Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Intellectually, while I will know that year has changed, I will screw-up time, and time, again by writing 2014 on documents for many, many months. When 2015 rolls in, for me, it will mark a decade of quantitative research focused on understanding the evolution of supply chain management. … this is the last blog of 2014.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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. ” Her answer was telling.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

According to my research, top-performing supply chains possess three very different qualities. ” Hau Lee, October 2014. To help the reader, let’s start with definitions used in our research: Efficiency. In Table 1, from our research, I share ten tactics to consider. First, great supply chains are agile.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

The announcement makes reference to the initial 2014 investment in the Gigafactory Nevada complex and a statement that upwards of $6.5 Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. billion has already been invested, amounting to 5.4 million of production footprint.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

This key supplier had been identified and sure enough, you have a second source primed and ready to go. We have a problem.” The alternate source uses the same supplier in Taiwan. Adding to this challenge is the reluctance of suppliers to share their sources with their customers for competitive reasons.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

We can’t believe that this factory hasn’t closed sooner,” states research firm Innovev in Automotive News earlier this year. Companies are now having to source more locally in order to ensure that they can continue to produce for the local market.”. >>Please SCM Map Europe 2014-2015.

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Demand Solutions

MARCH 27, 2020

They're the teams responsible for forecasting inventory requirements, managing inventory replenishment functions and sourcing inventory from suppliers. This isn't the first time the company's culture is acknowledged by the business community: the Atlanta Journal named AutomationDirect a Top Place to Work in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply chain leaders get it, as confirmed by recent PwC research that shows: Investing in advanced supply chain capabilities bears fruit through lower costs, increased revenues, improved sustainability, higher asset utilization, better risk management, and greater rates of on-time, in-full delivery to B2B and B2C customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

Our research arm’s published advisory, 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains has predicted added activism among various industries including the automotive sector. The UAW has fallen short in two prior votes to organize the Chattanooga facility — in 2014 and 2019, both times by narrow margins. This week, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Hashing 24 was established back in the year 2012, but gained major influence in cryptocurrency cloud mining after forging a business partnership with the Bitcoin mining hegemon Bitfury in 2014. The website has been in business since 2014. Supported cloud miner hardware: CPU, GPU and ASICs.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Even in 2014 when Gartner wrote a case study about Danone using our machine learning to help forecast promotions, it was barely a blip on the horizon. Nikki Baird, Managing Partner at Retail Systems Research, recently offered a similar observation on Forbes.com , cautioning against the “Silver Bullet Syndrome. ”

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 28, 2014

EKN, the research arm of Edgell Communications, conducts an annual survey of merchandising trends. Supply Chain Nation discussed this year’s study with Sahir Anand, vice president of research & principal analyst at EKN in anticipation of the August 19 webinar on this topic. These can be transformative projects.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The cryptocurrency was created in 2014 by Evan Duffield and named after his son. Zcash was created by cryptocurrency researchers and cryptographers who wanted a form of cryptocurrency that completely protects users’ privacy without compromising its speed or efficiency on verification or transfer processes. Ether Classic.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Although the research focused on the retail industry, the six fundamental disciplines outlined in the book, and the recommendations we make, apply to companies across all industries that want to enhance and leverage their supply chain capabilities to drive profitable growth. percent in 2014. percent in 2006 to 3.4

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. Cardwell, 2014). 2014, July 30). Cardwell, D.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Riding a rising five-year trend, retail juggernaut Walmart® grossed $476 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January 2014, up from $408 billion in fiscal 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch. Disclaimer: This research has been done on behalf of the University of San Francisco Online. marketwatch.com.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

Structured and unstructured data including that from social media, Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain sources continue to stream in but much is left untouched. According to Transparency Market Research the number of wireless connected devices is expected to grow at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8% (see Figure 3).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Enterprise resilience–the ability to have consistent balance sheet returns despite market volatility– decreased starting in 2014. Over the decade, based on the research, the gap between operations and commercial teams grew. The reality is very different. There are many reasons. Maturity Model.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Mir Sadat ( @Dr_Sadat_USN ), a former National Security Council Policy Director, observes, “From health care to finance, education to navigating space, agriculture to climate research, and from Hollywood to the Pentagon, innovation has been America’s lifeblood.”[1] Why America needs a tune-up. through the present crisis.

