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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. Business leaders are action-oriented and competitive.

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Refresh Your Supply Chain – Have a Coke and a Smile

Supply Chain Network

In 2003, Coca-Cola enterprises began a five year, $200 million IT plan called Project Pinnacle. Though the company had benefited from equity interests in franchised bottling groups, the need to make more from less prompted Coca-Cola to buy out their main North American distribution groups. How do they do it all? Always Adapting.

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I had the opportunity to work with several excellent organisations, most notably, nearly 20 years with Ceva (including EGL or Eagle Global Logistcis) and now TVS SCS. We organically manage TVS “Centres of Excellence” where we centralise processes and work that does not need to happen in our branch offices. About the Author.

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Do Supply Chain Planning systems generate any value?

Kinaxis

They have piloted the process in Excel and know that they need an enterprise level solution for a global roll-out of S&OP. I was a research analyst in the throes of this movement, writing article after article on how IT projects will drive corporate performance improvements. However, excellence in corporate planning matters.

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How do we Drive Invention to Innovation in Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

I was an avid student of supply chain excellence; and in this role, I watched as best-of-breed solution after best-of-breed solution replaced with more complicated technology. It is the genesis of this article. Buying patterns are changing quickly, and the insights are multi-dimensional. I was a skeptic.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

NOTE: Ron Giuntini also participated in the roundtable, but his contribution on the servitization trend will appear in a separate article. . In the world of economics, articles abound regarding the controversial issue of whether in the future the U.S. The answer is not more pay, more time off, buying foosball tables, or free coffee.