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

Supply Chain Shaman

The details: 2001-Acquired Clairol for 4.9B$ 2002-Divestiture of Jif and Crisco to Smuckers–813M in Stock 2003-Acquisition of Wella for 7B$ 2005-Merger with Gilette for 57B$ 2008-Purchase of Nioxin for 300M$ 2009-Purchased Art of Shaving for 60M$ 2009-purchased ZIRH for 40M. Each M&A activity was painful for the organization.

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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

Figure 2: AMR Research Hierarchy of Metrics First Published in 2005 Demand error is at the top of the Gartner hierarchy. The data sourced from Y charts was charted by Regina Denman and shared with the statistics department at Georgia Tech. So, you might say, “What is the issue, Lora? I look forward to your feedback.

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Supply Chains By the Numbers

Supply Chain Shaman

In the mid-1980s, leaders like Colgate, Intel, and Procter & Gamble defined supply chain organizations where source, make and deliver functions reported through the same organization, and had a common leader. They first appeared on the scene in 2005. I liked belonging to an organization that made things. It was a special club.

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Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s good to see these companies recognizing the impact of climate change, and changing their policies, sourcing, and manufacturing practices to reduce emissions. Agriculture, oil and gas operations are major sources of methane emissions. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions.

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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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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

The state of Florida “requires motor fuel (1) service stations near interstate highways or evacuation routes, (2) terminals and (3) wholesalers to have transfer switches and appropriate wiring to transfer the electrical load from a utility to an alternate generated power sources in the event of a power failure.

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Reimagine Supply Chain of the Future – agile, resilient, and balanced – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, Cisco executives created a business continuity-planning dashboard to mitigate risks. Diversify supplier base : Supply chain should not be overly dependent on long lead-time or on a small pool of specific suppliers or sourcing regions. Case Study Resilience: CISCO.