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

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Commercial and operating teams in manufacturing organizations greater than 5B$ in annual revenue were more aligned in 2007, at the beginning of the recession, than in 2020, the start of the pandemic. Alignment Barriers.

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The State of Globalization in a Fragile World

SCM Research

In spite of growing anti-globalization tensions in many countries, the report indicates that globalization hits a new record high, as the aforementioned flows all intensified significantly for the first time since 2007. “This is important because, when people overestimate international flows, they tend to worry more about them.

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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The first iPhone only came out in 2007 – ushering in smart phone apps and all the rest in very quick succession. A recent report in AZO Cleantech goes into the detail on how promising research showed aluminum-sulfur battery design has really come along. The answer would definitely be within the last 10 years. The Energy Grid.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) Now I was naive when I wrote the reports at AMR. Mistake #5.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. Agility relies on having this kind transparency at your fingertips, through concurrent planning, so you aren’t waiting on analysis and a report from a link up or down the chain.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

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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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

We started the pandemic with twenty-one more days of inventory than we had in 2007. However, based on industry and experience, 21% of manufacturers reported struggling during the first part of the pandemic. As Company, after Company, reports earnings shortfalls, the supply chain takes on even greater importance. Rebuilding.