Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In 2022, I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. The process designed to help companies manage constraints outside of lead time took on a life of its own. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) The process mistakes include: Mistake #1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 1, 2022

As we enter Q2, companies face the lashing with the big black whip. On average, industries carry 38 more days of inventory than in 2007. The first step is to understand that the companies that we hold in high esteem have clay feet. The red cells indicate that the company is underperforming against its peer group.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Brian is the President & Chief Operating Officer of Conrail Shared Assets, which serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. Conrail is an American railroad company. Brian Gorton and Joe Lynch discuss understanding Conrail. About Brian Gorton.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 12, 2020

The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. Each company managed marketing programs that were not tethered to market-drivers. Most companies do not know the difference. Only 9% of companies actively design the supply chain with a focus on buffer design.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

Starting his career in carrier procurement and management within a Fortune 100 logistics company, Lynch has held positions of responsibility in all areas of?third-party?logistics. third-party?logistics. About Zipline Logistics. Zipline Logistics was selected as an Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It can also mean “which companies make my stuff,” tracing parts or components all the way back through multiple tiers of suppliers back to raw materials. In the last year, many companies saw their S&OP cycles shrink from monthly to weekly or even daily cadences. What is supply chain visibility? Sightlines for success.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As concerns about environmental impact, fuel cost, and distribution methods have come into the purview of the public eye the way company's operate their supply chains are changing. As customers and companies become more conscious of green practices the planning and management of each link of the supply chain is open to review.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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 solution was too black box.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 17, 2015

Is your trucking or logistics company an acquisition target? The short version is that 2014 came darn close (with 86 trucking and logistics companies acquired) to beating the record of 90 acquisitions set in 2007. Or perhaps you’re considering making such an acquisition. Read on for details.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2019

The teams in these seats did not experience the down market in 2007 or the start of the market run in 2009. The traditional processes, rooted in historical relationships with large system integrators and technologies will crumble, as companies push for answers on value. The teams are new. Digital Manufacturing Success.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In December of 2007 I went in for a normal, annual medical check-up. I had started at a new company in August of the same year and already completed a check-up 6 months prior with my previous company, so I was considering not going. Since I would have had to wait another year, I decided to go.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. Grainger’s earnings call, the CEO said, “We expect a lot of messiness in the supply chain” If large B2B companies such as W.W. Home Depot is growing its B2B e-commerce as well.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2021

Dray Depot is an employee owned and operated third party logistics company that specializes in drayage and transloading services. The US imported the most goods from Canada until 2007 when China replaced our neighbor to the north. While American consumers demand went up, transportation and logistics companies struggled to keep up.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As analysts from John Galt note, “Companies across industries have recently found themselves operating with supply chains designed for a world that no longer exists. 12, December 2007. Changes in today’s business world are occurring so fast they are creating challenges former generations of supply chain leaders never faced.

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Intalere is a provider-led healthcare supply chain company that empowers healthcare organizations to elevate their clinical, operational and financial performance in today’s evolving world. The company chose Consus and Ivalua for their deep capabilities in the Source to Contract space to support their critical purchasing processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Note that academics and employees of technology software companies have a statistically significant higher level of job satisfaction. In Figure 2, we share insights on five characteristics of companies with a supply chain working well. Today, companies seek a growth agenda, but the signs are omnipresent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

I define collaboration as the ability to establish long-term win/win value propositions between and among companies. Yet, only 20% of companies actively manage supplier development programs to get cash to suppliers in need. In times of growth, when companies are funding inventory builds, cash is needed. Let me explain.

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QAD

JUNE 7, 2022

Many companies have taken hits to the bottom line, others have had to find new suppliers and products, a number of companies had to lay off people and some had to close their doors for good. For the 10 years between 2007 and 2017, the promotional products businesses grew steadily. The First Blow — Tariffs and Fluctuating Prices.

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SCM Research

MARCH 22, 2013

Consequently, companies have concentrated on core competencies like processing or marketing to meet customer requirements. Unraveling the food supply chain: Strategic insights from China and the 2007 recalls The Journal of Supply Chain Management, 44 (1), 22-39 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2008.00043.x. Pullman, M., & Gray, J.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The supply chain recruiter’s dilemma: How to compete with digitally-savvy companies. Should I accept this offer at Tech Company A or this offer in Supply Chain at Company B?” 91 percent of Gen Z-ers say that a company’s technological sophistication matters. Nowhere is this more important than in the supply chain.

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Intalere is a provider-led healthcare supply chain company that empowers healthcare organizations to elevate their clinical, operational and financial performance in today’s evolving world. The company chose Consus and Ivalua for their deep capabilities in the Source to Contract space to support their critical purchasing processes.

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Offshore ultra-deep water drilling company to deploy eSourcing globally across its purchasing function. Pacific Drilling, an offshore drilling company, provides global deep water drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry through the use of high-specification drillships. About Consus. About Ivalua.

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QAD

APRIL 21, 2020

This pandemic has sent the entire automotive industry into a state of uncertainty , prompting automotive companies worldwide to take drastic actions to bolster balance sheets and maintain financial and strategic flexibility. Automotive Companies are Taking Action. and ultimately will not have any income for another 60 days.

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AB&R

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This is why many companies invest in innovation before and during the toughest times to help them quickly cut costs while creating new labor efficiency and productivity. These reports found that 9% of roughly 4,700 companies studied outperformed their competitors by at least 10% in sales growth and profit [1].

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

90% of companies are unable to drive improvement at the intersection of inventory management, operating margin and customer service.). Companies are busy. Today, over 90% of companies have corporate social responsibility statements, but 70% of non-renewable resources are in value networks. Most companies operate blind.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. Companies spend millions of dollars to implement supply chain planning technologies to drive insights for better decisions; however, there is a failure to design a work environment to enable success. Ironic since the company spent millions of dollars on the technology.)

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QAD

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Around the US, companies and schools are collaborating to give students a peek into our exciting world of modern manufacturing. The iPhone was released in 2007, meaning every current high school student learned what a smartphone is before they entered kindergarten.

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AB&R

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result. This positions manufacturing companies to offer a tagging service for distributors, labeling the products for them so they can begin tracking upon receiving them: an attractive offer that will no doubt put you ahead of the competition. It could do the same for you.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

auto companies. This past week provided a different and unexpected set of events, at least for Ford Motor Company. Southern States and the UAW agreeing to a two-tiered wage system for entry level workers in 2007 in the midst of the bankruptcy fears of two of these automakers.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Most companies are going through some sort of digital transformation. They’re looking to use digital leverage to accelerate the adoption of technology in their company operations. According to CNBC, companies are not pulling back on technology investments despite the economic outlook. Budgets get cut. Hiring is frozen.

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E2open

AUGUST 24, 2018

For years, Kimberly-Clark relied on historical data to guide forecasts, but that changed in 2007 when the company began a complete end-to-end overhaul of its supply chain and invested. The company implemented Multi-Enterprise Demand Sensing to gain more visibility into real-time demand trends and improve forecast accuracy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

The company’s focus is on biotechnology and genomic research. The company formed in 2000 by the merger of Novartis Agribusiness and Zeneca Agrochemicals. I first met Shane in 2007 at the beginning of his work with Syngenta’s value chain. He led the team during the period of 2007-2009. Shane’s Story.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

In reporting of the latest investment, The Wall Street Journal observed that the total investment represents Amazon’s largest investment in another company since its founding 30 years ago. Founded in 2007, Rotterdam based Flo Group specializes in Oracle focused logistics software support and deployment services capabilities.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

The redesign has saved the company €1.2 I also moderated a panel discussion at the 2010 Transplace Shipper Symposium titled, “Reengineered Packaging and Its Impact on Transportation and Trailer Utilization,” where an executive from Del Monte shared how the company, through its packaging changes and other initiatives, had taken 29.4M

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Sourcemap

MAY 6, 2019

Ever since Patagonia published a map of its suppliers in 2007, the terms ‘supply chain mapping’, ‘traceability’ and 'supply chain transparency’ have been used interchangeably. Traceability = Assurance Many companies are eager to publish their supply chains once they’re mapped.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

Larson et al 2007 indicated that, based on a literature review, there are 4 types of interaction as below, Reproduced from Larson et al 2007. (1) 2) The job title "logistics analyst" will become "supply chain analyst" if companies feel SCM is the new term for logistics (Re-labeling). (3) 5) New Definition.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The company was established in 2001. During those years, the company was selected as the “Best Supplier of the World”. The company’s main competitive advantage at that time was the low prices based on the cost of labour and high efficiency. 2007’de TenCate’e önce yurtiçi sonra uluslararas? uan kendi markan?z m yapmaktay?z.

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