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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?”

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Localized manufacturing. Shipment and manufacturing of the unit of one. … a group of energized innovators. … a group of energized innovators. In retrospect, the 1990s were an exceptional time of innovation impacts on productivity. As growth slowed post 2007 recession, companies fought back.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. Innovation and supplier management calls for cloud-based integrated systems between partners and advanced predictive models. Data acquisition and filtering and scenario analysis are time consuming practices in supply chain.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am a manufacturing gal by training. For example, in the recession of 2007, DuPont missed the downturn in the market. Include the supplier’s warehouse and manufacturing locations. The goal is to understand how companies manage sourcing in innovation, compare suppliers and collaborate on design. What drives my passion?

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

Supply Chain Shaman

To drive progressive change, I think that we need to rethink supply chain basics and unlearn from the past while driving process innovation. Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

To drive progressive change, I think that we need to rethink supply chain basics and unlearn from the past while driving process innovation. Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

To drive progressive change, I think that we need to rethink supply chain basics and unlearn from the past while driving process innovation. Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory.