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Earth Day spotlight: What it means to be a Benefit Corporation in CPG

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For Earth Day, we spoke with Crisp customers (and B Corps) Good Food for Good and Purely Elizabeth to learn about the global B Corp movement and what it means to be a mission-driven CPG brand. Purely Elizabeth is a better-for-you granola brand that was founded in 2009 by Elizabeth Stein.

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The Digital Supply Chain: Making The Leap With A Ball and Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Used from the 17th century until the late mid-20th century, a ball and chain found in 2009 in the United Kingdom from the 17th century was an 18 pound ball six inches in diameter. The issue is that costs need to be continually balanced with customer service, and inventory programs against a business strategy. 2020 is four years away.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

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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.”. . They must further analyze and scrutinize inventory management process to avoid bullwhip buying effects.

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Three Lies and a Truth

Supply Chain Shaman

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Here they are: The Lie of Inventory Reduction. Repeatedly, I heard that supply chain applications have saved costs, reduced inventory and improved customer service. ” I played three lies and a truth with the group. The reason? They did not.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

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Like a hammer looking for a nail, it seems like every vendor I meet now has an S&OP solution. When I wrote a summary report at AMR Research in 2007 and 2009, there were two or 6% of the market. One of the issues that clients face is the ability to configure the application to meet their needs. It is comical. Visualization.

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

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Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.