Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! He’s only one and a half years old and is already, now, rather well trained. In 1995 IKEA faced an organizational shift in purchasing and sourcing methodology. My girlfriend and I have a dog, named Charlie.

Procurement Analytics 43

Procurement Analytics Optimal Sourcing Procurement Purchasing Skills 43

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare. In 2014 OpenText acquired GXS. Together, we built this model.

Supply Chain Network Software 150

Supply Chain Network Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply and Demand Modeling 150

Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

Last year around this time I made a lot of predictions about what 2014 would hold in store…Let’s revisit some of these, and see what has happened (or what hasn’t!) Here are my predictions from 2014, and an update on what I think will happen in these areas. Cost Pressures Will Continue to Escalate.

Negotiating Skills 60

Negotiating Skills Predictive Analytics Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software 60

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The Company has a checkered past. It is a new buyer.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. As a result, companies like AstraZenca, BASF, Colgate, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagate, and Taiwan Semiconductor outperformed their peer group in the period of 2006-2014, but sustained improvement becomes more and more difficult.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. It will delay my report. ILOG was then purchased by IBM for $340 million in 2008.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Network Design Software Optimization Software 150

GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

And on the subject of sustainability, SCDigest.com covered Walmart’s 2015 Sustainability report : Walmart, the world’s largest corporation, is fresh out with its 2015 sustainability report, the eighth such document it has produced. ” Walmart states early on. Walmart’s Supply Chain Forged Over Decades.

Gartner 120

Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 120

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. There is also no Santa Claus.

Supply and Demand 150

Supply and Demand Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

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. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. Most supply chain planning teams do not know their customers.

Inventory Reduction 150

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 150

Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

I want to thank all of our team members once again for their time and commitment to train and fundraise over the past few months. As reported by CNBC: For the first time, Amazon is offering free shipping on all US holiday orders in an effort to add new Prime members and juice the season’s sales numbers.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 101

AFFLINK

MARCH 10, 2016

Compliance with national and international regulations affects everything from employee training to transportation decisions. When UPS conducted their survey in 2014 , 60% of respondents listed regulatory compliance as a top concern, and 78% reported that it was a “top trend driving business and supply chain changes.”

Pricing Training 74

Pricing Training Supply Chain Software Procurement Solutions Negotiating Skills 74

Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. SupplyChainDive, in their recent analysis of a 2022 study by logistics provider Descartes, reported that, “ U.S.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Network Optimization Software Pharmaceutical Trends Industrial 52

Unleashed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Because even small manufacturing firms with limited capital can reduce the risk of suffering unexpected outages through measures like preventive maintenance, staff training and the use of smart manufacturing software. In a survey by IT Intelligence Consulting in 2017 , manufacturing had the fifth highest downtime costs.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software Material Savings 98

GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2016

Other value-added services may include industry expertise and training programs for partners within the given network. In other words, 4PLs enable an organization to work smarter, more efficiently, all the while without the increased cost of purchasing such services from another consultant. Chart from Capgemini 2014 3PL Study.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Buyer Training Purchasing Skills 120

OptiProERP

MARCH 4, 2019

In our blog, “What is Intelligent ERP?” , we looked at the enablers of digital business: cloud, mobile technologies, analytics, the internet of things (IoT), big data, and machine learning, all leading to smart factories. Is there some training lacking for some employee / machine combinations? Do some processes require more movement?

Analytics Software 63

Analytics Software Material Savings Manufacturing Procurement Predictive Analytics Software 63

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Using quantitative surveys, we collected the data in Figure 1 in 2014. This week, I am finishing two reports: Sales and Operations Planning, and Inventory Optimization. These two reports will make all the vendors in the industry angry. Summary Data of User Satisfaction with Supply Chain Planning Applications. Background.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Modeling 150

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error. This gives supply chain leaders a false sense of security.

Supply and Demand 150

Supply and Demand Forecasting Modeling Forecasting Software 150

AFFLINK

MARCH 10, 2016

Compliance with national and international regulations affects everything from employee training to transportation decisions. When UPS conducted their survey in 2014 , 60% of respondents listed regulatory compliance as a top concern, and 78% reported that it was a “top trend driving business and supply chain changes.”

Pricing Training 48

Pricing Training Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Software Negotiating Skills 48

RFgen

OCTOBER 23, 2016

million into procuring resources from South Sudan and training coffee farmers. According to a company press release, Starbucks purchased its first crop in the Republic of Congo in 2014 and has helped many local farmers since then. Nestle made efforts to repair the war-torn area, investing $2.5

Congo 52

Congo Sudan Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

RFgen

OCTOBER 23, 2016

million into procuring resources from South Sudan and training coffee farmers. According to a company press release, Starbucks purchased its first crop in the Republic of Congo in 2014 and has helped many local farmers since then. Nestle made efforts to repair the war-torn area, investing $2.5

Congo 52

Congo Sudan Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Consultants used to spend months conducting research, only to present clients with a lengthy report that subsequently ended up in a drawer. And a lengthy report is no longer effective nowadays – by the time the report has been written, the conclusions are already outdated. 26 | Global Trade Map. 26 | Global Trade Map.

