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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

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. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. Purchases include ICON-SCM in 2013; SERUS Corporation in 2014; Orchestro and Terra Technology in 2016; Steelwedge and Zyme in 2017; Inttra, Cloud Logistics, Entomo and Birch Worldwide in 2018; and Amber Road in 2019. Evolution is messy.

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

” Hau Lee, October 2014. Cost-to-Serve Analysis. For more on cost-to-serve analysis check out our recent report on supply chain finance. The advancements in analytics–open-source, cloud, internet-of-things (IOT), and cognitive computing–are very promising. Network Design Analysis.

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How to Build a Digital Procurement Ecosystem in 8 Minutes!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Rojas 2014). In this post, I’d like to suggest a mapping of a digital procurement ecosystem, dive into the necessity for these functionalities, and draw some conclusions as to how these focus areas can drive performance in an overall procurement organization. Source: Deloitte CPO Survey 2018.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. The question is, “Why?”

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Biggest Challenges Being Faced In Procurement Today

CormSquare

But the question is, what are the other main challenges in procurement being faced today? This survey was done on 324 senior procurement lea ders fr om 33 countries offering a deep insight into current procurement preoccupations. There is plenty to worry about. Cost Reduction. This level is higher than the previous year, 69%.

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Supply Chain Risk Report: Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Resilinc

But the risk of war is already impacting supply chains, and an invasion of Ukraine by Russia would trigger extensive and enduring disruptions which supply chain and procurement managers should assess and prepare for. But after short-term declines, trade has resumed and even grown, according to Resilinc’s analysis of data from PONARS Eurasia.

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