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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? My second observation is that for 96% of public companies supply chain excellence is slip-sliding away. Reflections on Excellence. Tom Peters. Here, in this blog, I explain.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late. The topic of the meeting was the logistics to launch of the AMR Research Top 25. The topic of the meeting was the logistics to launch of the AMR Research Top 25. Popular Beliefs on Supply Chain Excellence Do Not Align With Results. .

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Parts Are Not Parts

Supply Chain Shaman

Bonuses and incentives align with functions and are often counter productive to driving supply chain excellence. Unfortunately, this PFEP “tune-up” often uses very time-consuming and manual Excel analysis that limits the frequency of optimization. It translates a buying requirement into a purchase order for requisition.

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Looking Beyond Red Arrows

Supply Chain Shaman

Growth in car buying stimulated the value chain. Reader’s note, the way to reach this chart is to first identify the average value for the metric for the period of 2010-2016. For example, the average growth rate for the automotive industry for the period of 2010-2016 is 9%. Consumer Value Networks 2010-2016.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. Bias and error.

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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

So much so that in 2010, I believed that the convergence of social and traditional enterprise applications would happen quickly. They excel in the four Ps of marketing. In January 2010, Toyota had a very messy recall for nine million vehicles globally. We have built transactional buying relationships. Absolutely!

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The basics of customer-centric multi-channel retailing (Part 1)

DELMIA Quintiq

The creation of a seamless multi-channel buying experience should always be balanced against the reasonable expectation for profit. Read also: How to achieve operational excellence with integrated retail planning. Capgemini Consulting (2010), A Framework for Enabling Multi-Channel Retailing. External References: 1.