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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

The gloomy streets will soon be alive with Mummers to ring in the New Year in Philadelphia. The Mummers Parade is a Philadelphia tradition. To gain competitive economies of scale and drive the segmented response, the back office operations–procurement, manufacturing and transportation–are automated and effective.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. I also believe that SAP is one of the best, if not the best, ERP system for most process manufacturers.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. I also believe that SAP is one of the best, if not the best, ERP system for most process manufacturers.

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American Software Reports Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

Logility’s Digital Supply Chain Platform offers support for a broad range of supply chain planning requirements, from sales and operations planning (S&OP) through manufacturing. Company and Technology. These factors include, but are not limited to, continuing U.S.

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What Steph Curry and LeBron James Can Teach Us About Innovation

GlobalTranz

At any particular time, the manufacturer focuses on making slight improvements in the product: shaving off a few dollars in cost, improving quality a bit, adding a couple of new designs, etc. These improvements often determine whether a manufacturer is competitive with its rivals across town or across the globe.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. The company used to be a subsidiary of PSA Group, which is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2020 (Who knew I’d still be writing this blog 18 years later!)

NC State SCRC

The first one, I believe, was in January, 2002, just two years after I founded the SCRC. Already, cities like Washington and Philadelphia are providing delivery only zones, but this may not be enough. However, I also came to realize that I’ve been writing this blog now for more than a decade!