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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. (TMS Sadly, it did not happen. percent to $1.85 Demand Signals.

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree. Joe Lynch and Ron Crabtree discuss sourcing strategy: effective vs efficient. When developing a sourcing strategy, the focus can be effectiveness (gaining desired results) or on efficiency (reducing cost, labor, and resources used). About Ron Crabtree.

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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. Some of the bi-directional orchestration strategies defined were: “ Use levers like postponement, alternate sourcing, product simplification, and alignment of shaping strategies to improve agility. I walked away thinking, “What a great company!”

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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. A case is not a case.

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3 ways supplier diversity in supply chain can positively impact your business

DELMIA Quintiq

Between 1997 and 2002, approximately 50% of growth by all American firms came from minority businesses alone. Gwendolyn Whitfield’s article on supplier diversity as a competitive advantage showed that there are over 2 million minority firms in the US that have been generating $205 billion in sales annually, from as early as 2008.

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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

Short of the initial launch of B2B exchanges in 2002, no brand owner drove the adoption of network technologies. I know of no-means to drive interoperability across make, source, and deliver in a multi-tier network. In 2002, I was a Gartner analyst covering the evolution of network technologies in supply chains.

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Logility to Acquire Network Optimization Provider Starboard Solutions

Logility

These factors include, but are not limited to, continuing U.S. For further information about risks the Company could experience as well as other information, please refer to the Company’s current Form 10-K and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the SEC.