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Hyper-Collaboration in Life Sciences Creates Supply Chain Opportunities

Logility

The statistics are telling: Approximately 9,000 new biopharma R&D partnerships were formed between 2005 and 2014 at an annual growth rate of four percent during that 10-year period. Should Supply Chain Professionals be Hyperventilating? . Supply chain professionals will play a critical role in bringing this vision to life.

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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I worked with a Midwest North American meatpacker to help define its supply chain strategy. The answer changes day-to-day and requires an optimization engine to measure market potential and align the supply chain to market demand while minimizing scrap. What do I mean? To illustrate, let me share a story.

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The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The Digital Age is all about connectivity and so is the emergence of the digital supply chain. And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. Supply chain IoT tools. in 2004 to $0.38 in 2014 to just 4 cents in 2019.”[6].

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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

Supply Chain Shaman

If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supply chain conferences, we would be drunk at many. While we speak of collaboration, the focus is on driving enterprise results not value in value chains. All industries operate today with more inventory than in the pre-recessionary period of 2004-2007.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

These consumer products global leaders paved the road for supply chain excellence by defining new supply chain practices. Today, each leader wants to take their empowered team to new supply chain heights. At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. Who is poised to win?

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This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014)

Talking Logistics

UPS Capital – Sponsored Study Shows Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Strategies Lacking. Penske Logistics Joins CargoNet to Enhance Supply Chain Security. It’s not new, it’s not sexy, but B2B connectivity is coming out of the shadows and becoming an important factor in creating an end-to-end supply chain solution.”

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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

ivalua

This is crucial as businesses continue to be faced with supply chain and business challenges. A competitive and nimble supply base can assist organizations as they rapidly respond to challenges in cost and supply. The following are just a few examples of some notable supplier diversity efforts across the globe.