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The Dance With AI

Supply Chain Shaman

The industry first started speaking of digital in 2012, but today, it is still an amorphous concept. (My My first digital supply chain presentation was in Milan at an SAP Insider conference in 2012.) (Our research shows that the projects failed to deliver value in 75% of companies.) Redefinition of Work in Planning.

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Qualcomm’s Answer to the Chip Shortage and Digital Transformation Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

At the conference, I was fortunate to see a presentation from Brent Wilson, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Qualcomm. The solution was implemented in 2012 in order to deliver a comprehensive sales and operations planning (S&OP) solution that was able to move into execution with high integrity.

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Recognizing Culture at the 2020 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards

Demand Solutions

This past March, Tim Carroll, Product Availability Team Captain at AutomationDirect, was presented the 2020 World-Class Culture Award at the Atlanta Supply Chain Awards (ASCA). They're the teams responsible for forecasting inventory requirements, managing inventory replenishment functions and sourcing inventory from suppliers.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. As shown in Table 2, for the period of 2012-2021, Mondelez is 27 th out of 35 companies in the food sector in driving improvement. Mondelez Comparison to Nestle and Industry Average for the Period of 2012-2021. As a result, obsolescence increased.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is present in 38 nations and has more than 40,000 employees. By 2012 they had implemented this multi-enterprise supply chain network (MSCN) solution. The data from Infor Nexus also helps the transportation teams do better carrier sourcing. Further, historically Molex had a focused sourcing strategy.

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Audit Safe?

Supply Chain Shaman

262 workers died in Pakistan in September 2012 in a factory fire. Just two months later, more than 100 people died in a garment fire in Bangladesh in November 2012. Walmart has worked hard on ethical sourcing. The factory had recently passed an ethical sourcing audit. Fatal fires are also a grim reminder.

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IBM Beefing Up for Matrix Commerce in 2012

Supply Chain Network

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. Matrix Commerce extends beyond the sales and customer focus to include management and optimization of supporting sourcing and supply chain facets.