Arkieva

OCTOBER 31, 2016

A serious Excel error could cost a business thousands or millions of dollars. Here are 5 Spooky Excel Tales that we hope never becomes your nightmare. In June 2003, a simple copy-and-paste error led to the Canadian power generator company, TransAlta buying more US power transmission hedging contracts in May at higher prices than usual.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In these sessions, the technology providers share their rational for the investment and invite questions. Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The confusion starts when a supply chain leader states the need for improved visibility without a clear definition. Well-seasoned supply chain leaders understand that visibility is a capability not an IT taxonomy. The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. Supply chains are complex.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. Happy new year!

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Supply Chain Operating Networks: The building of supply chain applications using many-to-many architectures to connect multiple parties to multiple trading partners to improve multi-tier supply chain visibility, planning and execution to improve relationships in extended value chains. .

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 15, 2013

Closing supply chain loops and creating flexible and transparent chains which operate at the right speed are possible response strategies. Never before have companies been so uncertain about the future of the supply chains in which they operate. By Marcel te Lindert. > Read complete article on the iPad here. >

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. What Is Value?

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

.” Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, believes S&OP is suffering from a Peter Pan complex — it’s never grown up. When reading current case studies focused on S&OP, she notes, “[They] sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2018

In the B2B (business-to-business) environment such as enterprise software, the customer acquisition cost is extremely high. If you don't want to compete in the price war, outstanding customer service is the holy grail because customer loyalty is the key. - The reason is that the acquisition process is very long. Reference - Lam, S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Days and years went by, and eventually, the ’93 Ford Escort was living in the hybrid-dominated world of the year 2004. It was a natural progression of time and technology. The correlation between technology and time is a special one. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. Models Matter.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

As part of LogiSYM Asia Pacific 2022, we had the opportunity to chat with Vittorio Favati, Chief Executive Officer – TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain processes. In the words of a supply chain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. When I first met Nick, he was driving a supply chain transformation at VTech Communications. Price to Tangible Book Value.

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Repl Group

JULY 1, 2019

Who have failed to invest in technology. Keeping your ear to the ground and staying on the front foot of retail technology is key to survival. By 1994, internet technology had improved sufficiently to enable Pizza Hut customers to create the first ever online order. All through technology.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 11, 2016

Six years ago, on a snowy January afternoon, I wrote my first post for the Supply Chain Shaman. My goal is to write insights for the supply chain visionary. The Supply Chain Shaman is an independent blog. I manage a team at Supply Chain Insights and actively publish using an Open Content research model.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In the past, supply chain professionals are trained to handle the service issues through a planning of inventory , service level and after-sales operations. From the information technology perspective, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) get the highest attention. However, the origin of CRM is pretty unclear.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. My passion is supply chain and positive change.

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HICX Solutions

APRIL 28, 2022

So, they are brilliant pieces of technology, don’t get me wrong, but, to me, as a former practitioner it always feels slightly disconnected from my day-to-day reality.”. As Dr Elouise Epstein , Partner at Kearney , maintains, “Traditional technology is wholly inadequate to support the digital evolution.

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