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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. 2) Market-Driven Forecasting. I am not quite sure.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Inventory Turns. Better performance in inventory turns than the peer group average for the period of 2006-2015. Today, I unpacked my bags.

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Labor Strike Targeting the Three U.S. Automakers- Update Two

Supply Chain Matters

As expected, with the existence of this industry’s just-in-time inventory replenishment planning, the implications of the work stoppages are cascading across individual automaker’s supply networks. The three automakers have initiated worker layoffs involving thousands across dependent facilities because of final assembly plant stoppages.