building of open canonicals. Decline in Innovation Due to M&A.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Executing an event in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging. 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. The solution was too black box. ” My take?

Optimal Sourcing 219

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. End-to-End Definition Implementation of enterprise data architectures to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. ” The industry is in a groupthink, largely missing the opportunities for breakthrough innovation. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network.

Gartner 365

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Also, the solutions lacked flexibility. This means building a cognitive engine to sense, learn, and adapt using market data for innovators. Lessons Learned. The reason? Next Steps.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 21, 2022

Unless manufacturers change, they will find that their ability to forecast demand, and determine what to do to meet it, will be challenging. SCM solutions provide oversight of materials and products, and their associated data, as they move through the supply chain from supplier to consumer.

Manufacturing Procurement 116

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 28, 2021

Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat. In 2004, I worked with the client to help define specifications and shortlist potential solutions. The volatile meat market changes daily.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Their purchases are often strongly determined by nutritional value, packaging, and shelf-life. The food and beverage industry is the most important player in South Africa’s manufacturing industry, contributing approximately R85 billion a year to South Africa’s manufacturing sector. How to select the best ERP solution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen.

Procurement Analytics 219

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. When it comes to inventory and driving improvement in the face of variability, there are five issues: Poorly Implemented Advanced Planning Solutions. IBM, in contrast, purchased over fifteen supply chain acquisitions but drove little innovation.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As 2022 kicks in, the manufacturing sector is being shaped by technological change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Digital, connected and smart systems are on the rise, while at the same time manufacturers face challenges such as the ‘Great Resignation’ and clogged-up supply chains – as well as increasing demand for sustainable products.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.

Supply Chain Software 270

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Proxima

JUNE 5, 2023

It was a frenetic period from March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, followed by a series of events from the Suez Canal blockage to Russia’s war on Ukraine, that scrambled supply chains and ratcheted up costs. In the world of procurement and supply chain, this is an important moment to pivot our approach.

Negotiating Skills 52

Negotiating Skills Cost Reduction Strategies Purchasing Skills Procurement Solutions 52

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen.

Procurement Analytics 195

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Exiger Perspectives

MAY 16, 2023

C-SCRM completes market’s first comprehensive, centralized supply chain solution NEW YORK, NY. May 16, 2023 — Exiger , the SaaS company revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks manage supply chains, today announced that it has acquired Ion Channel , a best-in-class software supply chain risk management platform.

Modeling Software 52

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The electronics industry has experienced dramatic changes on the customer and supplier side in the last 18 months – from sudden purchasing changes by customers to shortages of parts and components from suppliers. That is why many manufacturers opt for an ERP system to help them address their challenges. Manufacturing systems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Last week as I spoke at an European event, and I struggled to gain clarity in a world of increased confusion. Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. Recent releases of Advanced Planning Solutions (APS) refined but did not transform initial software concepts. Fuzzy definitions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Solvoyo’s Solution Bugaboo: something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance. Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. Would better forecasting accuracy be a good thing?

Forecasting 189

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Therefore searching for new approaches and new tools in order to deal with disruption in the automotive industry is absolutely necessary. These sudden stops and starts, which put significant stress on supply chains, require innovative approaches and new tools to properly manage them. An adaptive tool for a shifting demand.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

Manufacturing Procurement Automotive Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing 98

Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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QAD

JANUARY 19, 2023

E-commerce brands must oversee design, manufacturing, sourcing, warehouse inventory, shipping and delivery. Supply chain management is typically broken into three large buckets of intricate processes and roles: Concept: the full cycle, from sourcing and procurement to fulfillment. Create memorable moments, from purchase to delivery.

Supply Chain Planning Software 93

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QAD

MARCH 24, 2022

Gartner ranks QAD as a visionary in the category of manufacturing and supply chain management for midsize manufacturers with its cloud-based QAD Adaptive ERP suite,” he continued. “It It recently purchased WebJaguar, a digital commerce platform, to create an omnichannel customer management solution for both B2B and B2C.”.

