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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.

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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. I am not surprised.

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

However, visibility of channel relationships–customer orders and consumption/purchase–in the demand network, or the use and consumption of materials in the extended supplier network, is an ongoing issue. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders). The solution failed.

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, this led to operating losses and write-offs and was turned around in 2002. The second presentation given in 2004, shared the results. In 2001, we were in trouble, but in 2004, we had made a lot of progress. The retailer’s plan was never normalized against inventory and as a result it did not reflect buying behavior.

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Average price of injection moulding machines

Exapro Hub

Let’s take a look now to this BOY machine from 2002 which comes from the United Kingdom. To conclude, here is a V1500 model in excellent condition which could be yours in the next few days. Right below, the seller shows that the machine is working and is in good condition. BOY 55M Injection Moulding Machine.