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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I spent time with large chemical companies engrossed in this discussion. Let’s take a look at the world of the chemical manufacturer. Acquisitions drove DOW Chemical’s wide swings. The chemical company’s performance today is largely based on financial engineering.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. Each year at Supply Chain Insights , we study the progress of public companies in manufacturing, retail and distribution sectors. A Look at History.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. First Phase: 2002-2006. and Singapore.

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Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Supply Chain Shaman

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Only beauty, chemical and Over-The-Counter (OTC) Drugs made progress in operating margins.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

They wanted to know, “ How was the market affecting the chemical supply chain?” DuPont as a chemical supplier to the market sits four-to-five levels back in the supply chain with extreme demand latency (about six months) and high volatility of the true market demand signal due to the bullwhip effect. Why is this important?

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Building Security and Resilience: Supply Chain Risk Management for Critical Infrastructure

Exiger Perspectives

In Europe, the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) defines critical infrastructure sectors based on EU COM (2006) 786. They also mapped supply networks below the Tier 1 suppliers, gaining insights into where additional parts and materials were sourced.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

Supply Market Intelligence (SMI) is the mechanism by which organizations make as complete analysis as possible of a current or targeted supply base, including adoption of supplier-specific and market risks (Handfield, 2006). chemicals, resins, IT providers). Manufacturers or the U.S. Air Products & Chemicals Inc.