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

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Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define. His reasoning? We want to help.

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

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For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. Customers are buying less. The Amazon Impact is having an impact on Wal-Mart and retail in general. Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy.

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Epitaph

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SmartOps was purchased by SAP. SmartOps entered the supply chain optimization market in 2000 and became an SAP partner in 2006. The capabilities of the technologies were often more advanced than the processes of the manufacturers and retailer. The problem was larger and rooted in organizational issues.

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

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16 | Profile Ivanka Janssen, Director Global Sales Operational Excellence, Diageo. This is an end-to-end Supply Chain transformation and a shift in the way that Diageo gets its brands from its own and third party manufacturing facilities to bars, restaurants, hotels and retailers, both directly or through a network of distributors.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

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The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. In this 2-part Supply chain strategy post , the Managing Director at Solventure – Bram Desmet, discusses the key elements of an excellent supply chain. So, as I sit down to write this blog, I wonder what are some of the things that make supply chains excellent? Please subscribe here.

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Carter’s: A Story of Supply Chain Leadership

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To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. Not many companies have cracked this code. Managing complexity is key.

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Supply Chain Management:Has Best of Breed WMS Won the Race?

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