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

Supply Chain Shaman

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. First Phase: 2002-2006. We are on the journey.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. The law of supply and demand, coupled with other environmental and political factors, have led to two months of inflation that are higher than we have seen in 30 years (see table below). ?. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation?

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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

Adapted from Ehrlich (2002); Stamatis (2002); George (2003); Bendell (2006); Bhuiyan et.al, (2006); Andersson et.al, (2006); Arnheiter and Maleyeff (2005); Nonthaleerak (2005); Kumar (2007); Magnusson et.al, (2003) Read more on Top 15 Lean Six Sigma Books to Level Up Your Continuous Improvement Efforts & Strategy on our website SCMDOJO! .

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

The details: 2001-Acquired Clairol for 4.9B$ 2002-Divestiture of Jif and Crisco to Smuckers–813M in Stock 2003-Acquisition of Wella for 7B$ 2005-Merger with Gilette for 57B$ 2008-Purchase of Nioxin for 300M$ 2009-Purchased Art of Shaving for 60M$ 2009-purchased ZIRH for 40M. The results are questionable. Lessons to Learn.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. Source: Google. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Where is Descartes today?

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Striking a Balance

BlueYonder

In 2002, there were two employees who worked at L.L.Bean in our Costa Rican sourcing office, facilitating vendor management in Central and South America. From 2006-2008 I lived in Costa Rica, hiring the initial 15-person IT team. They were also pursuing IT degrees in their spare time.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

Supply Market Intelligence (SMI) is the mechanism by which organizations make as complete analysis as possible of a current or targeted supply base, including adoption of supplier-specific and market risks (Handfield, 2006). These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Handfield, R.B.