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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Mistake #3.

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. We find that this is true of too few companies.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. Sustainable procurement: consists of environmentally friendly purchasing that carry reduction, reuse, and recycle. Vishal Gupta, 2013). Cardwell, 2014).

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Ariba: At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks

Talking Logistics

Last week at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, I led a discussion session titled “At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks” with about fifty senior executives in supply chain and procurement. Ariba plans to expand into supply chain, logistics, and inventory management processes, with the first solutions coming out in 2014.

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Supply Chain Executives are building “Centers of Excellence” – because they support business strategies!

NC State SCRC

Services that can be shared among the various business units of a company include finance, purchasing, inventory, payroll, hiring, and information technology. We started in 2012 as a finance back office, which included elements of the procure to pay process. A shared service is a Center of Excellence in effect.

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Collaboration and Visibility in the Supply Chain

Oracle SCM

ROI for collaboration and visibility projects can be defined in many areas of the supply chain, and by way of example (real projects) I can more easily share the value: A large grocery retailer had negotiated complex, long term, vendor managed inventory (VMI) agreements with several consumer goods suppliers. Reducing in store stock outs.