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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. I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008.

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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. As more follow in Walmart’s footsteps, we predict retailers purchasing your manufactured goods will also start asking for RFID-labeled items.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

According to the press release : The proposed standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1 billion metric tons, cut fuel costs by about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 miles out of its network from 2007-2010 and had increased its CWT per truck from 382 in FY 2007 to 415 in FY 2010, an 8.6

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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]. As more follow in Walmart’s footsteps, we predict retailers purchasing your manufactured goods will also start asking for RFID-labeled items.

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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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Supply Chain Transparency: a new Competitive Strategy

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In an ironic twist, making supplier identities public is taking form of a source of competitive advantage, particularly targeting consumers who demand information so that they can make informed purchasing decisions. have released the names and addresses of their suppliers to the public. 

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Retailer Mandates Are Like Dominoes

AB&R

Many viewed this as a positive sign for the future, predicting other retailers would follow the example and issue tagging mandates of their own. But by 2007, Walmart had begun to step back after facing unexpected hurdles. and has those businesses ship the purchased items directly to customers. 2022, being held in May.

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