Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

.’ SCM as defined by Keith Oliver could be construed as Macro Supply Chain Management (Macro-SCM), since it involves the global network processes from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumption of the finished product linking across supplier-user companies. Below is her top ten list of supply chain worries in 2012: 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

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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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Investment is flowing into supply chain companies. In 2021, more than $25 billion was invested in supply chain companies in just the first three quarters of the year. One successful private equity backed company is the unicorn Locus Robotics. Mr. Welty tried to accelerate the growth of this WMS company with outside investment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. So, I sucked it up and consented. The result?

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Swimsuits and dresses for weddings—you never buy just one,” says Joanie Demer, co-founder of Krazy Coupon Lady. People who buy portable generators during weather emergencies use them until the emergencies have ended, and then those go back too. Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. To our knowledge, Shell is the only company globally to have used both demand sensing and DDMRP capabilities. To understand Nick’s opportunities and challenges, let’s start with some company numbers to give the reader perspective.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider. They are primarily focused on cost management on new purchase decisions. Pharmaceutical companies are facing a patent cliff with a 24% decline in operating margins over the last decade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans.

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Freightos

MAY 31, 2022

I started Freightos a decade ago, in 2012. I can walk into a local shop and purchase products from all around the globe. This isn’t just about consumerism; it’s inspiring to think that in purchasing an imported product, we are, in a tiny way, helping provide employment for people across our planet, often in developing countries.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Shahzaib Khan discusses Resilinc’s journey toward AI-driven supply chain excellence From its early inception in the 60s’ to its increasingly available public access, artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way. Then, we look at where each company is manufacturing, housing, assembling, and testing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 29, 2015

Figure 1 came from the 2012 study. (We The company is now profitably operating at a run rate of 70M in annual revenues. The company secured $22.5 E2open went public in July 2012 and in February 2015 participated in a private buy-out for $273M by Insight Venture Partners. 3) Higher User Satisfaction.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

That’s the question I asked two years ago, after a labor dispute at the West Coast ports brought operations to a crawl, resulting in significant delays and costs for companies across many industries. In the coming months, the company plans to conduct self-driving tests with humans on board, similar to the way Waymo has conducted more than 2.5

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are a number of excellent reasons circular economies are desirable, including less waste and better use of limited resources. Not much movement towards circular economies has taken place since then; especially in how consumers prefer to buy, use, and dispose of products. ” The Green Supply Chain , 31 July 2012.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Third party logistics (3PL) and outsourcing of nearly every conceivable logistics function is a known, proven, and highly mature strategy that delivers near immediate financial and operational performance efficiencies that assist companies to reduce costs and improve supply chain performance. dollars) in 2012 – a 9.9% billion (U.S.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

This article will show you how one of the worlds leading companies put a theory into practice and survive many supply chain disruptions. The company won the ISM 2012 Award for Excellence in Supply Management (category:process). Gather around! Literature Review. Cisco System Case Study. And according to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I estimate that the company had annual sales of 30M$. ” The company’s press release rhetoric is bullish. ” I struggled to understand how a company focused just on S&OP could be viable. I questioned the size of the market, and if companies needed a standalone S&OP solution. I was not sure.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 12, 2019

Since 2012, about a quarter of total annual retail ecommerce revenue has been generated during the holiday season. For example, offering either 10% off the entire purchase or a free small gift when a customer retweets a specific tweet. Believe it or not, the busiest shopping season of the year is nearly here. Download the Guide.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

When someone hears the company name “Walmart” several things come to mind from a pop culture standpoint. However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. ” The Key’s To Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Excellence over the Year.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Still, after nearly 150 years, it remains a privately owned company. We started in 2012 and we are currently in the roll-out phase across the regions in terms of processes, organisational structures, measures, developing the roles and responsibilities of the players, educating and training and implementing technology.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 4, 2015

It is proven time and time again that those companies who master all of the chains in the many faceted practice of supply chain management have a competitive advantage. We are lucky to also feature the great supply chain of Staples, who recently purchased Office Depot. The following post is a guest post from the H.H. We hope you enjoy!

