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During my current supplychain planning market research, I have received briefings from several SCP companies. The people who work with us are those who really, truly believe in what we believed in from the start, that is, autonomous supplychains are possible. That was our vision, even starting back in 2010.
As supplychain leaders face heightened demand uncertainty and extreme supplychain disruption, the answer is not going to come from Silcon Valley. Big Tech innovation did very little to improve supplychains, but the implications of these layoffs loom large adding another layer to the current disruption.
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I feel that topic of supplychain management is analogous to the downward cycle of the news channels. What Drives SupplyChain Excellence? I analyze supplychain management. There is the story of aggressive sales teams over-hyping the promise of technology to drive balance sheet improvement.
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For the past five years, the team at SupplyChain Insights identified SupplyChains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). About the SupplyChains to Admire Methodology.
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Located in the United Kingdom (UK), he has more than twelve years of experience in progressive roles driving demand-drive projects for their global supplychain. At the SupplyChain insights Global Summit , Nick shared his story on driving demand-based improvements. Understanding the Lubricant SupplyChain.
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Original version published in APICS Extra , July 2010. Supplychain executives were under pressure to develop more efficient, customer-centric supplychains while finding innovative ways to reduce costs and enable growth. Explore Modern End-to-End SupplyChain for Real Business Growth. FREE EBOOK.
After the SupplyChain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the SupplyChain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supplychain finance in driving supplychain excellence.
Being a supplychain gal, I think that supplychain leaders can help. In the chart in Figure 1, let’s look more closely at the healthcare value chain. The first value is the average for the period of 2010-2016 while the second number shows the average change comparing 2016 to 2010.
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Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supplychain processes. In the words of a supplychain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. When I first met Nick, he was driving a supplychain transformation at VTech Communications. Inventory Turns.
The 1990’s technologies of Advanced Planning (APS) along with Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) amplify the bullwhip effect within the supplychain resulting in the loss of agility and an inflexible response for the long tail. The Definition of the SupplyChain Long Tail.
In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supplychain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & SupplyChain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).
Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in SupplyChain Excellence. He felt strongly that supplychain leaders knew how to drive supplychain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches.
Following the outbreak of the pandemic, many companies were forced to confront the fact that their supplychains were not as resilient as they had hoped they were. National lockdowns and social distancing measures exposed serious weak points in the supplychain, causing huge delays and disruptions, which affected people’s daily lives.”[1]
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A lasso is what supplychain leaders would like to have. I frequently see groups of supplychain leaders arguing about the right for individual businesses to define their own systems/process. There needs to be a common definition of supplychain excellence. Form and Function of Inventory. Data Models.
In the supplychain, the questions do not change; but the answers do. Quote from a SupplyChain Leader at a Conference in Europe. Yesterday, Peter Bolstorff, Executive Director, APICS SupplyChain Council, called to discuss the use of the SupplyChain Index by APICS to measure supplychain improvement.
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However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supplychain excellence. Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 million employees without a focus on good supplychain management.
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China trade dynamics and supplychain volatilities. Scheduled for November 21-22, 2025 at the Chattanooga Convention Center, the festival will feature interactive sessions, technology demos, and networking opportunities focused on topics like market forecasts, sustainability, and digital transformation. “The U.S.
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