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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented.

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement. The reason?

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Dissecting the Headwinds and Tailwinds of Digital Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

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. The political environment for globalization is worsening. 3D Printing: Localization of manufacturing through the sharing of digital images using additive manufacturing.

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Where Should Business Decisions Be Made?

Enterra Insights

During that time, George Bailey , a senior Fellow for the Center for Global Enterprise (CGE), noted that many companies were asking, “What should we do?”[3] 12, December 2007. [3] 3] George Bailey, “ Coronavirus And The Remaking Of Global Supply Chains ,” Forbes, 6 March 2020. [4] 12, December 2007. [3]

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement. The reason?

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement. The reason?

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Top Automotive Mobile Barcoding Software Success Stories

RFgen

Outside stressors like global demand deflation, labor shortages, and increased government regulations also mean tight margins for many. Through a combination of mobile apps, barcodes, and hardware, mobile barcoding lets automotive companies easily—and accurately—track even the most extensive inventory libraries across global operations.