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Supply Chains By the Numbers

Supply Chain Shaman

Intellectually, while I will know that year has changed, I will screw-up time, and time, again by writing 2014 on documents for many, many months. They first appeared on the scene in 2005. … this is the last blog of 2014. Tomorrow starts a new year. It will take me awhile to adjust. It was a special club. This all changed.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

They source from approximately 15,000 suppliers with a sourcing spend of over €7 billion. The company has been on a supply chain transformation journey since 2005. But even multi-sourcing is not enough. Their revenues exceed €25 billion. Those materials flow into over 170 factories in over 40 nations.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Ikea is a good example as it has sourced close to 50 percent of its wood from sustainable foresters and hundred percent of its cotton from farms that meet better cotton standards (Ikea, n.d.). Cardwell, 2014). 2014, July 30). Vishal Gupta, 2013). Bhattacharjee, K. Green Supply Chain Management- Challenges and Opportunities.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. The law of supply and demand, coupled with other environmental and political factors, have led to two months of inflation that are higher than we have seen in 30 years (see table below). ?. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation?

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

The product naming convention changed to Demand Sensing (DS) in 2005. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting.

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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare. In 2014 OpenText acquired GXS. The Supply Chain Operating Network technology market evolved from the trading exchange market in 2000-2005. The Elemica announcement contained the obligatory positive quotes and promises to customers.

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Is the FAR getting in the way of Early Supplier Involvement in defense projects?

NC State SCRC

defense firms tend to follow a traditional “white box” sourcing approach, as shown in this figure. Much of the sourcing behavior involved in standard defense industry practices is tied to establishing “price reasonableness” in accordance with FAR 15.403 (FAR, 2005).