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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

Note that in this comparison of the top three medical device companies in Figure 1, that Zimmer is substantially underperforming against the other two, and that all three companies are going backwards in operating margin. I dusted off a 2002 presentation from P&G to share with the audience. Aggressively Get and Use Channel Data.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

SCMDOJO

in 2002 , a comparison was made between in-house inventory management and outsourced inventory management in hospitals with omnichannel distribution networks. The reason for considering inventory outsourcing stems from the challenges companies face, such as inventory bottlenecks, within their multi-echelon distribution networks.

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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. While many will compare you to SAP, it is not a comparison. Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants.

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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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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

” I have been studying the evolution of inventory technologies as an industry analyst since 2002. This type of benchmarking is the most powerful in the comparison of like competitors. This week, I published an in-depth analysis on the topic. In this post, I share my reflections along with seven misconceptions.

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Three Reasons Why SAP Supply Chain Planning Is a Risk to Your Business

Supply Chain Shaman

When SAP launched APO in 2002, the optimization technologies were inferior to most best-of-breed technologies in the market. Relative Comparison of Best-of-Breed Providers versus ERP Expansionists like SAP/Oracle. It is centered in the now, the ten-year vision, and the opportunity. Let’s face facts.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

The bioproducts sector is faced with even greater pressures by institutional buyers at retailers, government agencies, and regulators / nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to quantify the environmental trade-offs of the products they produce, many times in comparison to traditional non-renewable products.