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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus was on margin and quality. In 2008, the demand planner leaves the meatpacking Company to train for the Olympics. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030. The team understood the importance of margin management, focusing only on cost as an input to margin.

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Will 2018 be the Start of the Robot Revolution?

Enterra Insights

The MENAFN analysts note, “If one types ‘artificial intelligence’ on — a tool that allows us to check how often a term was printed in a book between 1800 and 2008 — we can clearly see that our modern-day hype, hope and fears concerning AI are by no means a novelty.” Undoubtedly. ” Summary. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? A better sourcing strategy

Resilinc

Its reputation for quality? Toyota’s thinking about supply chain risk management began to shift in the wake of the 2008 financial crash that bankrupted many important automotive suppliers. For the first time in 90 years, Toyota has become America’s top-selling automaker. Was it Toyota’s marketing?

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? Supply chain visibility

Resilinc

Its reputation for quality? Toyota’s thinking about supply chain risk management began to shift in the wake of the 2008 financial crash that bankrupted many important automotive suppliers. For the first time in 90 years, Toyota has become America’s top-selling automaker. Was it Toyota’s marketing?

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? Better SCRM

Resilinc

Its reputation for quality? Toyota’s thinking about supply chain risk management began to shift in the wake of the 2008 financial crash that bankrupted many important automotive suppliers. For the first time in 90 years, Toyota has become America’s top-selling automaker. Was it Toyota’s marketing?