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Seven Supply Chain Processes To Stop Doing In The Pandemic

Supply Chain Shaman

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, didn’t make headline news. The second process to stop is collaborative sales forecasting. Collaborative sales forecasting started two decades ago with the belief that sales forecasting could help improve demand output. The reason?

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Searching for Sustainability: Balancing Economics and Environmental Objectives in Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The vital role of logistics and its decarbonisation in the fight against climate change is undisputed. Yet there are still concerns that environmental improvements might impair the economic efficiency of logistics. Distinguishing the sustainable logistics leaders. Our report is available online at [link].

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Navigating The Snails Trail: Moving to Outside-in Planning Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2012, I published an article on Sales and Operations Technology (S&OP) Maturity. (I For the purposes of this blog, market data is channel, logistics, and supplier data generated outside the organization.) The higher the volume and the more forecastable the product, demand latency is days (usually two weeks).

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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2012 (1/2)

SCM Research

LaLonde Best Paper Award (best paper published in the Journal of Business Logistics) goes to Top-down versus bottom-up demand forecasts: The value of shared point-of-sale data in the retail supply chain by Williams and Waller. The Bernard J. Enjoy reading these outstanding articles! part 2/2 ).

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

They built them between 2012 and 2014, and then enhanced them when better supply chain risk management solutions became available. Changes to the plan are based on changes to the forecast, manufacturing capacity, supplier constraints, and a host of other factors. Most companies use shipment history as the key data for forecasts.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11-15, 2018)

Talking Logistics

In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Home Depot Sets $1.2 Capstone Logistics acquires LoadDelivered, Logistical Labs (CCJ). The post This Week in Logistics News (June 11-15, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. No small talk.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Eberle is the vice president of logistics and distribution operations at Molex. Mr. van den Eijnden is the director of global logistics operations planning and systems at Molex. By 2012 they had implemented this multi-enterprise supply chain network (MSCN) solution. They worked with selected top global logistics partners.