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Untangling The Tangled Web We Weave

Supply Chain Shaman

The year was 2004. Was it that Kraft was not clear in its definition of supply chain excellence (which was true) or not clear on how to best use the system (which was also true)? The industry is getting less value of supply chain planning than in the 1990s when the platforms were first defined, and supply chains were regional.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving. (The The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. Bear with me. Be careful.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The impact of the elongation of payables on receivables varies by industry, but on average across the industries increased eighteen days when comparing the past five years to the pre-recession years. It is worse in some industries. Days of Receivables by Industry. I shook my head in disgust at the waste in the process.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. The secondary problem is the lack of definition of process requirements and a buying team that cannot see past simple MRP/MRP II/DDMRP requirements. Each year, in the countdown to the summit, we analyze the industry trends and celebrate the winners. Reflection.

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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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2016: The Start of the Third Act?

Supply Chain Shaman

One of the barriers to greater progress in driving supply chain excellence is the current state of user satisfaction with current technologies. As shown in Figure 3, while the adoption of SAAS was 5% in 2004 it is currently the deployment preference for the Line of Business Leader. Every supply chain organization is slightly different.

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7 Best Customer Service Books CEOs Read

Supply Chain Opz

For example, - In some industries such as steel, chemicals, and other heavy industries, products are highly commoditized. However, books will say that service is actually a lifeline of any business and it usually goes beyond customer satisfaction surveys. Reference - Lam, S. Shankar, V., Erramilli, M. & Murthy, B.