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

Supply Chain Shaman

Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. I also share data to try to convince you to join a guiding coalition to think bigger. Sales data has the greatest bias and error due to bonus incentives. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I The data is dirty and incomplete.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. Most supply chain planning teams do not know their customers. In fact, the teams ignore the forecast. It is systemic.

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The Procurement Economy in 2019: Bracing Yourself for the Future

Jaggaer

As we’ve explored in our last two blog posts, economists are predicting a decline in global economic growth due to policy and trade issues both in the United States and the European Union , bringing an increased risk to supply chains and procurement organizations.

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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

This data will be combined with the financial ratio data and published in an Open Content Research report in April on the Supply Chain Insights Community. Pharmaceutical companies are struggling with falling margins and rising inventories. However, most do not realize that the Days of Inventory for the industry has grown 33%.

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted

QAD

The good news is, according to an April 2021 survey conducted by Automotive News Research & Data Center , 42% of automakers and parts suppliers say they will change the way they manage supply chain risk due to the current global shortage of microchips. Insufficient inventory visibility throughout the supply chain.

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

Since our inception in 2008, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions. Included in our prediction background data review are the following snippets: Global Economic Themes and Financial Outlooks. Background. Opportunity and Renewed Focus.

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Achieving enterprise-wide adoption of supply chain risk management

Resilinc

A common challenge for procurement and supply chain professionals is obtaining support from C-level leaders to invest in a robust supply chain risk management (SCRM) program. On the investment side, a detailed budget for staffing, training, software, cloud subscriptions, consulting fees, etc., Perceived high costs and conflicting objectives.