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The Supply Chain Merry-Go-Around

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following the reporting of fourth-quarter results. This is despite the strengths of the recent purchase of Optimity. However, the company lacks the understanding of market requirements for outside-in models and the requirements on how to scale for a more robust platform for the global multi-national. Manhattan Associates.

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Is Your Supply Chain Recession Proof? A Guide for Building a Resilient Supply Chain

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Shipping networks may experience delays and disruptions, potentially exacerbated by cost-cutting measures within the logistics sector. During the 2008 recession, Walmart strengthened its supply chain by investing in predictive analytics and real-time demand forecasting. Instead, focus on strategic efficiency improvements.

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Understanding the Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains 2025

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The former AMR Research brilliantly came up with the top 25 idea in 2004. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is a firm's earnings over a period of time determined by sales less product costs and general/adminsitrative costs?

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

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Hau L Lee, Triple-A Supply Chains, Harvard Business Review, October 2004. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. I believe that value is what you create. It is about more than visibility.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

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The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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and J-P Rodrigue (2004)). Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. This organization was renamed the Council of Logistics Management (CLM) in 1985 and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) in 2004.

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. One of the key elements of the EDLC policy is the direct procurement of items from suppliers, eliminating intermediaries in the process.