synchrono

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The global economic recession that started in 2007/2008 hit the manufacturing sector hard. According to MarketWatch , so far in 2017, manufacturing jobs have increased by 138,000 after falling by 34,000 in the first 10 months of 2016. In February of 2009, The Economist even published a piece called The Collapse of Manufacturing.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With 11 out of 12 months of the year reported, the Cass report indicates that the realized contract pricing forecast for 2018 of 6 – 12% is “essentially in the books.”. 2018 is shaping up to be the highest level of production since 2007, and 2019 should be the highest on record.” annually in November but was down 0.5% Costello said. “If

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NC State SCRC

JULY 29, 2017

Examples include the multiple layers of approvals for purchase orders, delays in decisions when a forecast deviation occurs, or the lack of response when a major disruption shuts down shipments to customers. Examples of visibility include demand visibility, market visibility, and supply visibility. This phenomenon is so new (e.g.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A real life example of operating environment complexity occurred in Melbourne, Australia on 21 November 2016. Thunderstorms were forecasted for the metropolitan area but there was no expectation that a major health emergency would be triggered as a result.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group. In 2016, VTech is a finalist in the Supply Chains to Admire analysis. We were very open to change.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In my opinion, these are factors that led to the pollsters being so far off on the 2016 US election, and how supply chain practitioners can help these pollsters to improve. Source: © 2007 AMR Research, Inc. | Page 5. Figure 2: Forecast Accuracy vs Sales Volatility. See Figure 1. Figure 1: Cost Based vs Value Based Planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

Only 5% of public companies meet the definition for the Supply Chains To Admire for 2016. If you trace the year-over-year pattern, you can see that P&G made progress on inventory turns and operating margin 2006-2007, 2009-2010. Collaborative sales forecasting input leads to increased bias and error. Instead, let sales sell.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Later, it became apparent that although a redesign would yield some benefits, one of the most significant issues was in the approach to demand forecasting.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

It has been forecasted that by 2040, approximately 95% of all purchases will be facilitated by ecommerce. From 2010-2016, venture capital funds invested in over 2000 early stage deals in the ‘internet’ sector. It was the world’s largest VC firm in 2007 with over $20 million in assets during the year.

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Vinculum

JULY 24, 2019

With more than 4 million customers and the forecasted GMV of £20 billion by 2020 , Jet is highly recognized and trusted marketplace in the US. In 2016, Walmart started accepting online 3rd party sellers. Launched in 2016, Onbuy is one of the newest marketplaces in the UK. Walmart doesn’t charge any monthly or initial setup fees.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Public markets reward growth, and the average growth for companies for the period of 2011-2016 was 1/3 the rate of growth for the period of 1986-2007. At the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit last week, Gita Gopinath, Harvard University economist forecasted worldwide global growth at 3.6%, but only 1.9% Trade is tougher.

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