Supply Chain Planning Software 60

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Gartner Agile and Lean Supply Chain 60

RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

In 2014, Massachusetts resident Pierre Picone pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit integrated circuits (IC) to the U.S. The Origin of DFARS Compliance Requirements Back in May 2012, after a year-long investigation, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released a report about electronics counterfeits in the defense supply chain.

Aerospace 52

Aerospace Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Abstract Technologies such as Social networking, mobile, analytics and cloud computing have been shaking the IT industry for past several years. Analytics Analytics means scientific and systematic analysis of data.

Analytics Software 35

Analytics Software Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software 35

EcoVadis

MAY 21, 2014

health and safety, training and education) and Human rights (e.g., Expertise in sustainable operations is indeed accumulated during time and depends on the amount of personnel’s education, experience and professional training in initiatives related to environmental management systems, eco-design, health and safety and codes of conduct.

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Supply Chain Design Software Purchasing Training Supply Chain Design 40

Elementum

MAY 27, 2015

companies find many hidden costs once they decide to offshore. While the cost of labor seems low, companies “have had to hire more employees because of lower productivity levels and the need to invest in staff training.” With the cost of labor increasing in China, transportation costs begin to bear heavier on these companies.

Manufacturing Procurement 60

Manufacturing Procurement United States Sourcing Strategies Cost Reduction Strategies 60

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

We can train our phones to recognize our voices and our photo management software to recognize faces within our images. An interesting fact about supervised machine learning algorithms is that the quality of decisions they make improves rapidly with the size of the training dataset. Learning will improve with the abundance of data.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Predictive Analytics Software 40

EcoVadis

MARCH 27, 2019

More than 600 professionals from the procurement and CSR worlds descended upon Paris on March 11-12, ready to share best practices, exchange ideas and ignite change in global supply chains and beyond. Ignite Change. Suppliers’ Survey. Perseverance. Innovation. Exponential Thinking, Risks and Solutions.

Procurement Solutions 8

Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics Sustainability Innovation 8

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Let's talk about the outputs, or desired metrics worth measuring, in each category of what a logistics company might provide. Continued management education and training to keep abreast of the sate-of-the art in logistics. Now, if you are in this industry, you know that not every logistics company offers the same services.

Six Sigma 120

Six Sigma Logistics Network Optimization Software KPI Company 120

Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. We came up with an action plan of having a MDM Quality Report based on Product-Locations master data, Transportation Lanes & Production Process Models (PPM) master data from APO Production environment.

Supply Chain Planning Software 29

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning 29

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

As history has shown, terrorist attacks (and how the world responds to them) affects oil prices, stock markets, consumer confidence and spending, and trade lanes — and they can trigger new regulations and security measures, which could increase supply chain costs and lead times. Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. and L Brands Inc.’s

Predictive Analytics Software 120

Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

Locus Robotics

JULY 5, 2019

With e-Commerce sales approaching and soon surpassing 10% of total retail sales and growing, how and where purchases get made are forever changed. Online purchases will only become more a part of everyday life. Many facilities report turnover to be in double digits a month. Turnover is also a factor aggravating the labor crisis.

Warehousing 40

Warehousing Cost Reduction Strategies Vendor Strategies Price Reduction 40

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

For example, Infor purchased GT Nexus in 2015; OpenText purchased GXS in 2014, GHX purchased H-Card, LLC today; E2open purchased Terra Technology in May 2016 and Orchestro on Monday. Thoma Bravo purchased Elemica in June 2016. This puts unlikely assets together; and as a result, market confusion reigns.

Supply Chain Network Software 154

Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Demand Planning Software 154

NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries. The contract may also include metrics and resulting consequences (late fees, etc.). Training and capacity building. 2014, www.iaccm.com/resources/?id=7428. Description. IP compliance team.

Aerospace 40

Aerospace Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing 40

Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

And of course, there’s the issue of profitability: a study from Deloitte in 2014 highlighted the importance of a healthy supply chain to an organisation’s bottom line. It’s a combination that provides real-time inventory tracking, from purchase to warehousing through to the sale and delivery of products. Orchestrate.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Management Software Analytics Software 98

ShipBob

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Many 3PLs offer multiple fulfillment centers (including international fulfillment locations), leading technology that automates and streamlines inventory processes, and data and analytics that help you make better decisions across your supply chain. The analytics are super helpful. The integrations are also very good.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 98

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. Over this period of 2013-2014 Shell made good progress on inventory, but faced unprecedented supply price volatility. By February 2019, more than 200 employees completed DDMRP training. The reason? Ask for Help.

Demand Planning Software 249

Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 249

Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2014

Things that make you go “hmm”… In more relevant news… Descartes Reports Fiscal 2014 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. Descartes reported FY14 annual revenues of $151.3 Operations will begin by mid-2014 and be completed early next year. . Con-way Freight Introduces Drive Safe Systems™.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 124

Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Canada Supply Chain Network Software 124