Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2021

Supply chain management is a team sport. Just as there are many flavors of sports teams, there are many types of supply chains. The supply chain is also a team sport needing clear goals, rules, and coaches. When a company attempts to automate processes without clarity, problems ensue.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2016

Think back to 2012 when Sam Taylor, CEO of Oriental Trading Company , went undercover in his own company. One of the most surprising parts of the episode showed a warehouse worker using a voice-automated picking system (see video below), and the worker would then scan the product with a scanner on the tip of his finger.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 26, 2012

But 2012 is an extra-special year; it carries heavy historical baggage chock full of dire predictions. Nostradamus painted a bleak picture of massive destruction and mayhem brought about by a comet in 2012. In the tradition of David Letterman, (in no particular order) let’s hit the Top 10 Supply Chain Predictions for 2012.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 1, 2022

Over the last decade, the organization grew larger and more political in the journey from regional to global supply chain structures. Ironically, analytics capabilities increased greatly, while organizational capabilities precipitously declined. Expect write-downs, firesales, and rethinking supply chain strategies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The supply chain team’s past thirty-two months of disruption were a long, winding road full of surprises. Make, source, and deliver need to be managed together based on analytics that sense and respond at the speed of business. Results in the Automotive Industry for the period of 2012-2021. “ Wikipedia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

In 2012, I published an article on Sales and Operations Technology (S&OP) Maturity. (I The report centers on the concept of moving from inside-out to outside-in technologies. An outside-in model requires a redefinition making today’s supply chain planning technologies legacy investments.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Current logistics and supply chain management trends are discussed very often on social media sites. In the year 2000, Journal of Business Logistics published the article named " Ten Mega-Trends That Will Revolutionize Supply Chain Logistics ". How can we identify them really? What''s Next?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. My focus was simple. I was wrong. The reason?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. The Google TMS?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2022

” He replied, “You probably don’t know much about supply chain, but I am leading a supply chain team for a company that sells tools to Home Depot. ” I smiled, and responded, “I know a little about supply chain. How are things going for you? The reason?

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 6, 2014

By SMAC I mean the acronym Cognizant , amongst others, uses for Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud. SMAC has the potential to change the manner in which the extended supply/value chain shares data, collaborates in the resolution of issues, and engages in value sharing business processes. It is about time for supply chain change.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Fleet Management Software article and permission to publish here provided by Korey Kashmer. Before going into how to choose the best fleet management software, first let’s talk about what fleet management software is and how it can benefit OTR fleets. Subscribe Here!

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

What is the #1 technology topic Descartes CEO Ed Ryan gets asked about? Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. million in FY 2012 to $203.8 pic.twitter.com/rDXqt2Q7rV. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017. In five years, the company’s revenues have grown from $114.0 million to $23.8

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 2, 2023

The term “COE” is often a commonly heard term in supply managers’ vernacular, but it’s interesting to note that Centers of Excellence as an organizational entity have been around for more than fifty years – and evolved first in the form of what was called “shared services”. Thesystemsthinkingreview.co.uk.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Warehouse automation stats show that automation is making a big impact on warehouses and distribution centers. There are many driving forces behind the automation trend, from rising labor costs to rapid growth in ecommerce sales and a growing demand for rapid order fulfillment , such as two-day and even same-day delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

We are attempting to separate hype from reality; and to test new technologies to try to redefine B2B processes. Frustration abounds Traditional thinking on linear optimization and enterprise automation is not equal to the challenge. On November 2012, the executives of Wal-Mart awoke to find that they were front page news.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In these sessions, the technology providers share their rational for the investment and invite questions. Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

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. John and I held differing beliefs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After testing outside-in supply chain planning concepts via Project Zebra, LKQ Europe realized a 17.3% Co-founded by o9 and Supply Chain Insights, Project Zebra is an open-source industry effort to define and activate outside-in processes to prove the value of outside-in supply chain planning processes.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 17, 2019

technologies that interact, communicate and create lakes of vital freight information is now entering the supply chain and these will be instrumental in bringing about the smart supply chain.”[2] ”[2] The smart factory is a huge part of that smart supply chain. Robotics and automation.

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DynaSys

MAY 31, 2021

This article is the second part of a two part series discussing the importance of Collaboration in the Supply Chain. Discover part one, Collaboration along the Supply Chain. Thus, without disputing the importance of dental hygiene it highlights the importance of the role mobile technology will have in enterprise systems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare. The technology market for B2B supply chain is consolidating.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 2, 2012

Acquisitions of Emptoris and Demandtec expanded sourcing and pricing portfolios while the new version of IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE further enhances supply chain network capabilities. These actions move IBM closer to achieving the technology requirements to support matrix commerce. Relevant use cases by customer type.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. What Is Value?

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

He quoted Amara’s Law, which says that we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. A supply as a control system, with AI/ML as a control feature. Better supply chain execution is the goal, such as reducing inventory and stock outs.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 25, 2017

by Bill DuBois This guest post comes to us from Argentus Supply Chain Recruiting , a boutique recruitment firm specializing in Supply Chain Management. As a result of technology and big data providing insights about every stage of the supply process, the Supply Chain profession has taken off.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Last week in the middle of a presentation, a supply chain leader made the statement, “We have solved the issues in supply through better optimization and use of data. Many supply chain leaders are so convinced they know the answers that they have stopped listening and learning. The issue is demand.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2017

These trends held true throughout the year and led to innovative solutions, including greater emphasis on new technologies and software applications. Obviously, supply chain entities providing less-than-truckload and other modes of transportation do not want drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. and 5 a.m.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Supply Chain Operating Networks: The building of supply chain applications using many-to-many architectures to connect multiple parties to multiple trading partners to improve multi-tier supply chain visibility, planning and execution to improve relationships in extended value chains. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2013

She cannot count the number of SCM software acquisition announcements that promised 1+1=10. Very few software acquisitions reach their potential. The supply chain management market is troubled and needs some excitement. This licensed software offering was purchased at slightly under 3X revenues. The race is on.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Experts agreed that 2013 will be a stable year relative to 2012, with maybe 1-3% of growth in 2014. Dr. Degenhart then went on to share the vision of the future for driverless vehicles based on technology that is being worked on by Continental. Running alone at a speed of 30 km/hour will be the first stage of automation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Generation Z (also known as iGen, Zoomers, or Centennials) refers to those who are born during years 1997-2012. While flexibility increased as technology accelerated throughout the 2010s, business cultures of presenteeism and profit persisted. Unlike any other cohort before them, Gen Z are natives to technology.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Forget BI and analytics. As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. In other news… JDA Software to Release Next-Generation Solution for In-Store E-Commerce Picking Operations.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Technology Services. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Publishing Resources Industries.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 25, 2017

Last year, the technology trends in logistics seemed straightforward, and many of our technology predictions came true. Technology in logistics grew beyond imagination in 2016, and you need to understand how and why. But, the FAA lifted its restrictions on drones for commercial use in late August, explains Supply Chain Digest.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Technology Services. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Publishing Resources Industries.

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