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Over the past few decades, companies have realized that the way they bring products to market – from sourcing parts and services, to manufacturing, to shipping, to distribution – isn’t just a practical necessity, but an avenue for competitive advantage. Instead of only using Supply Chain terms like fill rate, inventory turns, etc.,

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 20, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. I lost track of how many carrots we had and ended up buying more when we really didn’t need any.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 24, 2013

More and more companies are struggling to make progress in operating margin and inventory cycles. E-commerce is a More Profitable Channel than Traditional Bricks and Mortar Sales. Ten years ago, Amazon was an online book retailer, yet today a family can buy a wide variety of items, including groceries with next day delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

AGCO was honored to receive the AME 2017 Excellence Award. The company makes highly complex machines at a low-volume. As shown in Table A, the Company ranked 3 out of 12 companies in their peer group on driving supply chain improvement as measured by the Supply Chain Index. Today, I got a quick email from Peggy Gulick.

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Vinculum

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Take a look at the top 10 ECommerce Companies in the UAE. Souq.com is the top-ranked eCommerce Company in the UAE. By providing services that enable customers to buy things without leaving their homes or offices, Souq offers close to 7 million products from more than 1,500 companies. Sharafdg.com . Apple.com/Next.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

They are not the same, and the delivery of a demand-driven strategy does not mean the company will enable a customer-centric supply chain, or build/implement outside-in processes. In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. For most companies it is weeks and months, but can be multiple quarters.).

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

In 2012, the U.S. company’s peanut plant in New Mexico. This action occurred after the company sold salmonella-tainted organic peanut butter that was used in hundreds of food products for perhaps as long as two years. Perhaps that is because these companies were using either paper-based or only partially automated systems.

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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 can we learn?

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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 the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

These 36 innovative companies have figured out how to hack their operations, gaining some financial or media recognition for their methods. In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The $45 per share offer price represents a 33 percent premium to JDA’s stock price on October 26, 2012 – the day before market rumors surfaced stating JDA was exploring a sale. The Board of Directors of JDA has approved the transaction, which will create one of the largest global software companies with combined revenues of over $1 billion.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 17, 2012

They are redefining retail and opening up an opportunity for consumer products companies to ship directly to their consumers and disintermediate. It will become an extension of the training that we will launch with the publication of the book Bricks Matter in the fall of 2012. We want to be the team that you will turn to first.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Django Unchained (2012) In “Django Unchained,” the compelling story of Django, a former slave who became a bounty hunter, is explored. As the evidence against Roman grows, he takes hostages to buy time while he investigates. Django is on a mission to save his wife Broomhilda from cruel plantation owner Calvin Candie.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

« Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season | Main | Fraud vs Customer Centricity - III » Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Layaway: • The customer selects the product that she wants to buy. Not all products may be eligible for BNPL). •

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Vinculum

JULY 1, 2022

Qoo10 was renamed eBay in 2012 after eBay purchased Gmarket, a joint venture between eBay and Giosis. After successfully growing beyond Singapore’s boundaries, Qoo10 is now the country’s leading eCommerce company. Purchases can be made using the company’s website or mobile app. Reebonz has over 4.5

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Procurement is an integral part of any company in any industry. While historically companies have performed this function internally it is increasingly recognized as being more strategic to have a well functioning Procurement capability, as opposed to just having a Purchasing department. www.ProcurePro.ca. www.ProcurePro.ca.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

But as I wrote back in April 2013 , “If you look closely, Amazon’s real advantage comes from its logistics assets — the 89 distribution centers it [had at the time], including 20 opened [in 2012], with more scheduled to open in the months ahead. For related commentary, see: In Logistics, Somebody Has to Own the Assets. The Google TMS?

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