Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

When I wrote the book Bricks Matter , I wanted to write a celebratory book on why the adoption of new technologies and practices in supply chain had improved corporate performance. I am looking at the data for 2000-2013 for several reasons. ” I heard this time-after-time in my interviews for the book Bricks Matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

I now have a working manuscript for the entire book of Metrics That Matter. Writing this book has been like a black cloud hanging over my head. I jeopardized the release date of the book by taking an extra three months to finish the Supply Chain Index work. The book is now 98,482 words and eight chapters. Reflections.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late. Only 29% of manufacturers easily manage total cost trade-offs. There is no correlation between technology or consulting partner selection and market capitalization or Price to Tangible Book. You know, the look of peers communicating the signal, you are late.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. Let me just state for the record that “Saying that you are going to write a book, is far more exciting than writing one.” Writing the book is helping me to get perspective. I would like to be on vacation with them, but it is not in the cards.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. While such an application might have been effective, and Procter and Gamble might have been pleased, it is not in conformance with the approved manufacturing process instruction specification for the aircraft. That was up from a reported 10 percent in 2013.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 11, 2014

MIT’s Professor Suzanne Berger believes that US manufacturers need more support. The US can be a lonely place for manufacturers, believes MIT Professor Suzanne Berger. To illustrate the point, Berger compared Germany’s manufacturing sector to its counterpart in the US. Meanwhile, companies must do the best they can.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

At the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Rick Sather , now VP of Supply Chain for Jack-O-links stated that “there should be an app for that.” The event will be invitation only for fifteen manufacturers and fifteen technologists. And, then quickly retorted holding up his phone, “but, we all know that there isn’t.”.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 22, 2020

A new movement is taking place, driven by new innovators and new, disruptive technologies such as robotics and additive layer manufacturing (ALM). However more forward-thinking organisations see this as an opportunity to revolutionise the whole design and manufacture process, to create new things in new ways. million in funding.

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SCM Research

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In the first Fairphone that will be released in December 2013, conflict-free tin and tantalum from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been integrated in the manufacturing of the phone, but that’s only a first step. To do so, we are searching for solutions by engaging in partnerships to come with alternatives to current models.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2013

This morning, I woke to receive this email in my inbox: Good morning Lora, I have read with pleasure the insightful report related to SC 2020 (race for Supply Chain – April 2013). For more on these differences, reference the book that I co-authored, Bricks Matter. I love hearing from blog readers. I have a question related to 2020.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

As I closed the book, and prepared to go to bed, my mind raced. I read Chapter 17 in the book on the difference in productivity impact of the two industrial revolutions many, many times. The effect was primarily on office productivity and entertainment, but not on manufacturing. was presented in 2013. This resonated.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

FedEx, UPS, and DHL all claim to have been the first to switch to DIM pricing in 2013, but all packages were swapped over into the DIM pricing model in 2015. In the hopes of keeping products safe, manufactures, and shippers have turned to excessive waste of packaging. e-Book] 8 Big Factors to Consider for Efficient LTL Shipping.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. the company is owned today by 20 organizations representing manufacturers, distributors, hospitals and group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Let me know.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“The idea of the value chain is based on the process view of organizations, the idea of seeing a manufacturing (or service) organisation as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. ” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. Tipping points are fascinating to watch.

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SCM Research

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

He is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI contributor and author of books, including The Global Supply Chain – 2017 and How Logistics Shapes Our Lives – 2013 (German). Wolfgang Lehmacher is Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

The session was kicked off by Tom Davenport, the recognized ‘guru’ of analytics who has written several books and many articles on the subject. Tom founded the International Institute of Analytics which runs the conference, and I work with him and his team as a lead faculty for the “Manufacturing Analytics” track of IIA.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I am also proud of the book, Bricks Matter, that I co-authored with Charlie Chase. The book is now in its second printing. In 2013, we will continue to serve this community by expanding services. This will be a monthly public two-day training course in manufacturing centers in Europe and the United States.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. Selection of our Global Summit speakers: On September 11-12, 2013, we will be holding our first Global Summit. Publication of our next book. Supply Chain Strategy Sessions.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

A distributor or manufacturer’s strength is in making product—its focus is procurement and streamlining production, but without the capability to fulfill orders, it is doomed. percent in 2010-2013. percent from 2013-2016. Here are the details. The growth of the U.S. third party logistics industry was at a healthy 4.5

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We studied this pre and post-recession.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Note in Figure 1 that BASF drove great improvement in the period of 2009-2013, but then slowed in 2014-2015. Value, i.e. Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV). I worked in Hong Kong for 4 years during 2009 to 2013. which focuses on digitization focusing on sourcing, manufacturing, sales & marketing and supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2012

At the beginning of the day, Steve Keifer, VP of Marketing, handed me a copy of his book, Herding Geese. I get a lot of books. The book is a good read. < > I am often asked for a list of good books on supply chain, and I don’t have many on my list. .> I did not think much about it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Dave will be speaking on his journey along with other supply chain leaders at the Supply Chain Insight sGlobal Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona on September 10th and 11th. These interviews of supply chain leaders will be collated into our fourth book on supply chain excellencewhich will publish at ourconference in September 2015.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

March 2013 was the coldest in decades for much of Europe and the eastern United States. Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish apparel giant, reported lower like-for-like sales in the first quarter of 2013 and attributed the fall to the unusually cold weather. He is co-author of the recently published book Strategy is Digital.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

The First Hyperloop Booking App Is Already Here (Fast Co.Design). Remember that patent Amazon filed back in November 2013 that envisioned sending 3D manufacturing instructions to a truck equipped with a 3D printer that could manufacture an ordered product while enroute to the customer?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2017

companies that move manufacturing operations overseas? Mexico trade and relations, which is not only a concern for manufacturers and retailers, but also logistics companies. Shippers get immediate access to pricing information based on their shipment characteristics, availability of trucks and last-booked rates.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Since Cisco outsources most of their manufacturing activities, this method may not work if youre a manufacturing company and youre in the impact zone. Lesson learned from Japan is that, you need another kind of IT system if youre in a manufacturing company. 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Main | TOC for Electric Utility industry.Part 1 » Face book, Twitter and Asset Management. December 2013. November 2013. September 2013. August 2013. April 2013. March 2013. February 2013. January 2013. Automotive. Communication Services.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

DB Schenker Takes $25 Million Stake in Online Freight Booking Platform uShip (WSJ – sub. Back in August 2013, I wrote a post titled “ Is the Traditional S&OP Process Outdated and Heading to Extinction? Amazon’s delivery drones may drop packages via parachute (CNN).

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

A Hijacking (2013) The plot revolves around the hijacking and subsequent attempted release of a Danish cargo vessel and its crew. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) In “The Wolf of Wall Street,” the narrative is based on the true events of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, who amasses money and success by dishonest and criminal means.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 14, 2020

First, develop contracts with manufacturers of healthcare supplies. These have to be firm contracts – asking Manufacturers to “reserve” capacity/quantities of material to supplement the SNS is not going to happen. Our manufacturers most often rely upon foreign supply chains.

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Provenance

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

74% of the UK public think clothing brands should be responsible for what happens in their supply chains, but only 11% feel they are kept well-informed about the impacts of clothing manufacturing on the environment and people. – BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE. The Changing Markets Foundation, January 2019. SIGN UP NOW.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MAY 2, 2014

  Supply chains have become global in part because of outsourcing as companies want to be ‘nimble’, carry fewer assets on their books and lower their headcount. In November 2013, a German lawmaker met with Mr. Edward Snowden in Moscow to assist investigations into alleged U.S. Shorrock 2013).  surveillance.

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Convey

AUGUST 29, 2017

This latest funding will allow us to pursue new opportunities that help the world’s largest retailers, manufacturers and 3PLs reinvent and grow their businesses.”. Convey has already exceeded total bookings from 2016, representing a 340 percent year-over-year increase to-date. This latest round brings total funding to $15.75

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

In July 2013 E2open announced it acquired supply chain vendor icon-scm , and in June 2014 E2open announced its acquisition of SERUS Corporation, a “cloud-based manufacturing and product management provider.” There is greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and sourcing. However, there are no sure bets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

19 average) and 3 times better ROIC for the period (33% versus P&G’s 11%), note that none of these three household products companies made progress on supply chain excellence in the period of 2013-2015. The Shaman’s Journal book is a collection of best read posts organized in more readable format.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

In 2013 Nokia took full ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, buying the other half of the venture from Siemens, and 2014 sold its handset business to Microsoft. As senior vice president operations, I am the business owner of all operations from demand planning to execution, procurement to manufacturing. What is your responsibility? “As

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