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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Informational Technology groups reporting to the Chief Financial Officer.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

With this information, are you any closer to knowing what to do about it, or have you just enriched your ability to admire your problem and see it close up? If all the links can see the same information at the same time, they have both the transparency and agility they need to act collaboratively. Analytics inform decisions.

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The State of Globalization in a Fragile World

SCM Research

DHL has recently released the fifth edition of their Global Connectedness Index , which provides an analysis of globalization, measured by international flows of capital, trade, information and people. It is also found that the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, Belgium and the United Arab Emirates are the most connected countries.

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Here is a review of how the PSLF works, how to apply it, and other relevant information. It was started in 2007 and is managed by the U.S. With the current waiver, all payments for federal student loans after October 1, 2007, count under the qualifications. To directly consolidate all loans, you can get information from the U.S.

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What is GamStop and Why is it Trending?

Supply Chain Game Changer

2007 saw the establishment of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). To monitor your gambling activities, you must register an account and supply all necessary information, including all internet data and statements from various money-betting businesses. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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A Manufacturing Day Look Into the Future: Sustainable and Digital

QAD

The iPhone was released in 2007, meaning every current high school student learned what a smartphone is before they entered kindergarten. I’m not suggesting that human ingenuity is gone, rather, we are limiting future plans when all our energy is spent stitching segmented information into a grainy depiction of yesterday’s status.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Net/net, the current architectures are hard-wired into back-office Information Technology deployments with layers of security and integration, and batch processing. As such, they serve the business leaders as a system of record for planning information, but they do not serve the core user very well. Lockdowns and Disbelief.