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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

In follow-up qualitative interviews, one of the largest issues with organizational alignment was metric definition and a clear definition of supply chain excellence. In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics. Error is error, but is it the most important metric?

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s start with definitions: Self Service Planning: Decision support technologies designed for business leaders to use analytic techniques on a collaborative platform to improve business planning. Outside-in Planning: Modeling based on channel and supply network signals. Replatforming Current Planning Solutions.

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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

They were introduced to the public in July 1986; the first machine, produced by CheckRobot, was installed in a Kroger store near Atlanta, Georgia.” The checkout kiosks bleat and flash when you fail to set a purchase down in the right spot. ”[3] All retailers, not just grocers, are suffering from inventory losses.

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. He has an MBA from UCLA. Our Rating: 4.9/5

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Seasoned Leadership in Action? ? An Interview with Joe Carson, CEO Spend Strategies, LLC!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As an experienced business professional, he has served in diverse roles ranging from Marketing and Strategy, to Procurement and Supply Chain. Several articles and reference books have highlighted Joe’s procurement transformation accomplishments at Lucent Technologies, Juniper Networks, and in the area of Supply Chain Risk Management.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported. Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. This week’s news will all center on this war.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Körber , an international technology group, has signed an agreement to purchase enVista’s platform of Enspire Commerce omnichannel solutions, including its order management system (OMS), and its freight audit and payment (FAP) service. According to The McCown Report, imports to the top 10 US ports rose 5.9