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The Supply Chain Merry-Go-Around

Supply Chain Shaman

following the reporting of fourth-quarter results. This is despite the strengths of the recent purchase of Optimity. I expect the company to move more aggressively into the transportation planning market. I first experienced the implementation of OMP and SAP at Eastman Chemical in 2004. Manhattan Associates.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Note the elongation of the cash-to-cash cycle in the chemical industry of 38 additional days when comparing the 2014-2019 averages to the pre-recession period of 2004-2006.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

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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2016: The Start of the Third Act?

Supply Chain Shaman

I manage a team at Supply Chain Insights and actively publish using an Open Content research model. This Tuesday we will publish our 87th report, and our 167th podcast, in our 36th newsletter. We are also more advanced on transportation and warehouse planning than supply chain planning. We take content seriously.

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

SCMDOJO

Higher Costs and Lower Profits: While recession may incur low demand, operational costs such as energy and transportation can remain high or fluctuate unpredictably. The combination of reduced sales revenue and increasing costs inevitably compresses profit margins. Instead, focus on strategic efficiency improvements.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

and J-P Rodrigue (2004)). Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. The First: The Transportation Era (1950s). The Fourth: Transportation, Deregulation, Physical Distribution and Business Logistics (1980s).

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Grocery Shopping and Inflation, Part One: Impact on Grocers

Enterra Insights

”[1] His prediction proved accurate. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported, “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.1 ”[2] The USDA went on to predict, “In 2022, food-at-home prices are expected to increase between 1.5 In November, the U.S. ”[6].