Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

It is true that with the rise of global sourcing, the internet, and globalization of supply chain networks, transaction costs have indeed fallen. His presentation talked about ”The problem of social costs”, and he converted this into a paper in 1961 that led to further acclaim.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

Coincidentally, at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference yesterday, I attended a presentation by Justin Dillon, Founder and CEO of Made in a Free World , a nonprofit group that is “building a coalition of consumers, businesses, and governments to disrupt the system of slavery.”

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Viewers gain understanding of the art of negotiation and its function in resolving complicated problems while maintaining lives and relationships through the hard negotiations presented in the film. A Hijacking (2013) The plot revolves around the hijacking and subsequent attempted release of a Danish cargo vessel and its crew.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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. How do you balance the trade-offs between source, make and deliver?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I have heard presentation after presentation on supply chain excellence, and I have heard industry leaders wax eloquently on how their supply chain objectives have improved value. 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.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 11, 2013

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. « Dynamic Pricing : Is it really worthy | Main | Linear Asset Management and Dynamic Segmentation- Part I » Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013. I am back again in Vegas for IBM Pulse 2013. Banking Suite.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 4, 2019

The article reminds us of what Merck R&D head Roger Perlmutter said about the subject back in 2013. “We Planners can only do so much, but what they do well is to make the best decisions possible when presented with all the data in a way that makes it easy to see what story the data is telling them. Data first.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

Given this genomic data and complex large unstructured data sources, a new role called the Data Scientist began to emerge. Davenport recalled being at a major CPG company and noted the presentations being made using the data – which consisted primarily of bar charts and pie charts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. Third Phase: 2013-future.

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In sourcing, successful manufacturers exploit all available information and analytics to make informed, strategic decisions in support of future success. The Cloud: Gartner stated that in 2013 cloud adoption rose by 40%, driven by the low total cost of ownership, which reduced both infrastructure and overall maintenance costs.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2022

Bannister and Snell conclude, “Businesses that have good visibility of their supply chains and have viable contingency plans for the pre-emptive management of disruption are far more likely to emerge stronger from the present transitionary period and costs challenges. eft, 1 February 2013. These are headline issues.”

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 15, 2015

And so, in September 2013, I wrote: ‘Getting the most out of your ERP investment will require a change of focus. At last year’s SAPHILA – the biennial conference for SAP users – there was an intriguing presentation on something called ‘Postmodern ERP’. They’re simply reminders of the real source of business value.

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Provenance

JULY 28, 2020

” – Orsola de Castro, Co-Founder Fashion Revolution (source: Global Fashion Agenda 2020). When I first saw Everlane back in 2013, as a longtime fan of Patagonia I was overjoyed to see another brand with transparency as part of its core operating system. Scaling good intentions presents challenges.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When filing a lawsuit for medical device liability due to defects, the lawyer only has to prove that the defect was present at the time of immediately after the medical device or tool was manufactured. But today’s manufacturers outsource most of the inputs and parts of their final manufactured medical devices and products.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

This can come in several ways, such as electronic updates from your partners or reports provided by your own transportation team, which presents several challenges. A TMS enables the collection of data from your supply chain through integration with data sources and interfaces that are available to your partners. Conclusion.

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 17, 2014

In the opening presentation in Miami, there was considerable reference to the SCM World Chief Supply Chain Officer Report 2013, a year-long study looking at “perspectives and practices of supply chain management around the world.”. It’s not your typical trade show and we consistently learn a lot from these SCM World events.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

If you’re interested in reading more on leadership in sourcing, the future of work or just want to learn more about SIG, feel free to subscribe at sig.org/subscribe. We recently interviewed Dawn Tiura, President and CEO of Sourcing Industry Group (SIG). Take, for example, the incident at Target that happened in 2013.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 4, 2018

The Declaration laments, “The present King of Great Britain [King George III] … combined with others to subject [the colonies] to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation.” Footnotes. [1]

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

Today, we’re proud to present Cathy Roberson’s… 3 Technology Trends Changing the Supply Chain (2015-2020) Part IV. The UPS Store (@TheUPSStore) July 31, 2013. In 2013, UPS became the first logistics provider to offer 3D printing services at select UPS Stores. Technology Trend 1: Mobile. billion by 2018 with 2.3

