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

SCMDOJO

Businesses may struggle to balance inventory, increasing the likelihood of either overstocking, tying up valuable capital and incurring storage costs, or understocking. Double-Edged Sword of Inventory Management: Declining demand presents a significant dilemma for inventory management. scenarios of -20% and +20% change).

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Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Mini Case Study: Whirlpool Following its acquisition of competitor Maytag in 2005, Whirlpool found itself entering an unprecedented period of growth, at which point the management team recognised the need to continuously optimise its supply chain design and make it more flexible and adaptive to ride out economic fluctuations.

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The Journey of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Manufacturing

Jaggaer

It evolved from material requirements planning (MRP) and later manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), which were already being used in manufacturing industries to manage production and inventory. Most notably, Oracle acquired PeopleSoft in 2005, gaining a significant foothold in HR and enterprise applications to compete directly with SAP.

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Two Supply Chain Giants Exiting Stage Left

Supply Chain Digest

But in 2005 Gartner acquired Meta, and Klappich’s career and industry profile took off. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Do not have excess to Sell / Produce These 2 Golden Rules can be the foundation of keeping optimal inventory levels and for organizations to achieve the same.

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Highly Influential Gartner Analyst Dwight Klappich Retires

Supply Chain Digest

Gartner acquired Meta in 2005, and Klappich’s career and industry profile took off. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Do not have excess to Sell / Produce These 2 Golden Rules can be the foundation of keeping optimal inventory levels and for organizations to achieve the same.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. When we compare the results of P&G to its peer group for 2012-2021, P&G outperforms in inventory turns and margin but underperforms in growth and asset utilization. Was this by design? My reasoning?

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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. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Let me explain. Mistake #3.