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Offering Prayers While Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill. The investigation into the activity at PCA began in 2009, after the U.S. As a frequent contributor of supply chain content to the industry, Lora writes by-line monthly columns for SCM Quarterly, Consumer Goods Technology, Supply Chain Movement and Supply Chain Brain.

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Logistics Industry’s Slow Economic Comeback Continues in Spite of Challenges

Supply Chain Network

Further analysis shows that 2010 was about on par with 2005, and still well below the pre-recession years. the report has tracked and measured all costs associated with moving goods through the U.S. trillion, an increase of $114 billion from 2009. The report reveals that business logistics costs rose to 8.3 percent of U.S.

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Three Lies and a Truth

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2009, the definition of supply chain resiliency was driven by the impact of the Great Recession. As I run these analysis and study value chain after value chain, I cannot find one example where supply chain processes have improved total cost and working capital. I really want to believe. I keep on looking. The data is hard to get.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

The analysis is too complex to use one of those sexy and over-marketed magic four-box charts. When I wrote a summary report at AMR Research in 2007 and 2009, there were two or 6% of the market. As seen in Figure 3, one of the greatest performance gaps is developing and managing a profitable plan analysis.

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Reducing Supply Chain Costs

Logistics Bureau

Running a spend analysis is the first step to understanding what you are spending, and therefore where you might look for savings. Your spend analysis and this basic benchmarking will show you where you are, and where you could be. Otherwise, careless cuts for one part can end up increasing costs elsewhere. And What Should It Cost You?

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. A ranking in the top 2/3 of the peer group qualifies a company for further analysis. This analysis determines which companies are driving the greatest value. About the Supply Chains to Admire Research. Operating Margin.