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Oracle SCM

AUGUST 1, 2018

One of the Supply Chain Management trends apparent at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May was highlighted by several vendor/customer presentations focused on the value of Collaboration and Visibility projects. Drive acquired sites from traditionally local, higher priced sources, to the best commodity prices.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

”[2] When the Index was first published, in 2013, the U.S. through the present crisis. Just as the coronavirus won’t go away on its own, the sources of economic innovation in the United States won’t just maintain themselves.” dropped out of a top 10 that features a cluster of European countries.”[2]

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Yesterday we spoke about the top motivations and reasons why reshoring in America from offshored facilities has several benefits and what are the statistics of reshoring since 2013. Further a hindrance to Reshoring in AMerica, the STEM and skills shortage presents another impediment to U.S. manufacturing. As the U.S.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

“There is a revolution happening because we are now able to program physical, synthetic, or biological materials to change shape, change property, compute and self-assemble,” said Skylar Tibbits, at the MIT Technology Review Emtech conference, October 9th, 2013, on the MIT campus. The self-assembled chair may be nearer than you think.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2013

So said the jury that awarded Allison Thomas, supply chain director at PepsiCo Benelux, the title of ‘Supply Chain Professional 2013’. “I Supply chain is about thinking in terms of processes, customer values and collaboration, which is a word that she used frequently.” I had plenty to talk about,” she comments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. Companies need a real-time data source on performance. The So What?

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

And customers, many of whom are Millennials, want to know the sourcing of the products they buy and will make decisions based on a company’s sustainability record. The company also set a new goal that by 2025, 40% of all ground fuel will be from sources other than conventional gasoline and diesel, an increase from 19.6%

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

In the United States alone, 3PL gross revenue increased 3.2% (a rate greater than our GDP) from 2012 to 2013 to $146.4 Leverage the 3PL’s size and scale: The size and scale of a 3PL presents greater optimization and cost savings opportunities than a shipper would have on its own. Source: Armstrong & Associates.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 1, 2013

For many companies supply chain innovation (SCI) is a key source of competitive advantage. Initial results of the research will be presented at MIT CTL’s Crossroads Conference this June, where leading companies will discuss innovations such as cloud computing and additive manufacturing.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 23, 2016

However, obstacles have presented themselves several times since then, and the latest bout of violence is not entirely new. According to Sprudge.com, violence has driven down coffee production in the past, dropping from 130,000 to 8,000 metric tons in between the 1980s and 2013, when civil conflict was at its peak.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 23, 2016

However, obstacles have presented themselves several times since then, and the latest bout of violence is not entirely new. According to Sprudge.com, violence has driven down coffee production in the past, dropping from 130,000 to 8,000 metric tons in between the 1980s and 2013, when civil conflict was at its peak.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). But as I wrote back in April 2013 , “If you look closely, Amazon’s real advantage comes from its logistics assets — the 89 distribution centers it [had at the time], including 20 opened [in 2012], with more scheduled to open in the months ahead.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2015

It was certainly the vision presented at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, where Sanish Mondkar, who was Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Ariba at the time, discussed Ariba’s plans to expand into supply chain, logistics, and inventory management processes (see my blog post and video interview with Mondkar ).

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Elementum

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Smartphone users in India doubled from 2013-2014, from 51 million to 104 million. Sourcing from multiple countries can present a headache. Domestic and overseas sourcing are two of the options that each potential e-commerce business need to choose from. In addition to access, there’s more money to spend.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 5, 2016

No, not only is the industry not declining, it is growing on a yearly basis, as you can see from My Carrier Resources's data presented in the graph below. The majority of brokers have licenses which expire during these three months because of the changes that took place in October 2013. That's a total increase of 3,367 active brokers.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

2] We presented them with a list of 40 different eco-labels and asked them how well-governed they considered each label to be. We combined this with data from www.ecolabelindex.com and other sources to determine whether a label required third-party audits, field site visits, etc. 1] ISEAL (2013).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 28, 2017

Unfortunately, most organizations place too much emphasis on data that is sourced from human input, which is not only expensive on the labor side, but it also introduces error into the picture. Without this core component—in this case, a Yard Management System (YMS)—managing and refining processes becomes somewhat of a crapshoot.

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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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