Enterra Insights

JANUARY 26, 2021

Technology is defined as the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. To narrow the discussion, I will look at the technology trends identified by two of the world’s largest consulting firms — Deloitte and Gartner. In Part Two, I will discuss Gartner’s nine technology trends.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In many digital transformation-focused discussions, the “enterprise” and the “supply chain” are separate conversations. Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, insists, “The supply chain IS Business, not a department within a business.”[1]

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

What makes or breaks a new technology in manufacturing? The answer lies in how employees respond to the technology, how it benefits overall production value and if it can be leveraged directly to protect the business and consumers simultaneously. Advanced Robotics and Automation Have Boosted Production and Distribution.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 31, 2019

The modern supply chain is mind-boggling. Much of that “paperwork” is now done electronically, which is why consultants are increasingly touting the benefits of the digital supply chain. ” This begs the question: Is the digital supply chain about digitization or digital transformation?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

2013 has certainly been an interesting year! I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, this mature team found the technology insufficient. Despite the deployment of what is considered to be the most mature technologies by the organization, the most important processes–allocation and Available to Promise (ATP)–are largely manual. One of the most advanced teams was a division of DuPont. (At Measure it.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 17, 2017

What supply chain technology trends are set to revolutionize your supply chain in 2017 and beyond? Supply chain executives recognize digital disruption is carving new opportunities in business process automation and organizational management – with increasing tenacity. Big Data Analytics.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 Do Facebook and Twitter Need a Logistics Strategy?

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Bottom line: Machine learning makes it possible to discover patterns in supply chain management data by relying on algorithms that quickly pinpoint the most influential factors to a supply networks’ success, while constantly learning in the process. How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2019

Supply chain managers probably come as close to being generalists as anyone in the business field. That’s why Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, insists, “The supply chain IS Business, not a department within a business.”[1] Supply chain management requires analytical thinking.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

I had the opportunity to attend the CAO conference in Chicago this week where I sat on a panel discussing the topic “Creating an Analytics Culture.”. The session was kicked off by Tom Davenport, the recognized ‘guru’ of analytics who has written several books and many articles on the subject. Many versions of 1.0

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations.

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Last week was the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. 110 supply chain leaders attended. In preparation for the summit, we readied the final report of the work on translating balance sheet results into a methodology to judge Supply Chain Excellence. A big bang technology focus has not worked.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

The internet giant may have started off in a garage, focusing on indexing the world’s information, but Google has since become famous for other experiments it runs, from automated cars to i nternet routers on weather balloons. Technology Trend 1: Mobile. What roles will this play in supply chain? through 2018.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

The success of the third-party logistics industry is evident in the generally high marks given to 3PLs by respondents to a survey as part of the 2013 17th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, which identifies trends and explores how both 3PLs and shippers are using these relationships to improve and enhance their businesses and supply chains.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt. According to Accenture, 94% of Fortune 1000 companies saw supply chain disruptions and 75% had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses due to the pandemic. Procurement Teams Step-up. It’s critical to be vigilant.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 16, 2016

Nadella said today’s work is split between tools workers use to get their jobs done, such as Microsoft’s Office programs, and professional networks that connect workers. Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM). The deal, he said, aims to weave those two pieces together.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Read on to hear Craig’s expert insights on the current landscape and what companies can do to accelerate supply chain resilience in the midst of increased supply chain disruptions. Tell us a bit about your background in Life Sciences. How is the Life Sciences industry different post-COVID?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2016

Editor’s Note: Today’s post revisits some great advice offered by supply chain and logitics executives to students and young professionals in past episodes of Talking Logistics. We originially shared these brief video excerpts in 2013 and 2014, but we’ve compiled them here again in case you missed them the first time.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 24, 2015

There was a lot of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to it. Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. LEGACY Supply Chain Services Launches Grader Tool and eBook to Evaluate Supply Chain Performance.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 31, 2017

An important differentiation between data governance, business intelligence, business analytics cognitive analytics and predictive analytics is needed as a basis for building a digital supply chain strategy. Enable better decision making in the end to end supply chain.

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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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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

For most companies today there is great room for improvement in the supply chain. Companies want a supply chain that is more aligned and agile. Current State of Supply Chains. As shown in Figure 1, we have built a global, controlled supply chain, but is this want we really want? Many Ironies.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 7, 2020

Bernardes is a professor and coordinator of the Global Supply Chain Management program at West Virginia University. He is an expert in process transformation and supply networks innovation. And He is also one of the authors of the recently released book, Digital Supply Networks. The dynamics of a DSN.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 1, 2015

As Gerard Chick and I noted in our recent book “The Procurement Value Proposition” (2015), many organizations see their supply function as a key driver of competitive advantage. To become effective at building change and value creation, procurement managers will require a different set of requisite skills.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2013

Quantifying and incorporating insights from these sources can have a measurable impact on a hotel’s performance and on its ability to captivate this hyper-connected traveler. And yes, augmenting these pricing decisions by leveraging social media Big Data is the next analytical step hotels should take. Rethinking the OTA Strategy.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Now, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: E2open and Steelwedge Join Forces to Deliver Collaborative Sales & Operations Planning Across Multi-Enterprise Business Networks. Exclusive: Wal-Mart to tear down walls between store, online buying operations – sources (Reuters).

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The Internet’s large-scale global penetration has spawned an increasingly large number of technology and web-savvy consumers, creating a huge opportunity for both industrial manufacturers and their end customers. Advanced Analytics Continue to Get a Bigger Plate at the Manufacturing Dinner Table. E-Commerce for Manufacturing.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 2, 2024

Not surprisingly, companies that employ advanced analytics to improve decision making and execution have the results to show for it.” Supply chain professionals understand that. As Lora Cecere , founder of Supply Chain Insights, has insisted for a long time, “The supply chain IS Business, not a department within a business.”[2]

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Technology Services. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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