Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. Chris Sawchuck from the Hackett Group interviewed three heads of procurement from three large companies, and asked an important question. Does procurement add to top line revenue. And if not – what will change?”.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

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. 2013 has certainly been an interesting year! Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Manufacturers of medical devices are the first ones to get the blame when a patient complains of suffering injury or harm from using a medical device. But today’s manufacturers outsource most of the inputs and parts of their final manufactured medical devices and products. The 2014 Rule was for class III devices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

” Hau Lee, October 2014. We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Harvard Business Review.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Date: 28 – 30 April 2014. It is this ability to present the entire freight transport and logistics supply chain under one roof that makes Multimodal the go-to event for shippers, importers, exporters, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers – all seeking ways to run a slicker supply chain. Manufacturers. Who attends?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The proceedings of the 2014 Workshop on Human Centered Big Data Research was recently posted. At this meeting, I was selected to make a presentation on the organizational structure and application of supply market intelligence. (My My presentation was also captured in a video that you can watch if so inclined!). Analytics'

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Whether it’s agile sourcing of hoverboards or finding the perfect gift for the person who has everything, technology is fixing the problem for good. Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come as they visit the Xmas supply chain. Source: Soar Boards, via Flickr. But it comes at a price.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

Power was down and the plant suffered a complete loss of connectivity, presenting leadership with a serious challenge. The company has been a QAD customer since the 1990s and moved its ERP operations from on-premise to the cloud in 2014.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The So What? It is clear.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 8, 2014

We spent a good deal of time collecting research from a variety of different sources, to put together a picture of what the biobased economy looks like. Agrilculture Secretary notes that “This new report presents the opportunities U.S. Congress mandated the upcoming study in the 2014 Farm Bill.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The energy that drives the process comes from “free” sources such as agitation and pneumatics that excite the systems, explains Tibbits. Tibbits is working with an additive manufacturing equipment company to incorporate self-assembly into the 3D printing process. In one example, printers deposit rods made up of two materials.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 20, 2016

This morning, I happened upon a video presentation from MPI and Rockwell Automation titled A deeper dive into the industrial internet of things on the Industry Week website. In a 2014 study, 46% of manufacturing executives didn’t know what the internet of things was. So what is the Internet of things?

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods! Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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EMERGE App

JANUARY 1, 2020

As a wholesaler and distributor, I’m willing to bet that you’re dealing with at least two currencies for your purchases and sales. World exports of manufactured goods increased from US$ 8 trillion in 2006 to US$ 11 trillion in 2016. Developing countries make up the bulk of suppliers and manufacturers today.

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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. We also had the most customer presentations with 11 case studies in total including: • ASICS. At the conference, that transformation was captured best by a pharmaceutical manufacturer and Schneider Electric. Dow AgroSciences.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

2] She wrote: “There’s no doubt about it: manufacturers who fail to meet a retailer’s vendor standards can get into financial trouble. Everybody is presenting this in a different way, from one retailer to another. ” Purchasing – “The KPI most used in Purchasing Departments is Stock Turn.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

October 2014. Target) sources its denim jeans through a middleman (e.g., Hanbo of Hong Kong) rather directly from a contract manufacturer located in Asia.      For example, suppose an importer sources a pair of denim jeans from a middleman, who in turn sources the jeans from a factory (see Figure below).

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Elementum

MAY 27, 2015

manufactured goods over the next decade. But Walmart is not alone in its move towards “reshoring” jobs, moving factories back stateside after a decade-long exodus to cheaper manufacturing facilities in places like Southeast Asia. Manufacturing technology is improving in the U.S., Making Waves. may be beneficial.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I had the opportunity to present at a hearing in Washington last week – this was a public meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Sub-Committee. I presented the results of the study we completed this past spring for the USDA on the Economic Impact of the Biobased Sector.

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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. Figure 1: The Bullwhip Effect.

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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. In fact, according to eMarketer, there were estimated 1.75bn smartphone users worldwide in 2014. Marketplaces such as Alibaba’s Tmall, caters to suppliers and manufacturers.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

Picture of traditional job in manufacturing. Each setting is an accurate image of manufacturing from different time periods in history, the past and the present. Manufacturing has changed a great deal over the last 100 years, and manufacturing today is dramatically different than what was “normal” in 1990.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A Boston Scientific medical device is used somewhere in the world every two seconds, but the company is much more than a medical device manufacturer. Consultants used to spend months conducting research, only to present clients with a lengthy report that subsequently ended up in a drawer. Manufacturers find themselves at a crossroads.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 4, 2017

Over the last two decades, increased competition and a globalized economy has led firms to deploy outsourced manufacturing and captive offshore policies across multiple industries. One fact remains certain; the trend of outsourcing and offshoring manufacturing is not likely to abate anytime soon. This is starting to change…quickly!

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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. Before taking her current position, she served in several capacities including Seagate’s product design and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Singapore.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 17, 2015

He also announced changes under the 2014 Farm Bill that will create additional opportunities for growth in renewable plant-based materials, supporting the Obama Administration’s efforts to develop a new, rural economy and promote creation of sustainable jobs. Today’s announcement was made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

Yesterday, Abby Mayer and I presented an update in a webinar on the two-year research project, The Supply Chain Index. The second company reads market data through syndicated sources. They are paving a way for manufacturers to rethink their processes. The Real World. They can see daily channel data daily by item. What do I mean?

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Elementum

DECEMBER 2, 2015

China’s Tianjin port suffered a devastating explosion in August which left many manufacturers, insurers and shipping supply chains crippled. Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently reduced its pre-tax profits forecast , claiming it cannot match the £2.61bn pre-tax profit earned in 2014/15. We take a look at the lasting consequences.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

To make matters worse, most of PCA’s products were designated for the low-end consumer market; they were sold to food manufacturers who made products to be consumed by schoolchildren and the elderly in nursing homes – some of the most vulnerable members of society. The effects of a rotten supplier. Trust but verify.”. You bet they will.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 17, 2013

One of the most popular presentations was Professor Sebastian Kummer’s (Vienna University of Business and Economics), highlighting the importance of supply chain management in today’s multi-polar world. Translog will be taking place again in November, 2014 in Budapest. r and the Zwack Unicum plant in Budapest. Multi-polar world.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Even though things seem to be going well (all of the meeting details are well-executed and the speaker is giving an energized presentation), the room is eerily quiet. By purchasing planning and transactional systems for a common vendor, they had one throat to choke and they were familiar with the architectural elements.

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Manufacturing Technology. Content Being Accessed: Lean Manufacturng Overview Presentation. Excellent overview on Using Lean Manufacturing Principles & Techniques. © 2006-2014 Supply Chain Digest - All Rights Reserved.' Demand Planning/Forecasting. Distribution/Centers.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 27, 2015

It used to be that retailers and manufacturers could periodically forecast demand, plan what to sell, and execute to that plan. Now, we must go beyond predicting demand of individual stock keeping units to continuously anticipating needs of individual customers in real-time and understanding their attitudes and paths to purchase.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Potential Sources of Disruption. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. data backups) taken in the present can payoff immensely in the long run. What alternative plants/factories/sources of supply do they have at their disposal? Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage.

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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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