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The 2022 China Singles Day Shopping Holiday- Muted Indications of Growth

Supply Chain Matters

Since this festival was first initiated in November of 2009, involvement among major online shopping platforms has expanded within and outside of China. However, reports of this year’s event and equivalent shopper and gross merchandise volumes (GMV) appear to be very muted.

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Performance and Improvement within the Pharmaceutical Industry for 2009-2015. Previously I worked at Nestle, and I want to start by recognizing that pharmaceutical companies have different supply chain maturity levels compared to companies in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. We are not as mature as CPG or Food/Beverage.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The report specifically indicated: “ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.”. . China’s Specific Impact. in April, from the value of 49.5 reported for March. from a value of 56.5

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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. Next week, I will be speaking at the Consumer Goods Technology (#CGT2012) event and the Institute of Business Forecasting Executive Event (#IBF12). In 2011, insurance claims and business continuity amplified the discussion.

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest

Consumer Goods and Retail Supp. Demand Planning/Forecasting. The electronic version of the 16-page Supply Chain Digest Letter on Supply Chain Performance Management 2009. or Search by TOPIC. Select Topic. Bar Coding/Label Printing. Compliance Networks. Distribution/Centers. ERP Systems. Global Logistics. SUBSCRIBER LOGIN.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

When I wrote a summary report at AMR Research in 2007 and 2009, there were two or 6% of the market. In the most mature S&OP processes, S&OP is an update to budget forecasts updates. For the Love of the Cloud. Only three vendors on the technology list do not offer a cloud-enabled service. This is a major turnaround.

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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. Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth. The ATT forecasting process at that time was best described as a séance. Operating Margin.