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

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

This requires bi-directional communication between trading partners in the value chain. The gaps in supply chain visibility as shown in Figure 1, are problematic for most companies. Figure 1: Current Levels of Visibility. Business Leader Confidence in ERP to Deliver on Supply Chain Visibility Requirements.

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Retailer Mandates Are Like Dominoes

AB&R

But by 2007, Walmart had begun to step back after facing unexpected hurdles. Some are leveraging RFID data to improve workflows and supply chain visibility. Many viewed this as a positive sign for the future, predicting other retailers would follow the example and issue tagging mandates of their own.

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Maintaining a Healthy Supply Chain in the Vitamin and Supplement Industry

RFgen

As nutrient products grow more popular with a health-conscious public, problems with the industry’s supply chain begin to present themselves. Food and Drug Administration found at least two instances per week of tainted vitamins or supplements sold to the public from 2007 to 2015. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Visibility.

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Maintaining a Healthy Supply Chain in the Vitamin and Supplement Industry

RFgen

As nutrient products grow more popular with a health-conscious public, problems with the industry’s supply chain begin to present themselves. Food and Drug Administration found at least two instances per week of tainted vitamins or supplements sold to the public from 2007 to 2015. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Visibility.

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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

” So, I started work with Arizona State University to take balance sheet data from 2003-2007 to analyze which combination of metrics drove the highest market capitalization. As a result of the research with ASU, I settled on the combination of growth, margin, inventory turns, and ROIC for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis. (The

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

Supply Chain Shaman

As growth slowed post 2007 recession, companies fought back. There was a surge in M&A activity, and a focus on building global supply chains. As shown in Figure 2, visibility does not have just one definition. Supply Chain Visibility: Current State of Gaps. World Trade Intensity and Annual Growth.