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

Supply Chain Shaman

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. Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence.

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The Tale of the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Magic Quadrant and Minestrone Soup

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2000-2003, I worked on teams as a Gartner analyst developing Magic Quadrants. Why It Matters For the past two years, I have been working with statisticians at Georgia Tech to analyze public reporting of manufacturing, retail and distribution companies to understand the relationship between metrics, and market capitalization/employee.

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7 Rules of Fashion Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Opz

When QR strategy has become saturated, companies have to find the ways to differentiate themselves, some adopt ERP system, others adopt Just-in-Time manufacturing concept. 5) Keep production in-house : Zara tries to stay away from low-cost country sourcing and make an investment in the in-house manufacturing as much as possible.

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If Only There Were More Choices

Supply Chain Shaman

The hype cycle was my favorite Gartner model when I was a Gartner analyst in 2001-2003.) Most of the newer technologies–cognitive computing, machine learning, autonomous vehicles, cryptocurrency, the use of drones for sensing, additive manufacturing, wearables, and blockchain are early in evolution.

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Reverse Logistics: 5 Steps for Better Backward Operations

Supply Chain Opz

Brito and Dekker 2003 indicates in the article " A Framework for Reverse Logistics " that reverse logistics gain more interest due to lots of pressures from regulatory agencies, customers and corporate social responsibility movement. Literature review and questionnaire based survey about general issues. Infographic.

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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

Supply Chain Opz

For example, if you were a contract manufacturer in China, you might already have different logistics networks for different customers. Each customer in US or EU might already control the source of raw materials, ask you to provide dedicated production lines, nominate 3pl companies and air/sea carriers.

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5 Reasons why eAuctions Drive Better Savings

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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.