Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

It evolved from material requirements planning (MRP) and later manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), which were already being used in manufacturing industries to manage production and inventory. PeopleSoft itself had recently acquired JD Edwards, a mid-market ERP provider specializing in manufacturing and supply chain solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2015

That quote came from a Wall Street Journal article published last week about supply issues Pratt & Whitney (a unit of United Technologies) experienced this summer that almost brought its engine production operations to a halt. Both of these cases underscore the growing importance of supply chain mapping and risk management.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 27, 2024

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy financial announcements related to supply chain technology providers. Our last full edition of this column was published on August 9 th.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 2, 2012

Acquisitions of Emptoris and Demandtec expanded sourcing and pricing portfolios while the new version of IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE further enhances supply chain network capabilities. Matrix Commerce extends beyond the sales and customer focus to include management and optimization of supporting sourcing and supply chain facets.

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Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

In a previous blog “ Balancing Cash Cost and Service: The Supply Chain Triangle ” we have introduced the idea that supply chain management is all about balancing three corners of a triangle: cash, cost and service. Ensure continued alignment by sharing inventory turns as a KPI. the red arrow in Figure 4.

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Bristlecone

MARCH 31, 2020

The financial crisis of 2007-08 was referred to as a black swan event because it caused catastrophic damage to the global economy and triggered widespread disruption to people’s lives. During the financial crisis, supply chains that drive the modern economy were strong, but industries lacked demand.

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KEPLER Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Responding to the ever-changing expectations of consumers in a highly competitive digital economic environment involves having a solid, agile, and cost-effective Supply Chain. After all, companies need to minimize and monitor the most harmful supply chain management practices. The importance of a robust supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology support. Our last full edition was published on February 14. billion in Generative AI start-up Anthropic.

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Taulia

JULY 11, 2023

Blog Expert Advice 8 min read 11 Jul 2023 By Taulia Share: Share via linkedin Share via twitter Share via facebook Share via email Copied Copy page URL to clipboard 5 supply chain initiatives to combat ESG risks Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks are a threat to both the operational health and reputation of diverse companies.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 11, 2020

The paper is an attempt to create some logic in the fact of the chaotic healthcare supply chain events currently underway. Resilience is often one of the first things to emerge in any debate on how we arrived at the point we are today in the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as it applies to supply chain management.

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Unleashed

JULY 11, 2021

Across Europe, EPDs are routinely factored into personal and corporate level purchasing and supply chain management decisions. Sustainability is a characteristic of lean manufacturing through waste reduction and improved inventory control. To be credible, an ecolabel or certification should be third-party audited.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In this second Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. based production and supply network strategies in the coming years. unionized auto companies. Specifically for the U.S. automakers facing bankruptcy.

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Shipsy

MAY 17, 2018

Despite entering India way back in 2007, Walmart till now, operated only 21 stores catering to B2B segment across the country. Efficient Supply Chain and Logistics With increased internet penetration?—?thanks Let’s take a look at what it means for the Indian e-commerce sector.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. Being early in my supply chain career, I thought this should not be too bad to do.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

We stubbed our toe in supply chain management at the beginning of the decade. Facing The Issues of Supply Chain Performance. As I work through this year’s Supply Chains to Admire , I cannot help but shake my head. The black veil of the pandemic is a supply chain wake-up call to build better.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 1, 2022

Over the last decade, the organization grew larger and more political in the journey from regional to global supply chain structures. I work with a group that has a sub-team focused on cost, one on customer service, and one on inventory, but lack alignment on a standard definition of supply chain excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. The Supply Chain Executives were not interested in the project, and as a result, did not see the value.” ” My take?

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 15, 2018

Van Gundy believes the corporate landscape is different from what it was in the early 2000s and during the Great Recession of 2007-2008. Where in the past they might have focused primarily on days payable outstanding (DPO) as a financial metric, they’re now giving equal attention to days sales outstanding (DSO) and inventory levels.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Spreadsheets are not without limitations and issues that can be critical for a business, especially in supply chain management. As a newcomer to this world, I have learned just how complex, dynamic and complicated a supply chain can be. A poor procurement choice based on stale data can lead to a decline in profits.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This week, I spoke at a University of Wisconsin event on responsiveness and ASCM on the future of supply chain planning. Here I want to share insights on my beliefs on the future of Supply Chain Planning. Managing supply chains in the face of this level of uncertainty is new and unprecedented.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

Social media awash with pictures of supply chain professionals attending the Lady Gaga event at SAP’s Sapphire, celebrating with drinks at the Gartner event, or rocking to the ZZ Top performance at JDA’s Icon conference trumpeted excitement. Meanwhile, in my travels, supply chain discussions are moving to main street.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Another manager in the computers and electrics sector stated that: “Tariffs continue to cause confusion and uncertainty for long-term procurement decisions. The Inventories Index registered 49.2, meaning companies in total decreased inventory in the month, but at a slower pace.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. companies are reshoring and foreign companies are investing in U.S.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. The second component of USBLC, inventory carrying costs (28.4% In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. companies are reshoring and foreign companies are investing in U.S.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

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