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The Supply Chain Merry-Go-Around

Supply Chain Shaman

I first experienced the implementation of OMP and SAP at Eastman Chemical in 2004. The focus needs to be on outcomes. To make the point, let’s take a look at Eastman Chemical in Figure 1. Company revenues were $9.2B The average size of a chemical company is $13B.

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

SCMDOJO

Automation technologies such as AI, machine learning, and robotic process automation (RPA) can handle repetitive tasks like order processing, inventory management, and customer serviceboosting speed and reducing labor costs without sacrificing quality. Instead, focus on strategic efficiency improvements.

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What Is the SmartWay Certification and Why Does It Matter?

3PL Insights

Understanding SmartWay Certification Established by the EPA in 2004 , the SmartWay program is a public-private initiative aimed at improving the environmental performance of the freight transportation sector. These efforts not only support sustainability goals but also enhance service quality and reliability for clients.​

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Understanding the Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains 2025

Supply Chain Digest

The former AMR Research brilliantly came up with the top 25 idea in 2004. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. What do you say? Gartner then acquired AMR in 2010.

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Are You Active in the Digital Transformation Drinking Game?

Supply Chain Shaman

Listening: The use of unstructured data–social sentiment, warranty and quality data–to improve organizational productivity and align processes outside-in to be market-driven. SAP R/3 released in 1992 and SAP Netweaver in 2004. Market-driven is a more mature definition of demand-driven. The costs exceeded the value.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

Quality issues have recently bedeviled Boeing. Unless significant sanctions are imposed due to Boeing’s design and production-quality issues, it is likely that business will continue as usual,” according to Christopher Tang. The Dreamliner program was launched in April of 2004 with an order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways.

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SYNOPSlS: Augmentation of the Logistics Workforce

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

His experience covers the full Logistics spectrum, from raw material procurement to physical distribution and eventually Customer Service and care, with a strong grounding in Quality and Six Sigma. This recognition was in part due to the setting up of the region’s first and only physical warehouse training facility.