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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

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. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. The question is, “Why?”

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Report That Mexico is Becoming a Preferred Nearshoring Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

Background Within our research arm’s January 2023 published advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains , we included a prediction that manufacturers would seek more direct control and added resiliency of their component or outsourced production supply networks in 2023. percent on a year-over-year basis to $52.9

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Buyers Newsletter

Herlitz Inventory Management

Buyer’s Newsletter – Long Term Outs. The vendors convey this data because they do not want their wholesale customers clogging the system with orders for unavailable items, and it gives the wholesaler and manufacturer an opportunity to work together to plan out what will actually be needed for the inevitable Pipeline Refill Order.

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AmCham Survey Indicates China Strategic Investment is a Lesser Priority

Supply Chain Matters

based companies doing business within, or sourcing supply chain materials and production within China. Specially related to China , Apple alone experienced multiple days of production shortfalls involving Foxconn’s Zhengzhou “ iPhone City ” manufacturing complex resulting in a revenue shortfall for iPhone14 holiday orders.

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2019 | September Newsletter

Herlitz Inventory Management

Place items accurately without service interruptions during a manufacturer disruption to your facility. HIMPACT offers various calendar functions which help buyers order items without service interruptions due to manufacturer’s being closed. Calendar Function at the Source Level. Past Newsletters. 2019 | April Newsletter.

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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. Most of the optimization focus in the traditional software solution focuses within a function of source, make or deliver. Over 40% of the manufacturing is outsourced, and we have not automated networks.

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

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. What did we find? Maturity in Analytics. Supply Chain Center of Excellence.