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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

We started the pandemic with twenty-one more days of inventory than we had in 2007. Business leaders force the CFO and IT organization to drive innovation to accelerate business results. Only 4% of manufacturing companies are innovators and 17% are early adopters. Let’s look at the past to forecast the future: Phase 1.

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Digital Twins in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Whether it’s adjusting production schedules, optimizing inventory allocation, or reallocating resources, the digital twin provides an innovative environment to experiment and ensure that actions are executed in the right place at the right time. 12, December 2007. 5) Business outcomes.

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How to Reduce Costs and Invest in Better Technology at the Same Time

AB&R

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. Upgrading to more recent hardware unlocks the latest quality-of-life improvements that improve operational efficiency and help better automate processes.

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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

The teams in these seats did not experience the down market in 2007 or the start of the market run in 2009. Innovation from best-of-breed technologies drives this change. Bear markets drive heightened interest in supply chain management. The impact may surprise us. Today, we have younger leaders driving clicks on the keyboards.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

… 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. Embrace innovation. They are free to innovate. I love the innovation happening with Microsoft Azure.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I The industry considers the company a leader, but I know the dark side that internally, the IT processes squash innovation. Why do we have 32 days more inventory by company in 2020 than in 2007? I give you this evidence in this blog.). Mistake #5.

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Logility Buys Halo BI

Supply Chain Shaman

With annual revenues of 16-44$M, in the period of 1997-2007, the Company returned to its parent to become a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software in 2007. In general, solution innovation lags the industry. I like simple, well-positioned innovative niche solutions. Push hard on the Logility team to innovate.