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. Going forwards, customer-of-choice behaviors like sharing demand plans, collaborating on cost savings and jointly developing intellectual property are deepening their roots.”.

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. Going forwards, customer-of-choice behaviors like sharing demand plans, collaborating on cost savings and jointly developing intellectual property are deepening their roots.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare. In 2014 OpenText acquired GXS. While I started my research with a focus on demand-driven processes in the channel/distribution processes, Carol’s focus has been on flow in materials and operations. Our research is starting to coalesce.

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SCM Research

JULY 24, 2015

and strategic sourcing ( Eltantawy et al. ). See also: Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2014.). It is also interesting to see several multidisciplinary articles in this list, hereby linking supply chain management with areas such as human resources ( Hohenstein et al. ), marketing ( Flint et al. )

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory ( Available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center ) includes a prediction that the supply chain technology segment will feature an investment boom in market consumption, added equity investment and M&A activity.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2023

That profitability warning represented the lowest profit for the company since Q3-2014. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Total revenues are expected to decline by 8.6 Both estimates of profitability and revenues were below the consensus of equity analyst expectations.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

Supply chain management spans many functions and processes, including demand planning, sourcing, merchandising, supplier relationship management, inventory management, inbound and outbound transportation, distribution management, and store operations. Simply put, Supply Chain Visibility is the water and oxygen of supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the end of a two-year research project, and identifies which publicly held companies outperformed their peer group on balance sheet results. Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data?

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 28, 2015

21 October 2014) , describes the potential of in-memory computing (IMC) for supply chain management (SCM) including supply chain planning (SCP) applications, as follows: “By 2018, at least 50% of global enterprise companies will use IMC to deliver significant additional benefits from investments in SCM, and especially, SCP.”.

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SCM Research

JUNE 24, 2014

However, the speed and dynamism of modern supply chains creates challenges for incorporating sustainability data into sourcing decisions. Advances in life-cycle assessment (LCA) and product “footprinting” are increasingly being deployed in efforts to turn data into decision-support tools for global brands and retailers. O’Rourke, D.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The adoption of Terra’s products were brisk until 2011, but during 2012-2014 sales softened, resulting in employee layoffs and downsizing. The Company has a checkered past.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

The previous five-year labor contract was ratified in 2014 , after a total of nine months of contract negotiations and considerable urging from government officials for both sides to reach resolution. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved. . The post U.S.

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Elementum

MAY 10, 2017

Cognitive computing, as defined by its developers in mid-2014, makes a new class of problems computable as it addresses complex situations that are characterized by ambiguity and uncertainty. A recent study conducted by Gartner Research proves that running a large supply chain without advanced analytics is unrealistic.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In this final post in the series, he addresses the shift away from out-sourcing to vertical integration. SCN: Manufacturers report a strong trend toward greater vertical integration vs. out-sourcing production. O’Marah: Yes, it is a reversal of the trend to out-source to lower cost countries. or at least Mexico.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2014

Research at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program , Zaragoza, Spain, is investigating why drug dispensers such as clinics and pharmacies might acquire fake drugs. The research explores a new approach to combating drug counterfeiters: devising mitigation strategies based on the way dispensers procure medicines.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 3, 2014

April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). BIT Global Research Network. International Food Fest Brings Flavor of Diversity to Anderson » 03/03/2014. Posted by UCLA Anderson on 03/03/2014 at 01:17 PM | Permalink.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2016

We originially shared these brief video excerpts in 2013 and 2014, but we’ve compiled them here again in case you missed them the first time. LEARN is an acronym for me: Listen, Educate, Articulate, Research, