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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. The source of this data is a syndicated data provider of public reporting termed “Y-Charts.”). Supply chain leaders in the beverage and household products industries struggled to manage complexity. Complexity.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession. Only beverage, pharmaceuticals and medical device companies have increased margins.

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Unpacking Supply Chain Traceability: A Comprehensive Guide

RFgen

This involves collecting data on the source of each material, including the country of origin, the supplier, and the conditions under which it was produced. Nestle Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has implemented several traceability initiatives in the supply chain.

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last decade the use of Terra Technology’s DS product improved short-term demand forecasts by 37% at 13 consumer products, and food and beverage companies. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The Company has a checkered past.

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Sparking a New Conversation: Let’s Build a Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was an analyst at AMR Research in 2007, I tracked thirty. There are currently no good solutions for consumer products or food/beverage. With cloud-based analytics, non-relational database open source code sharing and advancements in predictive, prescriptive and cognitive analytics, what is old, can become new again.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Compliance with.

Global Trade Management

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. Thursday, 22 November 2007. As an example: Customs tariffs remain a critical revenue source. ▼ 2007. (4). Subscribe To. ► February. (1).

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Amazon's Whole Foods Takeover: One Year Later

Elementum

One year in, we take a look at what’s changed so far — and how it could spell the beginning of a new era for the food and beverage industry. Since 2007 it faced its share of challenges, including losing out to Walmart as the biggest seller of organic food in the U.S.

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