Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

Since the inception of this blog in 2008, Supply Chain Matters has provided perspectives and takeaway thoughts from each annual report. GDP level, and a level not seen since 2008. There is no cost for paid CSCMP membership, or the report can be purchased for $249 by non CSCMP members. For 2021, U.S. percent to $1.85

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 16, 2020

Such information streamlined transactions and improved decision-making, but the ERP data did not initially permit connecting and compiling cross-functional data sources. Process improvement is a common goal cited by companies interested in upgrading their supply chains to evolve with innovative solutions.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The sentence comes as a result of the late 2008-2009 salmonella outbreak linked back to PCA plants in Texas and Georgia. The 2008-2009 outbreak was no minor outbreak (and even if it had been, should that matter?). But could have increased supplier oversight prevented the disastrous 2008-2009 outbreak? Trust but verify.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Let’s take P&G as an example. The company transitioned from an innovator in the 1990s to a late adopter in the last decade. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. A Case Study. Discontinued in 2011.

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Xeeva

MAY 3, 2018

Last week a mix of supply chain professionals were brought together in Boston to learn about digital trends affecting manufacturing and gain insights into why development, digitization, and innovation are important. He also discussed what AI is and how it’s impacting manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and other industries.

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RFgen

AUGUST 29, 2016

One such manufacturer is Dunkirk’s Coca-Cola European Partners bottling plant. A Past of Innovation. Additionally, the plant has dropped energy and water consumption by 27 and 15 percent respectively since 2008. The Panini sticker campaign is only one example of sustainability success at the Dunkirk plant.

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RFgen

AUGUST 29, 2016

One such manufacturer is Dunkirk’s Coca-Cola European Partners bottling plant. A Past of Innovation. Additionally, the plant has dropped energy and water consumption by 27 and 15 percent respectively since 2008. The Panini sticker campaign is only one example of sustainability success at the Dunkirk plant.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 20, 2013

ADVA Optical Networking, a Meiningen based manufacturer of telecommunication equipment focusing on fiber-optic transmission technology, is the winner of the Supply Chain Management Award 2013. ADVA Optical Networking is being honored for the end-to-end supply chain solution with which it has secured strategic advantages. Segmentation.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Significance. Significance.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles. In order to avoid incidents of mismatch between supply and demand, establish more efficient manufacturing and lower costs, it is necessary to establish an environment of consistent supply chain visibility.

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

Steeped in the investment world since 2008, Brian decided very early on to focus on supply chain and operations investment. After graduation in 2008 I joined Jeff Citron at KEC Ventures (noted for stock trading platform Island ECN and Vonage; Jeff is also known for Datek Online). That stayed with me.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Interest Rates : The Federal Reserve in the United States is expected to raise interest rates this week , the first increase since cutting the rate to near zero following the Great Recession in 2008.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Loading and unloading was particularly troublesome.

Shipping 120

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EcoVadis

APRIL 17, 2015

If you are in procurement, the next question you might ask is: “How do these prices affect a company’s supply chain?” While Scope 3 emissions include various sources of indirect GHGs, this blogpost zooms onto supply chain emissions, or embedded carbon. This is also called “Scope 3 emissions” – see sidebar for definition.).

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KEPLER Consulting

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

On the front line since 2008, the automotive sector was quickly forced to adapt and work on the flexibility of its model in order to maintain a robust economic performance. manufacturers have decided to go further by progressing on the notion of total cost. Recurring examples. However small lots have a double negative effect.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). In this blog, we’ll delve into the integrated Lean Six Sigma approach, exploring its benefits, deployment models, moreover the implications for SMEs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. This is disruptive innovation. The spark from Invention to Innovation is slow. Technology invention is happening, but the translation to innovation is slow.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Also, cloud is just not about the cheaper cost, it is also about agility, innovation, access to latest technology, on-demand service and scalability. Automotive.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Research has proved that the use of social media can vastly improve the sales, lower costs of procurement and bring about innovation in the supply chain.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Gopi Krishnan - As regards operator driven maintenance, I see examples of the self-service concept here. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. In this blog, with the example of Asset Management for personal health, they emphasize on identifying avenues for adding more Asset definitions to the EAM purview.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 9, 2021

And because of that, when we- and we do predictions, we’ve done this since our inception in 2008 and we’ve had a traditional format for how we do our predictions. Mary Vasile: So let’s delve into manufacturing a little bit more. But this year, we took a whole different approach. Bob Ferrari: Good question.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out) about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets. He agrees that 10 years ago, it would have been difficult to do things that we see innovators doing now, because technologies weren’t as advanced. “If

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 30, 2017

Not soon afterward, independent research companies like Vision Chain/Orchestro (now e2Open), R3, Retail Velocity and Retail Solutions, Inc (RSi) began acquiring direct POS data from hundreds of retailers and reselling the data to the consumer products manufacturers. These are aptly named Demand Signal Repositories or “DSR’s.”

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Arena Solutions

MAY 5, 2022

Jeff has extensive experience working with innovative companies in personal health and fitness and clean energy to help them deliver their solutions to market. As the founder of the Product Realization Group, Mike helps guide the world’s most innovative companies to accelerate delivery of their products, from concept to full market scale.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Few such examples are: Google is inviting its employees in the Santa Monica area to try out its Google Shopping Express service for same day delivery pilots.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For example, software shall prevent unauthorized access to obsolete documents. For example, not all requirements are equal and some deserve more attention in testing than others. The PQ typically can only be done by the manufacturer according to their intended use as expressed in their custom configuration.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

With new supply chain innovations , trends in logistics technology and advancements like automated robots making a big impact on operational efficiency, it seems that supply chain optimization is within reach for more companies than ever before. We needed something innovative, an idea out of the box to pull us out of the storm.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 20, 2019

The earliest mention of Blockchain technology was the Oct 2008 article published by the ever enigmatic, Satoshi Nakamoto which evangelized the use of distributed ledger philosophy to develop the digital current called Bitcoin. Some of the simple applications are: Procure Materials. Manufacturing sector.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 27, 2020

Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management, explains, “You have to realize that there’s almost no industry sector — and when I say that, I mean manufacturing and nonmanufacturing — that isn’t reliant on China in the United States.”[1] “This trend is most apparent in global innovations value chains.

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