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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

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So why are so many still falling short of OTIF targets (and other key metrics)? But to verify the “in full” part, your real-time transportation solution needs to be connected to warehousing, inventory, fulfillment and order management. The post How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation?

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

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A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. A Complex Supply Chain. For some customers, they manage the inventory using a vendor managed inventory program. In some case they manage inventory at the customer’s site. “We

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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

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Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mr. Beery concluded that the best transformation projects would be, one, improved supply chain planning.

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Target’s Margins Improve Even As Digital Sales Explode: How Is That Even Possible?

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Finally, inventory accuracy can never be as high in a store as in a warehouse. Shouldn’t logistics expenses be scaling in a way that would decrease margins? Target admits logistics costs are increasing. Valdez explained, supply chain executives focus on ways to reduce their supply chain costs by reducing transportation spend.

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ASCM 2023 Conference and a Conversation with ASCM’s CEO

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One prominent speaker was MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics , who specifically addressed advanced AI’s impacts on supply chain processes and future decision-making. He described a good news situation where supply chain graduates are garnering multiple job offers right now.

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Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry

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This is a huge step that requires the extensive support of groundbreaking logistics that helps distribute the clothing to appropriate locations across the country or countries. Why Does the Apparel Industry Require Supply Chain Management? In a pull supply chain, the demand gets created first and then the product is created.

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

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Salim: Because resilience is not about just carrying boatloads of inventory, we advise these companies to design their network and stage inventory at the right places in the network to minimize working capital and cash flow. To go through business transformation successfully, I believe change management is the first key success factor.