SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) Examples Across Industries Retail Industry Retailers leverage third-party service providers, external manufacturing systems (EMS), and supply chain IT services (RFID, IoT, barcoding, etc.), Strategic procurement outsourcing involves the application of innovative techniques by third-party providers.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 22, 2016

James and Curry have come to dominate the NBA in two very different ways, and in doing so embody two very different types of innovation. Most teams win—and most players succeed—through a series of incremental innovations that provide continuous, but gradual improvement. Imagine an NBA team like a product.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Let me give you another example: I was speaking to a supplier critical to delivering materials to the Caterpillar heavy loader division last week. While the leaders that forged these relationships promised innovation and acceleration of B2B networks, what happened was quite different. There have been too few leaders.

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Vinculum

APRIL 28, 2020

Both Alibaba and JD.com expanded during the SARS crisis in 2002-2003. Omnichannel companies in China, such as Meituan, Ele, etc are borrowing labor following this example. All the examples above predict the growth of the retail business’s digitization. Not the first time. Change in Actions. Fashion Trends and Apparel.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

On top of this we can see examples of marketing driven service providers that very doubtfully brand their product S&OP, or make up new names for existing S&OP processes. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes.

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. Take the example of a manager who sometimes challenges his team to give him a one-day answer for what can be a complex problem.

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Requis

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For example, it wasn’t called “cleantech” back in those days, we coined the term “sustainable tech” because it just wasn’t profitable yet, or understood very well. It has evolved to the point now where we’ve got solutions everywhere for the problems facing us, and there are more innovations on the way.

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Requis

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Dave and his partner Dan Dershem started Supply Chain Ventures LLC in 2002 – just after the internet investing bubble burst. For example, we might learn that when the weather’s bad, drivers can’t do as many deliveries. The innovators are still often supply chain practitioners with new ways of doing things.

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Requis

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Dave and his partner Dan Dershem started Supply Chain Ventures LLC in 2002 – just after the internet investing bubble burst. For example, we might learn that when the weather’s bad, drivers can’t do as many deliveries. The innovators are still often supply chain practitioners with new ways of doing things.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Instilling a “language of green”, as noted by the University of Tennessee researchers is key, and examples can be garnered from other firms. Let us reflect on two examples where alignment is evident. Walmart is an even more pertinent example, since this global retailer fully understands two principles concerning its business.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Women in Supply Chain award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. They’ve re-tooled, re-innovated and revamped how the world sees the supply chain and logistics industry. ATLANTA – Sept.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

Insufficient on-the-job training — Over the period from 2002 to 2013, investments in internal training programs such as apprenticeships, company classroom training, and other structured on-the-job skills development for current manufacturing employees were cut from 469,000 to 288,000 (nearly 40 percent). Annually, 3.2 - 3.5

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

For example, statistical techniques are used in a systematic way to reduce variation and improve processes, and there is a stronger focus on results, including customer needs. In essence, success is within reach for SMEs willing to embrace change and innovation with the right approach. – Comparatively simple deployment tools.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Let’s take P&G as an example. The company transitioned from an innovator in the 1990s to a late adopter in the last decade. Because of these inter-relationships between metrics and capabilities, if a company pushes a single metric, the company’s performance in other metrics is thrown out of balance. A Case Study.

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Locus Robotics

JULY 5, 2019

Comments like these indicate the pressure supply chain executives are feeling to innovate to effectively respond to increased competition, labor challenges, and demands from customers. Both 3PLs and progressive retail operators have formed innovation teams within their operations to specify robotics solutions to compete.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In this final post of the series, I highlight three reasons why I believe learning technologies will make this future not only possible, but also imminent: First, there are breakthrough innovations in the underlying learning algorithms. Second, there is an abundance of data that is the fuel that these engines need to run.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

” Merriam-Webster offers the following example of its use in a sentence: “Some people like seafood and some people don’t. ” According to Dr. Joe Formanek, director of ingredient innovation at Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc., You may have heard the phrase “it’s a matter of taste.”

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EcoVadis

APRIL 7, 2017

Whether it involves carbon emissions, waste management, electricity consumption, or other business activities impacting environmental aspects, eco-innovation can provide a great path for easier, more widespread, cost-effective ways to minimize companies’ environmental footprint. Growth of Green Patents.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

For example, Wal-Mart is very clearly intent on providing consumers with the lowest prices, while Target offers “the better low-price shopping experience” Kmart though, is kind of stuck in the middle with no clear message to differentiate itself. A Long History of Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The concept of a digital twin has been around since 2002, first introduced by Dr. Michael Grieves as part of his research agenda at the University of Michigan. The popularity of video games is just one example. He had a vision that a Digital Twin could be created as a virtual representation of a physical product.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Data sits–examples include images, map and location data, sentiment, telematics, warranty, and weather– on the doorstep of manufacturing companies and retailers. When I joined the Advisory Services Group in Supply Chain at the Gartner Group in 2002, the concept of trading exchanges was exploding. It is not now.

Supply Chain Network Software 150

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Supply Chain Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Data sits–examples include images, map and location data, sentiment, telematics, warranty, and weather– on the doorsteps of manufacturing companies and retailers. EDI solutions consolidated and innovation slowed. Computing memory was a barrier in 2002. It lifted all boats in our personal lives. It is not now.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Kristi Montgomery, VP at Kenco Innovation Labs , on logistics innovation trends. From 2002 through today, the Consumer Price Index has increased 35.5 For example, reduce maximum weight from 50 lbs to 35 lbs. Logistics Innovation Trends. Source: ProLogistix. percent while wages have grown only 7.4 Source: Kenco.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The core innovation since it’s founding in 1987 – DualAir adjustability – allows each sleeper to adjust his or her own Sleep Number® setting to their ideal level of firmness, enabling optimal comfort and high-quality sleep. The Sleep Number’s Innovation Timeline for Supply Chain Redefinition. Who needs their ERP? Everybody.”.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Authors Niels van Hove and Hein Regeer explain that while planning and forecasting technologies have benefitted from significant innovations since then, today’s IBP seems unhinged from the day-to-day operations of the business. The outcome of one step (for example, the Demand Review) is required input for the next step (Supply Review).

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The concept of a digital twin has been around since 2002, first introduced by Dr. Michael Grieves as part of his research agenda at the University of Michigan. The popularity of video games is just one example. He had a vision that a Digital Twin could be created as a virtual representation of a physical product.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Initially, this led to operating losses and write-offs and was turned around in 2002. They were growing fast and were innovative; but, my intuition was that their approach was fundamentally flawed. Let me give you a simple example. VTech holdings, founded in 1976, has its roots in learning products.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Big Tech innovation did very little to improve supply chains, but the implications of these layoffs loom large adding another layer to the current disruption. The news takes me back to the 2002 market downturn and the market correction with the failure of B2B players and the impact on the supply chain. Learning From the Past.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

China’s low prices have historically undercut global prices and pushed out foreign competitors –– such as the Mountain Pass mine in California, which closed in 2002. REEs are fungible, meaning that, for example, 1kg of neodymium (Nd) is mutually interchangeable from another 1kg of Nd. Rare Earth Elements are fungible.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 24, 2023

First up is the General Principles of Software Validation Guidance that was produced by FDA a way back in 2002. For example, software shall prevent unauthorized access to obsolete documents. For example, not all requirements are equal and some deserve more attention in testing than others.

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