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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.)

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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). In this blog, we’ll delve into the integrated Lean Six Sigma approach, exploring its benefits, deployment models, moreover the implications for SMEs.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

Walmart’s RFID journey Walmart announced in 2003 that its top 100 suppliers must tag their pallets and cases starting by 2005. The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result. Opportunities for manufacturing Walmart is not the only retailer that requires RFID – and you can expect many to follow suit.

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

Walmart announced in 2003 that its top 100 suppliers must tag their pallets and cases starting by 2005. The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result [2]. Opportunities for manufacturing. To understand why, we need to investigate the past. Walmart’s RFID journey. click to expand). Why try again now?

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The product naming convention changed to Demand Sensing (DS) in 2005. Traditionally E2open sold to the procurement organization. The Company has a checkered past.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession.