Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. The Global Manufacturing Output sub-index reportedly dropped to a contraction value of 48.5 According to the J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The July numbers signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions with output and new order rates reportedly falling at faster rates. declined 0.7

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 25, 2017

So many thoughts in my mind… Yesterday, I signed a contract for Robert Gordon, author of the book, Rise and Fall of American Growth to speak at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 5th-8th in Lake Oconee, Georgia (north of Atlanta). Why did the impact stop in 2004? So, why do I do this?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Or will companies stumble on the path by mistakenly implementing supply-centric processes and calling them demand-driven initiatives? As a writer of research on demand-driven supply chains for over eight years, I find many amusing. User satisfaction with planning systems is low.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. In such a crisis, virtually all supply categories appear “strategic”: as CNN business bluntly put it , “ You can’t make a car with 99% of the parts.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Supply chain optimization consultant, author, and podcaster Marcia Williams has been working in supply chain since 2004. On episode 18 of Supply Chain Next, Marcia talks with host Richard Donaldson about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to digital transformation. ?.

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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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Talking Logistics

JUNE 16, 2015

Supply chain execution convergence is a topic that has been gaining in popularity. The need for end-to-end visibility and solutions that proactively enable planning and the ability to react to the unavoidable disruptions is paramount. Rethinking the Traditional Supply Chain. to manage the end-to-end supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The planning team was defending the status quo without questioning current practices and how to improve them.) Starting to understand the issue with multi-tier demand planning?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. The recent Supply Chain Insights Global Summit gave me new perspective and insights. The redefinition of supply chain practices is happening through the coalescence of multiple technologies, not one.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

On Monday, November 27th, Logility announced the purchase of privately-held Halo Business Intelligence. This announcement continues the trend of supply chain software market consolidation. Logility is a well-established player in the supply chain software market. A Look Back . ” Let me explain my response.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

This significant investment will help :o9 build on its momentum and accelerate growth for its AI-powered Integrated Business Planning platform it calls the “ Digital Brain ” across industry verticals and markets. A sustainable supply chain requires companies to digitally transform their planning and decision-making capabilities.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

Who could forget the Barbie deforestation scandal of 2011 , when Greenpeace discovered that toy manufacturer Mattel was sourcing packaging material from a supplier clearing rainforests from critical wildlife areas. . ESG accountability is closely linked to the concept of “responsible supply chains.”

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PINC

JULY 29, 2020

The SDCE 100 spotlights successful and innovative projects that deliver bottom-line value to small, medium and large enterprises across the range of supply chain functions. These projects can serve as a map for supply chain executives looking for new opportunities to drive improvement in their own operations.

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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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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

Who could forget the Barbie deforestation scandal of 2011 , when Greenpeace discovered that toy manufacturer Mattel was sourcing packaging material from a supplier clearing rainforests from critical wildlife areas. ESG accountability is closely linked to the concept of “responsible supply chains.”

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. A Long History of Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment.

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Knut Alicke was helping to build digital control towers before most people had ever heard of them, and today advises the world’s top companies about supply chain. He is also a professor at the University of Karlsruhe where he teaches supply chain management. Supply Chain Next · 023 – Knut Alicke.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 8, 2016

The Key Supply Chain Challenge of Cost Reduction. Supply chain costs often represent a considerable percentage of the sales price of a good or service. If net profit on sales is 5%, for example, a reduction in supply chain costs from 9% to 4% (or from 12% to 7%) will double net profits.

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BlueYonder

JULY 6, 2018

Welcome to Friday in 5: news from around the supply chain landscape, served up in one spot to keep you up to date and informed. Also, Amazon plans to introduce select Prime Day product launches this year including exclusive products available only to Prime members. The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. in June from 58.7

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BlueYonder

JULY 6, 2018

Welcome to Friday in 5: news from around the supply chain landscape, served up in one spot to keep you up to date and informed. Also, Amazon plans to introduce select Prime Day product launches this year including exclusive products available only to Prime members. The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. in June from 58.7

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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E2open

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

All you need to start sensing demand are three inputs – your demand planning forecast, orders, and shipments.Conveniently, these all reside in your internal systems. Feeding downstream data to the demand sensing engine further increases forecasts accuracy and is a best practice for building a demand-driven supply chain.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In Part I of this series , I discussed why retailers, manufacturers and distributors are struggling to adjust to the new demands of the omni-channel consumer. Applications in supply chain and retail are only now beginning to be explored. In Part II , I described key activities that comprise the end-to-end Delight process.

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C3 Solutions

JULY 28, 2020

Designed specifically to support global leaders by aiding in creating a strategic plan to help them win the retail game. The online retailer is moving into bricks-and-mortar stores with its Amazon Go self-checkout concept, and has plans to open 3,000 of the small footprint outlets by 2021. in 2004 to $0.38 15 Min Read.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

Yesterday, the White House announced that President Obama plans to remove Cuba from the U.S. Source: Adelante SCM based on World Bank LPI data. Source: World Bank. When I visited Cuba with my father in 2004, we drove several hours from Cienfuegos to Camaguey to visit my aunt Z and her family. This should put U.S.

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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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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In the mid-90’s I moved over to Amoco Oil’s planning & scheduling department, and started working on refinery LP’s and scheduling systems. Around 2004 we started a project to migrate an existing tool for planning for the BP Petrochemical Aromatics business over to AIMMS. How long have you been using AIMMS?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. Labor is an important input with 50-60% of employees of the company reporting through supply chain organizations. Supply chain processes are relatively new. What defines supply chain excellence?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

Source: Google. I remember speaking a few years ago with Art Mesher, Descartes’ CEO from November 2004 through November 2013, and he attributed the turnaround to Descartes’ shift from a “culture of selling” to a “culture of serving.” Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). Where is Descartes today?

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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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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs. Kick back, be inspired and happy innovating.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove from Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2021

As a 17-year periodical, these cicadas have lived underground in wingless nymph form since 2004, about a foot or two down, feeding on sap from tree roots. H Mart plans micro-fulfillment center to fuel online grocery. Unfortunately, this week, those plans hit a little bit of snag. When they do emerge, there can be as many as 1.5

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