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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Recent releases of Advanced Planning Solutions (APS) refined but did not transform initial software concepts. While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. Traditional planning is batch.

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Walmart again Raises Chargeback Stakes

Enterra Insights

Back in 2003, Zeiger wrote, “In some cases, [suppliers insist], the requirements are petty, arbitrary or even illogical. ” To help suppliers deal with this challenge, Enterra Solutions ® developed the Compliance Management System (CMS). ” Purchasing – “The KPI most used in Purchasing Departments is Stock Turn.

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5 Reasons why eAuctions Drive Better Savings

SCMDOJO

eAuctions are online real-time dynamic discussions between one purchasing organization and a group of pre-qualified vendors competing for the purchaser’s trade. Throughout a genuine and collaborative cooperation with business vendors, they produce innovative approaches to current procurement difficulties.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. Founded in 1963, NCPDM represents the outbound side of logistics and the National Association for Purchasing Management (NAPM) represents the inbound side. Inventory optimization Tool.

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How do we Drive Invention to Innovation in Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

As I read the literature, I felt out of touch and old-fashioned. “How could I not know about supply chain planning software?” On the plane to my interview, I read everything I could about planning software and thought about the simple spreadsheet challenge that was the genesis of my journey. ” I thought.

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Navigating Regulatory Compliance: A Deep Dive Into QMS Compliance for Medical Devices

Arena Solutions

You already have their bios as I mentioned, but this conversation will be led by Scott Segrin, Solution Architect at Arena, and Gay Groce. But at this moment in time, I’d like to hand the presentation over to Scott Segrin, again, Solution Architect at Arena. C is QMS; D is custom solution; and E is none of the above.

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Integrated Business Planning: A New Narrative for an Old Process

Supply Chain Trend

If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). Automation of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, including self-selecting machine-learning models for a library of predefined problems.