Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Second, they adapt over time as market structures and strategies evolve. We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups.

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Logility

AUGUST 15, 2023

But instead of reaching just one peak, supply chain planners must climb four – service, inventory, cost, and sustainability. Even before importing and selling any item, every step addresses complex challenges amplified by regulations dictating the origin of goods and ethical sourcing and labor practices.

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Logility

DECEMBER 29, 2020

By using advanced analytics for manufacturing, to understand the valuable information concealed within the data they already have! Specifically, practitioners can use intuitive displays to drill into safety metrics, product quality, on-time delivery, cost efficiency, and much more. Quality Control. Life Cycle Maintenance.

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TrackVia

MARCH 25, 2024

Imagine being able to track your team’s progress on a project from anywhere, at any time, with just a few taps on your smartphone. That’s the power of mobile workflow solutions, and it’s not just a pipe dream – it’s happening right now, in businesses just like yours.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In essence, a structured supply chain department as described in the blog can help you deliver the right supply chain strategy and goals which helps cost reduction, improve customer service, on-time delivery, and better working capital. By ensuring on-time deliveries and minimizing stockouts, they can directly improve customer satisfaction.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g.,

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ThroughPut

MAY 22, 2024

Naturally, one of the reasons that businesses hesitate to adopt AI is the time it takes to realize ROI. With time running short, businesses need to build a clear business case for AI with a concrete plan of action that rapidly – and incrementally – achieves ROI.

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Logility

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By using advanced analytics for manufacturing, to understand the valuable information concealed within the data they already have! Specifically, practitioners can use intuitive displays to drill into safety metrics, product quality, on-time delivery, cost efficiency, and much more. Quality Control. Life Cycle Maintenance.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

And, in recent times, this has made the critical notion of sustainability an equally vast challenge. And they come from shareholders who realize that sustainability doesn’t just implicate the environment — it means complete futureproofing across the business, people and planet. The former deadline isn’t far away.

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2021

True corporate responsibility involves more than just your products and internal operations; it’s incumbent upon you to ensure compliance across the supply chain. Vendor scorecards based on performance metrics help ensure better sourcing decisions when used to assess and compare vendors and assist with onboarding.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Even if you’ve never seen a Dragnet re-run in your life, or you’ve never heard of Joe Friday, his catchphrase, “Just the facts, ma’am,” is a good motto for running your business. Well-designed supply chain dashboards make information consumption effortless.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM. Cost of quality.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Supplier performance management provides detailed information about the risks your suppliers may have, so you can take action to reduce or eliminate risks in your supply chain. Most companies rely on on-time delivery, price reduction, and quality service from suppliers to make more profit. What metrics do others (in my industry) use?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

Sign Up for SCMDOJO Pro Membership Importance of Effective Supply Chain Management Supply chain management is not just about moving products from point A to point B – it’s a strategic approach that encompasses the entire network of processes involved in delivering goods and services to customers.

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QAD

JUNE 20, 2023

A well-functioning supply chain ensures that a company has the right materials, at the right time, in the right quantities, to meet customer demand. Operations and manufacturing managers always look at metrics on productivity, schedule adherence, downtime and other critical production data. What is a Connected Workforce?

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Management: Supply chain management takes on a comprehensive role in overseeing the entire journey of products, from their origin as raw materials or components through the stages of production, sourcing, and ultimately, final distribution to end customers. It involves receiving, tracking, and efficiently storing these products.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Management: Supply chain management takes on a comprehensive role in overseeing the entire journey of products, from their origin as raw materials or components through the stages of production, sourcing, and ultimately, final distribution to end customers. It involves receiving, tracking, and efficiently storing these products.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Management: Supply chain management takes on a comprehensive role in overseeing the entire journey of products, from their origin as raw materials or components through the stages of production, sourcing, and ultimately, final distribution to end customers. It involves receiving, tracking, and efficiently storing these products.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

That’s not enough time for the slow, sequential planning processes that many organizations use today. Sequential planning may take days or even weeks just to determine the financial impact of a lockdown, not to mention possible manufacturing alternatives. But some events are more disruptive than others. A cure for inefficient planning.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 28, 2024

There are different stages of data maturity in an organization – indifference, awareness, informed, data-driven. Data maturity is not just about collecting data, companies already do that in many systems. If production metrics are important, you may want to get data on: Machine and labor availability.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

With constrained and somewhat erratic demand and supply – not just of products and materials but also capacity with carriers of all modes – rates have been extremely volatile. Freight procurement is the mainstay of any supply chain professional but price is not the be-all and end-all.

