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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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Back to Basics: Is It Time to Break Up With Spreadsheets?

Arena Solutions

In fact, it became so popular that people purchased Apple IIs and IMB PCs just to get VisiCalc. The first version of Microsoft Excel became available on Macintosh in 1985 and then on Windows in 1987. A decade later, Excel dominated the market. It’s estimated Excel now has more than 750 million users worldwide.

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Do Supply Chain Planning systems generate any value?

Kinaxis

And of course during the deployment their organizational structure has changed and they have gone through some M&A activity in that time. They have piloted the process in Excel and know that they need an enterprise level solution for a global roll-out of S&OP. However, excellence in corporate planning matters.

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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. How has Business and Supply Chain changed over the course of your career? Even with abundant change, the industry is ripe for significant future consolidation.

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21 Experts Reveal Best eCommerce Platforms for Small Businesses

EMERGE App

We recommend three different eCommerce platforms in our course. While there are many excellent eCommerce platforms available, such as Amazon, eBay, and Etsy, nothing beats selling your products on your own website. I’ve been selling a waterless car wash product on the Internet since 2003. Dave, StoreCoach. Gene Marks.

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

Material Handling & Logistics

As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course. The allocation of the right SKUs and volumes to different fulfillment centers has proven to be an excellent opportunity to apply AI.