Vendor Strategies 97

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In order for logistics, procurement and distribution to align with the general advancements of the industry itself, these critical areas must give in to a more comprehensive transformation. Brave” in this context points to a never-ending stream of innovations in the automotive space. It all starts with a bolder approach to planning.

Automotive 92

Automotive Agile and Lean Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 92

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Automotive leaders are turning to sophisticated solutions that can evolve alongside their business as it expands and connects with new sectors, from technology to energy to service. Added to this is the volatility driven by natural weather events, which can impact multiple parts of the supply chain.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 140

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement Automotive 140

Supply Chain Movement

MAY 22, 2020

It was the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter who coined the term ‘creative destruction’, the processes whereby entrepreneurs and their innovations create new technological paradigms and new industries that disrupt and ultimately destroy the existing ones. One of these new entrepreneurs and new innovators is Kegan Fisher.

Manufacturing Procurement 78

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2022

In the midst of the pandemic and other events that remind us uncertainty is a constant, Rob and Mauro have shown their mettle,” said ToolsGroup CEO Joseph Shamir. Robert Kaufholz is not just an expert in the fields of automation, machine learning, and supply chain technology; he’s an innovator. Go to www.SDCExec.com to learn more.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

When I walk into a room at most Fortune 500 manufacturers, I am amazed at the loss of collective understanding of the principles of supply chain planning. As for MEIO, I was excited to see some innovation in the space, but the creativity was short-lived. The software never expanded in scope to manage multi-tier inventories.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I know that your primary focus is procurement. The Companies with the greatest success are smaller and usually drive product innovation into the market. Or planned orders to purchase orders?) I observed companies use the beer game as an educational tool or a social networking activity. Clear mission.) I don’t know.

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OptiProERP

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Did you know: 90% of manufacturing leaders see a positive relationship between their performance and the sustainability transformation of their organization? 84% of consumers claim sustainability is a key consideration when making a purchase decision? 62% of global Co2 emissions come from manufacturing sectors?

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, in the life sciences industry, biopharma companies increasingly rely on contract manufacturing and development organizations (CDMOs) to address biologics manufacturing production and capacity demand. Today, we monitor and alert customers of 40 different event disruption types—and receive about 8 million rows of data daily.

Supply Chain Risk Management 75

Supply Chain Risk Management Risk Management Modeling Agile and Lean Supply Chain 75

QAD

AUGUST 25, 2020

No manufacturer would be blamed if they put operational sustainability plans on the back burner during the current environment. Yet it seems sustainability will surely survive this moment, which means manufacturers must stay vigilant. . Tackling sustainability does not need to be a one-manufacturer show.

Manufacturing Procurement 90

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Climatic events. As communication specialist Karen Michele Nikos-Rose explains, “Countries in the Global North with low production capacities control a significant share of [the global food] supply chain given their purchasing power and location adjacent to important wheat trade hubs.”[3] They explain, “The pandemic.

Food 130

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Subnational governments like Québec in Canada and Telengana in India as well as manufacturers and fleets like DHL, Heineken and Scania are endorsing the MOU and declared that they will align with the decarbonization effort. Also, tools have been developed to enable horizontal partnerships to reduce empty truck miles. Roughly half of

Supply Chain Design Software 240

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2016

Then, the team assigns responsibility for the action required to reach the desired solution. When Lean culture takes hold, the teams are self-managed, managers are no longer reactionary, and they become strategic, proactive thinkers providing sustainable solutions. Practices and learns how to apply Lean tools. that has no end.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 120

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The artist explains: “This work attempts to bring out certain forms and structures by combining organic materials (earth, plants, vegetables, fruit, fish) and manufactured products (a pair of shoes, pigments used to colour the layers). Digitization vs. Digitalization. Source: Deloitte CPO Survey 2018.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 15, 2021

How digitalization can help manufacturers build smart, efficient and sustainable processes. As the Paris Agreement’s carbon-neutral target draws closer, more and more manufacturers are beginning to make sustainability a business priority. Digitalization to drive circularity and waste reduction.

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Manufacturing Procurement Sustainability Manufacturing Waste Reduction 296