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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

I define supply chain excellence as year-over-year performance better than the peer group on this balanced scorecard. Orbit Chart of TJX Versus Peer Group for the Period of 2010-2019. Orbit Chart for Ecolab at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin Versus the Chemical Industry for the Period of 2010-2019.

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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The prevalence of smoking is going down, but the world’s population is increasing; the net result is that the forecast for the number of smokers is essentially flat in 2025 as compared to 2010. It was predictable. Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same. PMI was not an easy prospect.

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6 Strategies for Better Supply Chain Management in the Current Economy

Oracle SCM

Original version published in APICS Extra , July 2010. Companies tripped over themselves to build ecommerce portals, and one-click purchasing grew in relevance. By Maha Muzumdar. All of these changes in the marketplace meant that supply chains had been disrupted forever. Company leaders did what they could to adapt.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Analytical innovation and digital transformation drove step-change capabilities within the office and marketing. High-velocity or streaming data requires different architectures built on non-relational, cloud-based architectures using open source tools like Apache Spark. As a result, many companies are struggling. The reason?

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Impact of SMAC on Enterprise Software Applications - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Abstract Technologies such as Social networking, mobile, analytics and cloud computing have been shaking the IT industry for past several years. Analytics Analytics means scientific and systematic analysis of data.

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Supply Chain Management:The Learning from the 2012 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. My guest commentary comes at the end of December as the early indicators from the 2012 surge holiday buying period already point to yet another set of significant learning for global retailers. Customer Service.

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Supply Chain Management:Leveraging Social Media for Improving.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Customers who are interested to buy a product online or are sure that the product cannot be returned are particularly concerned about the quality and the correct utility of the product. Business Process Outsourcing.