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Adexa

JULY 17, 2023

This has been the case since the beginning of time. Tools that are available to day are catalysts to faster ad better business processes and enabling higher productivity that is different in kind and not just in degree. Even real-time decision making is being replaced with before-the-time decision making by predicting events.

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Logility

DECEMBER 14, 2021

When it comes to supply chain sustainability, responsible organizations don’t just talk – they act by creating a governance structure. Effective governance requires real-time data to improve sourcing decisions, create and nurture a strong supplier network, and provide the transparency consumers demand.

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Silvon Software

AUGUST 8, 2022

Logistics disruptions, production delays, an over reliance on 3 rd parties, and labor market shortages are just some of these challenges. Supply chains also have the added complexity of numerous other data sources being generated from extended partners in outsourcing, logistics, and distribution.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This entails staying well-informed about industry trends, harnessing technology for improved decision-making and transparency, nurturing strong partnerships with service providers, and continuously evaluating and refining procurement strategies to address the evolving complexities of container shipping.

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ivalua

AUGUST 19, 2021

Of course, over the last few years, the role of Procurement has become more visible, in large part due to broader recognition of the value and closely monitored and tracked performance metrics that are now more mainstream. Today, the average procurement team reports that just under two-thirds (65%) of their total spend is contract compliant.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 9, 2024

With IoT, real-time monitoring capabilities, and telematics, this becomes easier to put in motion, with technology taking care of the end-to-end process with speed and accuracy like never before. Real-Time Monitoring Monitoring the flow of goods has reached unprecedented heights in terms of expediency, timeliness, accuracy, and speed.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Since there is too much information floating around, many people rely on "influencers" who exhibit expertise, enthusiasm or credibility. Other factors such as size of network, type of networks each person is in, length of time, how active each user is, are also used to calculate a final score. million Twitter users were analyzed.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Port congestion, capacity constraints, large increases in rates across all modes, labour shortages and long delays in shipments—these are just some of the operating realities supply chain and logistics professionals face today. Will the environment improve in 2022 or get worse? Resilience through technical capability and consistency.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

While it is a difficult time, you have to also applaud the heroic efforts of this industry as a whole. Unfortunately, it just got worse. Across this supply chain there is typically a lack of visibility due to siloed information and data. The healthcare provider world is facing tremendous strain as a result of the pandemic.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) methodology has six high-level business activities that define the supply chain – plan, source, make, deliver, return, and enable. This is usually accomplished by using statistical sampling of all incoming materials that can produce charts to show the quality trends over time.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In response, Blue Yonder has built its suite of Order Management solutions to master this complexity, from probabilistic inventory forecasting and dynamic safety stock predictions to time-phased available-to-promise insights. The IDC MarketScape report on Order Orchestration and Fulfillment evaluates 14 software vendors in this area.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Instead, they are primarily unsure how to go about it, or their leaders have been preoccupied with other elements of supply chain operation and just haven’t gotten around to it. Without these critical metrics, you’re flying blind. You cannot determine how well or how poorly your supply chain processes are performing.

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crisp

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in the supply chain. For one, it’s time consuming. That same survey showed that up to 50% of procurement teams’ time was spent looking for data. How do you know what data points are a true signal, and what’s just noise? The Power (and Pain) of Data. Step 1: Set the strategy.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and digitization levels, defining best-in-class as being the top quartile or similar high percentage. Deploying best practices is great, but just means you are doing the same thing as other high performers. Just how can you do that?

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Unleashed

MAY 7, 2024

It’s a blend of innovative technologies and eco-friendly practices that companies might implement, including the use of renewable energy sources, recycled materials, and more durable product designs which are easier to repair. Balancing the three sustainability balance sheets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Demand sensing involves the use of the external data sources – particularly the latest sales and market data – to improve short-term forecasting and then be able to use that improved understanding of consumer behavior to improve their supply planning. Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain.

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