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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1% Alignment Barriers.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. I disagreed.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. Business leaders are action-oriented and competitive.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

In April 2021 the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the country will be establishing eight new freeports – and there are high expectations for the positive impact these will have on areas where they are located. This helps to improve cash flow cycles and facilitate just-in-time inventory control.

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The Secret to Selling on Instagram: Everything Ecommerce Companies Need to Know

ShipBob

With its global market valued at $492 billion in 2021, social commerce has been exploding in popularity, and it’s expected to grow more than 2 times its current value to $1.2 Instagram Shopping has streamlined the social commerce shopping experience by offering valuable features that simplify selling and purchasing goods.

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Top 10 Successful Entrepreneurs in India that are Changing the eCommerce

Vinculum

” Annual Turnover: Rs 51,176 crore (FY 2021-22). Annual Turnover: Rs 980 crore (FY 2021). Customers can now reload their Metro cards, pay their water and electricity bills, transfer money to other bank accounts, reserve hotels, buy rail and bus tickets, and more. 2500 crores (FY 2021). Startup: Ola. Startup: Paytm.

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

I started Freightos a decade ago, in 2012. I can walk into a local shop and purchase products from all around the globe. We paid the price for inefficient shipping, both in direct costs, and the cost of maintaining buffer inventory to cover for all the unpredictability. Between 2012 and 2019 we made the most of what we had.