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Turn Off the Fog Machine: Move Past Groupthink to Drive A Positive, Data-Driven Narrative

Supply Chain Shaman

CLM changed its name twenty years ago to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) to be more inclusive of the source, plan, and make aspects of supply chain management. But the 2002 report is silent on how we recognize logistics as a constraint. Sadly, it did not happen. percent to $1.85 Demand Signals.

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Procurement Compliance Explained: Examples, Challenges, and Best Practices

Precoro

Companies often push aside procurement compliance to focus on more pressing issues. No wonder—procurement often gets tedious and burdened with time-consuming processes. However, ignoring procurement compliance is like ignoring a ticking time bomb. Scroll down to find out: What is procurement compliance?

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Reflection: The Journey to be Market Driven

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2002, I had the opportunity to work with General Mills. The combination of a negative Forecast Value Added (FVA) with a bullwhip in this range amplifies and distorts the signal to manufacturing, logistics and procurement increasing waste. I walked away thinking, “What a great company!”

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December Logistics Managers Index Reflects Increased Activity Levels in 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Further Key Observations Other key observations related to the December and full year 2024 LMI data were: December 2024 transportation price growth levels were reportedly the highest since April of 2002.

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New U.S. Coast Guard Cybersecurity Rule Enters into Force

Supply Chain Brain

flagged vessels, outer continental shelf (OCS) facilities, and facilities subject to the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA), and was executed in continuation of updates to the Captain of the Port authority that definitively designated cybersecurity vulnerabilities as a potential threat to the security and safety of U.S.

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Trump Hits Mexico With 17% Tariff on Tomatoes

Supply Chain Brain

The deal was reworked to raise the price floor in both 2002 and 2008, before a new agreement that separated pricing categories for different types of tomatoes was signed in 2013. agreed to pause its investigation that same year after Mexico agreed to sell tomatoes at a set minimum price. border entries for bulk tomatoes.

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Are You Active in the Digital Transformation Drinking Game?

Supply Chain Shaman

The 1610 SAP S/4 HANA release includes advancements in response management (allocation, ATP and order management) and procurement tracking and collaboration of purchase order workflows. My struggle is that open source software–Apache Foundation’s work with HADOOP and Spark–is moving quickly. It is a muddle.