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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Finally, in other technology news, the Boston Business Journal reports that “Boston-based Celect has raised $10 million for its software that lets retailers purchase and deploy their inventory more efficiently by predicting what customers will be most interested in buying.” Still managing your supply chain with Excel macros?

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Provoking the Industry to Move Past Incrementalism

Supply Chain Shaman

Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. In February 2014, the price was $103.40. Today, we find ourselves in a hype cycle.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. The implementation of a Demand-Driven Materials Requirements Planning (DDMRP) using Orchestr8 followed in 2017. What can often look like compliance in APO could actually be numbers calculated in Excel and posted into the SAP system.

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10 reasons to attend SustaIn 2017

EcoVadis

2017 marking EcoVadis’ 10th anniversary, this year’s event will be particularly rich in top quality content, and surely our best edition to date. Here are 10 reasons why you don’t want to miss SustaIn 2017. Gilles Testu – VP – Purchasing Strategy Processes & Systems, PSA Peugeot-Citroen.

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Can Supply Chains Adjust to a Circular Economy Over the Next Decade? Part 1

Enterra Insights

There are a number of excellent reasons circular economies are desirable, including less waste and better use of limited resources. Not much movement towards circular economies has taken place since then; especially in how consumers prefer to buy, use, and dispose of products. Footnotes. [1] 4] Smart Cities World , op.

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Top Trends in Luxury Brands That Will Influence the Future of Your Supply Chain

DynaSys

Sales in mainland China have grown by 18% in 2017 after a two-year crisis that spread doubt in the market (figures reported by Claudia d’Arpizio, partner at Bain). For example, European consumers prefer to buy in their region (75%), then abroad (19%) or at the airport (6%). The Digital Experience.