Supply Chain Matters

MAY 14, 2024

Background Supply Chain Matters readers are likely aware of the widely followed salary and career survey that has been conducted annually by the Association for Supply Chain Management Professionals (ASCM). The 2024 report represents the 7 th consecutive year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

As background, Peter Gibbons is the Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain for Mattel, Inc. He is responsible for manufacturing, procurement, supply chain planning, logistics, quality, social responsibility and final product engineering. He joined ICI Fibers after graduating college.

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IQMS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Bottom Line: It’s time to transition the role of warehouses from cost centers to revenue centers that support new digitally enabled supply chains and business models that require greater accuracy, speed, and scale than ever before. How A Warehouse Management System (WMS) Helps Manufacturers Grow.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

percent in North America. Procter & Gamble ’s latest report of quarterly financial performance featured the company’s largest annual sales growth in 16 years, due mainly to aggressive price increases. The manufacturer has now reduced its expectations for industrywide smartphone shipments to flat or minimal growth.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JULY 9, 2020

It is an essential prerequisite that for a supply chain to operate effectively, complete visibility, traceability, and accountability must be in place. This research confirms that this is regardless of the fact such technology could have a broad and profound impact on the supply chain. end-to-end supply chain performance.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 26, 2023

Production and Supply Chain Strategy Implications As our readership is acutely aware, production and supply chain strategy must be aligned with a company’s overall market growth and business strategy objectives. Hence, there is some upside capacity to take advantage of.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

T he cascading logistical problems caused by the pandemic and the war in Eastern Europe have made securing a reliable supply chain a national imperative. In addition, severe cyberattacks – like the highly publicized Colonial pipeline attack – have brought supply chain cybersecurity into the limelight.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2020

I was in the Supply Chain organization and Derek Panchyshyn was the Executive in charge of the EMC Account. Our interactions spanned the full range of Customer-Supply Chain activities: materials costing, planning, materials availability, inventory, delivery performance, and logistics.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Deere & Company.

Cost Reduction Strategies 54

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

I was in the Supply Chain organization and Derek was the Executive in charge of the EMC Account. Our interactions spanned the full range of Customer-Supply Chain activities: materials costing, planning, materials availability, inventory, delivery performance, and logistics.

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