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How Supply Chain Lost Its Mojo

Supply Chain Shaman

“someone must have their mojo working over at the record company” In the 1990s supply chain had MOJO. Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive. The Death Spiral of Supply Chain Management. Then it was sexy.

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How Can Life Sciences Supply Chains Navigate a Disrupted World?

Logility

Therefore, superior management of the life sciences supply chain is essential for many reasons, including: Quality control On-time shipments Operational consistency Customer satisfaction. Optimizing Critical Supply Chain Functions. It also reduces carbon dioxide emissions by about 100,000 metric tons.”. Challenges.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

Supplier performance management provides detailed information about the risks your suppliers may have, so you can take action to reduce or eliminate risks in your supply chain. Therefore, the success of supplier performance management directly affects the quality of the entire supply chain. How is it possible?

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Walmart again Raises Chargeback Stakes

Enterra Insights

The editorial staff at Supply Chain Digest reports Walmart will penalize suppliers a 3% chargeback relative to an invoice for each case that fails to meet its new “on time, in full” requirements.[3] Back in 2003, Zeiger wrote, “In some cases, [suppliers insist], the requirements are petty, arbitrary or even illogical.

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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

For the past twenty-two years, I have had the luxury of watching supply chain stories unfold. Over time, I used this group as a research panel to better understand the choices made by supply chain leaders and what made a difference in balance sheet performance. I give thanks for this experience. What did work?

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Refresh Your Supply Chain – Have a Coke and a Smile

Supply Chain Network

Clearly, this company knows a thing or two about supply chain management. In 2003, Coca-Cola enterprises began a five year, $200 million IT plan called Project Pinnacle. In 2003, Coca-Cola enterprises began a five year, $200 million IT plan called Project Pinnacle. How do they do it all? Always Adapting. In the U.S.,

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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, at Supply Chain Insights , as part of our monthly webinar series, I hosted a panel discussion on the current state of the healthcare value network. Hosting this webinar series is one of the favorite parts of my job as the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. I think both factors are at play. Angel Mendez at Cisco.