Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

In business conversations, the term supply chain excellence rolls off the tongue frequently in meetings, but what does it mean? Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

I have worked with this client since 2004. At that time, they planned on spreadsheets. Their goals were lofty, but their understanding of supply chain planning was hazy. In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Tactical Supply. Supply Chain Design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

At Supply Chain Insights, we have been actively working in our own mine sweeping project. We loaded 493 financial metrics from balance sheets and income statements for each company into the data lake for the period of 2004-2016 using YCharts data. Does Supply Chain Planning Drive Value?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Supply chain shortages abound. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. I volunteered to write a report on supply visibility. Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project. The list goes on and on.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

Among these strategies, the role of supply chain capability stands out as a key factor in driving success. A well-optimized supply chain not only ensures efficient delivery and cost-effectiveness but also provides companies with a competitive advantage in the market.

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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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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

HICX , a supplier experience management platform designed to give companies visibility into their supply chain, has raised $30 million in a round of funding led by U.S. private equity firm Wavecrest Growth Partners and Canada’s Espresso Capital. The funding constituted a mixture of $22 million equity and $8 million in debt.

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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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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

However, if they take a closer look, they will find that there are significant benefits to supplier diversity – not only for suppliers and their supply chains, but also for their business. She said, “Supplier diversity is no longer a business catch phrase; it is a fundamental element of supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 12, 2020

In my day-to-day work in supply chain management, I find more encounter more opinions than facts. …most discussions are fueled by over-zealous and self-serving marketing programs. Supply chain leaders in the beverage and household products industries struggled to manage complexity. Supply Chain Leadership.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2019

Bear markets drive heightened interest in supply chain management. These supply chain groups are more global and diverse. Gradually companies realize that the supply chain is a capability, not a function. The evolution of leaders is challenging the mental models of the supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 22, 2018

The speed of business is now computer speed and supply chains need to run at the same speed as the rest of the business. Supply chain professionals are not as interested in how cognitive technologies work as they are in what cognitive technologies can do for them. Forecasting and Planning. ”[2].

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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 Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. Companies average ten ERP and five Advanced Planning Solutions. In parallel, the movement to global processes and the elongation of the long tail of planning increased complexity making modeling more difficult. What am I hearing?

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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

JUNE 3, 2019

So are supply chain leaders. In this blog post, I share quantitative research, mixed with stories, of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). As an industry analyst in the supply chain planning market for fifteen years, this month, I will publish my tenth report on S&OP. Focus on Planning Excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

Discontinuing products is a struggle with tension between supply chain and marketing functions. The lack of product rationalization results in the long tail of the supply chain with increasing complexity. Lumpy demand for product with low volume requires a supply chain redesign. The reason? The result?

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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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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

It’s been decades since the term ‘Supply Chain Management’ was coined to define the coming together of internal and external supply chain players, as well as the planning and execution teams within supply chain businesses. So what’s happening to bring convergence one step closer to reality?

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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. The authors of this report noted that manufacturing output fell at second-steepest rate since this survey began in early 2004. Added Supply Chain Matters Observations and Insights.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Triple-A Supply Chain: 10 Strategies to Supercharge Performance. In previous article, we discuss how to use value chain analysis to formulate supply chain strategy. Supply chain professionals learn how to divide things into groups (segmentation) for a long time. Triple-A Supply Chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 27, 2021

At this time last year, global supply chains were already in trouble. With the Chinese Lunar New Year approaching in late January 2020, global shippers planned to order stock from Chinese suppliers ahead of the celebration as factories and ports would shut down for two weeks. New disruptions, old lessons.

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ModusLink Corporation

JANUARY 5, 2022

When speaking to any experienced Supply Chain professional, it is these exact two terms that can almost be expected to be brought up somewhere within the conversation. A strong Supply Chain must contain elements such as Resilience, Agility, Responsiveness, Cooperation, Fluency and so forth. I ntroduction.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 16, 2015

Agile Supply Chain concept has been discussed widely but the definition can be a bit vague. In this article, we will explain how agile supply chain theories were developed and 7 ways to create agility in your organization. Leagility In 1999, Naylor et al.

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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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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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IQMS

APRIL 17, 2020

was founded in 2004 with a mission to protect people and property by building the best gas detection systems in the world. The post Balancing Demand Planning & Same-Day Shipping appeared first on IQMS Manufacturing Blog. Calibration Technologies Inc.

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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. Supply Chain Perspective Service supply chain has recently emerged as the new research area. However, the origin of CRM is pretty unclear.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, one thing I don’t hear a lot of people talk about is the impact that clogged supply chains has on all of these outcomes – earnings, inflation, and revenue. (By By the way, I’ve been talking about the role of inflation due to supply chain shortages since last August ). 1] [link]. [2]

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Labor is an important input with 50-60% of employees of the company reporting through supply chain organizations. Supply chain processes are relatively new. Supply chain processes are relatively new. What defines supply chain excellence? Overall, 69% of supply chain professionals are satisfied.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

This is crucial as businesses continue to be faced with supply chain and business challenges. A competitive and nimble supply base can assist organizations as they rapidly respond to challenges in cost and supply. The following are just a few examples of some notable supplier diversity efforts across the globe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. Is Steelwedge a Tragic Hero of Supply Chain Cloud Technology? The supply chain management software market had soured. I was not sure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

Today, fewer and fewer supply chain professionals make the event. To make the event profitable, SAP Insider now combines supply chain, customer relationship management, human resource management, and product life cycle management. I remember attendance for the supply chain event was 5,000. It worries me.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 15, 2013

Scenario planning is one way of gaining insight into what the future may hold. Closing supply chain loops and creating flexible and transparent chains which operate at the right speed are possible response strategies. Value Chain 2020 project. By Marcel te Lindert. The same goes for infrastructure, for example.

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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. Examples include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management (WMS_ or Advanced Planning (APS).

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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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