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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. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. The reason? Discontinued in 2011.

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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. eAuctions technology can reduce the cost of purchasing products and services by up to 20%. It’s time for the Auctioneer to take the stage!

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

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. It redefined the music industry: from selling CDs/records to online music. Is this Industry 4.0? A Digital Supply Chain? This reality?

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Next Level Apparel® Takes its Demand and Inventory Planning to the Next Level with the Logility® Digital Supply Chain Platform

Logility

Before implementing the Logility platform in January, Next Level Apparel used a mix of Excel spreadsheets and a legacy proprietary ERP system to manage its supply chain. Founded in 2003, Next Level Apparel is a design innovator, industry leader and top supplier of premium blank apparel. About Next Level Apparel.

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He also went on to share what he sees as the five key changes making a global impact to supply chains today and gave advice for those working in or considering a career in our industry. On the global forwarding side there has been rationalisation in the form of industry consolidation with ongoing mergers and acquisitions.

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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams. However, most do not realize that the Days of Inventory for the industry has grown 33%. Figure 2 contrasts the state of cash-to-cash cycles between 2000-2003 and 2008-2011. Focus on Value-based Outcomes.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

The move into process industries went badly and scalability issues plagued many of the deployments. The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype of electronic exchanges in the 2000-2003 period. On March 26, 2015, I nsight Venture Partners (“Insight”) purchased E2open for $8.60