Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. It is clear.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this blog, Andy discusses the health of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing technology orders, and setting benchmarks for company performance. The State of the Health of The US Manufacturing Sector & Manufacturing Technology Orders. USMTO is managed by AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

The Boston Consulting Group said at the 2015 Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Marketing Institute (GMA/FMI) supply chain conference that 22% of polled respondents said less accurate forecasts were one of their top hurdles to improving service. Steutermann calls this “ shifting from sell-in to sell-through ”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 22, 2016

Source: Wall Street Journal. A new report by SupplyChainDigest: “Supplier Integration in an Outsourced Supply Chain World: A Benchmark Report,” showed a growing trend in supply chain outsourcing among manufacturing companies. Source: Arkieva Supply Chain Blog. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. Source: CBR.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Back in 2014, I remember talking on a webinar about Supply Chain KPIs , and when asked about my thoughts on these, I responded as follows: 1) Make them ‘meaningful’. Its purpose is to monitor the percentage of sales or purchase orders that are made on time. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2014.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 9, 2014

If attendance at both conferences is anything to go by, 2015 is going to be even busier than 2014. Or, as Angel Mendez of Cisco likes to say, yesterday’s stretch goal is today’s benchmark. At the conference, that transformation was captured best by a pharmaceutical manufacturer and Schneider Electric.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 25, 2018

Incentives for carriers to purchase new trucks include better fuel economy, lower maintenance costs, higher reliability, and improved driver recruitment and retention. Smaller carriers purchasing used trucks may be able to recruit friends and family members to join the business during these strong economic times.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

While traditional forecasting approaches use statistics to model history assuming that historic shipments and order patterns represent future market patterns, in the times of market volatility, especially for manufacturers two-five levels back in the supply chain, traditionally forecasting is not adequate.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

As the world is more distributed and players within the supply chain in transportation, manufacturing, and distribution are varied, applying a supplier quality management system in your business may allow you to stay more strategic and collaborative. Examples and Case Studies from the Implementation of a Supplier Quality Management System.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Thirdly I have set up global raw material supply (GMS), a supply entity that consolidates CAN’s global purchase orders and global vendors to plan and deliver raw materials for our manufacturing sites. Our buyers are purchasing micro ingredients, such as vitamins, additives, minerals, etc. All three should be in balance.”.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

RALEIGH, NC, April 15, 2014 — Is it important to connect your supply chain strategy with your business strategy? Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium is the premier source for supply chain benchmarking and best practices knowledge. Click here to download the report and receive additional information.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

What’s in manufacturing? By integrating order data, load information across modes, yard shipments and the like, internal departments can turn to a single source of the truth and more accurately manage various aspects of the lifecycle. Complete visibility into inventory. And it requires visibility everywhere. What’s stuck at the port?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 28, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. As our main focus was towards asset intensive organizations, we looked more into Oil & Gas, Utilities and Manufacturing and Transportation industries.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 3, 2019

”[3] Analysts from global hospitality company Benchmark note, “Meat-avoiders are much plentiful and changing the way chefs approach menu offerings. ”[5] Benchmark analysts agree gut-healthy foods are on the rise. Benchmark analysts note, “Chefs are looking for new sources of protein. ”[4].

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JUNE 3, 2014

By John Kester and Maxwell Murphy June 2, 2014 7:28 p.m. Others said the complexity of their manufacturing processes made it impossible to give a definitive answer. which oversees about $13 billion in assets and focuses on corporate responsibility, says it will be developing its own criteria and benchmarks from scratch.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. Top 16 Most Popular Transportation Blog Posts of 2014. Read the Full Blog Post.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Then again, while the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was down to 50.1 in October, the Non-Manufacturing Index (NMI) is up to 59.1 This explains why the overall economy continues to move forward, even though manufacturing is stuck in neutral. Some Shippers Roll Back Contract Rate Increases. Contract rates are another story.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Recently, I spoke to a major European retailer that lost 5% of their grocery revenues to Amazon in the first quarter of 2014. These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. They also enable the evaluation of networks for both sales and procurement relationships to optimize the flows upstream and downstream.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied. These solutions require greater insights and understanding by the manufacturer and implementing company.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. In 2014, Deere & Company was listed 80th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking and was 307th in the 2013 Fortune Global 500 ranking.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales over $19 billion, more than 80,000 employees and more than 60 manufacturing and technology research centers globally. A service level agreement with Logistics KPIs would help monitor these objectives.

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EcoVadis

AUGUST 23, 2012

First specialized disclosure report to be filed on May 31, 2014 (for the 2013 calendar year) and annually on May 31 every year thereafter. The reporting company must have influence over the manufacturing. For example, a company that uses its own brand to a fully generic product manufactured by a third party will not be impacted.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

We get their operation scalable and predictive, and reach a stage where brands can offer predictive time slots before the order is purchased. Where are you from the benchmark perspective? If the customer is not yours, you are a manufacturer. For companies that had tens of thousands of drivers, we partnered with them.

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