Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is the Digital Supply Chain? Rojas 2014). When building a digital procurement and sourcing ecosystem, it’s important to dig into your existing procurement process. Subscribe Here! Email Address. which always disrupts the initial undertaking.”

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Contents Supply Chain Movement 20 – 2016 Q1. Gartner and Supply Chain Media formalise partnership. Gradual changes in the European supply chain consulting market. The major consultancy firms are still acquiring smaller niche competitors to intensify their supply chain expertise.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 1, 2015

Transparent supply chain management and effective supply chain visibility is a critical tool in a company’s continued growth and successful brand image. An interesting development, as discussed in The Economist’s Why American wage growth is so lousy , stated 2014 showed that 1.3 Reevaluating Wages.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Those in the supply chain and logistics management industry have been talking a great deal about collaboration in dealing with our business partners. Are you "Radical" Enough to Make Supply Chain and Logistics Collaboration Work? 5 Skills Needed for Radical Supply Chain and Logistics Collaboration.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 29, 2015

With this varied inventory, plus a large direct sales force in more than 170 countries and an unpredictable sales cycle, effective supply chain management is critical for continued growth. Using a Service Level Agreement with effective, realistic Supply Chain & Logistics KPIs helped considerably.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2015

We continue our series on understanding the 3PL KPIs (Key performance indicators) from 3PL consultant, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain as it relates to the engagement with a 3PL. With LEAN initative implementation , human resources become process and problem solvers. Strategic Human Resource Development System.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Each blog post written is distributed into groups that reach the supply chain community as well as professionals in manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and more. Today’s post is a follow up blog post to the post written a week or so back called “Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions.”

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

As a supply chain director, manager, or boss of a multinational corporation, where the supply chain is an integral part of your business, supply chain cost reductions are always at the forefront of your team’s mind. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions.

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Kinaxis

MAY 9, 2016

by CJ Wehlage Two years ago, I made some very bold predictions on the 2014 Top 25 Supply Chains, and about 80% of them were true. Last year, I made the not-so bold predictions, as the Gartner 2015 Top 25 Supply Chain rankings were pretty much unchanged. That is, except for the new “Masters” category.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

In 2013 Nokia took full ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, buying the other half of the venture from Siemens, and 2014 sold its handset business to Microsoft. Nokia is currently preparing for another major change, its purchase of Alcatel-Lucent, which is expected to close in Q1 2016. We have to be lean. By Helen Armstrong.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions. However, with the various supply chain systems manufacturers use, such as ERP, WMS, and TMS, the systems must all provide options to integrate together with such e-commerce platforms like Magento, Shopify, and others in order to take hold in 2016.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. Therefore, it is paramount for you as a logistics and supply chain professional to have a keen sense of how to properly evaluate a supplier.

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DynaSys

MARCH 5, 2019

.” Although quality and elegance are two important concepts for luxury customers, we can see that the overall experience is now more important than the purchase of the product itself. Today, e-commerce represents an annual growth of 20%, and is a preferred method of purchase for consumers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. Let me explain.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

The data from this global virtual item master takes another step in its evolutionary journey and is refined using an online, cloud-based platform with user tools that automatically present the normalized data obtained from all sources, both internal and external, in natural English.

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ShipBob

MAY 19, 2022

That’s not to say that it’s easy for small and medium businesses (SMBs) to grow their business internationally , but rather that the solutions to certain obstacles have become more accessible. When the system was initially marketed in 1980, it was offered as a business-to-business solution. What about the supply chain crisis?

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. For discount retailers like Burlington, the supply chain is often a competitive advantage — and thus a secret recipe for success.

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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. Supplier Quality Management System Benefits.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The effect of any communications effort with this may be difficult to measure unless specific measurement tools are put in place upfront. Implementing and sustaining LEAN initiatives : 5S, Kaizen, Kanban and LEAN Six Sigma to bring value to the customer and go beyond their expectations.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Chuck Intrieri, 3PL consultant, and long time Lean Supply Chain practitioner, offers his advice on distribution center or warehouse slotting effectively. First Things First, Do You have all The Tools To Set You Up for DC Or Warehouse Slotting? There may be a need for that slotting software mentioned earlier.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2017

After years of struggling to manage their inventory, brands are using increasingly sophisticated tools to track apparel and accessories through the supply chain, aiming to avoid the typical post-Christmas fire sales. The company is currently offering 25% off purchases, but that deal ends on Dec. E-Commerce Burden.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

You start having all the data, bringing AI and some other tools against it. When we scale ourselves outside India, Europe and the US, people love that workflow BPM tool, and the flexibility and ability to digitize their manual processes along with getting into invisibility. When you start saying, “I can predict this.”

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

The company wasn’t a pure startup at the time (it was founded in 1981), but like all software companies during those years, it rode the dotcom tidal wave up — and then crashed down with everyone else (see period from 1999 through 2002 in the stock chart below). One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 14, 2014

And by the way, if you’re not already serving online consumers in Canada, you might want to read ‘ Looking For Growth in Lean Times? Every week I’m interacting with more and more e-commerce professionals whose day to day job is coming up with the best methods of delivering Omni-Commerce solutions for their customers.

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The Lean Supply Chain

JUNE 26, 2015

Software is a necessity in all facets of business today, but people are needed to manage the software, and insure data integrity for accurate data output. Software is a necessity in all facets of business today, but people are needed to manage the software, and insure data integrity for accurate data output.

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