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E2open Acquires Zyme: A Bridge Too Far?

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a CRM solution. The Zyme solution improves revenue management, warranty and rebate processes. It is a larger acquisition than the prior purchases of Terra Technology , Steelwedge , or SCM-Icon. The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype 2000-2003 period. Investors moaned.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. I asked him over and over, “Is the market ready for a solution for JUST Sales and Operations Planning?” The supply chain management software market had soured.

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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. 3) Outside-in Processes.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

They do not relate to any overall company procurement goals and objectives. Figure 1: SPM Project Stages (Gordon Sherry R, 2008) This organization has created a Procurement Steering Committee with management participation to leverage procurement as a tool to improve business performance.

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Walmart again Raises Chargeback Stakes

Enterra Insights

3] They further explain: “For example, a milk delivery containing 19 of the 20 cases ordered would get a 95% in full rating, below Walmart’s 97.5% Back in 2003, Zeiger wrote, “In some cases, [suppliers insist], the requirements are petty, arbitrary or even illogical. threshold for food consumables. Footnotes. [1]

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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

Some examples of worst practices. Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . This approach impairs flexibility to cope with the hazards of the various downstream systems (production tool, customer demand, etc.). The importance of a robust supply chain.

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Travel to Compliance and Efficiency with Supply Chain Mapping

RFgen

There are many different types of solutions for this approach. Meanwhile, other solutions solicit information from tier one suppliers so manufacturing experts don’t have to go digging for the data themselves. Alternatives to supply chain mapping solutions are often paper-based requests for information.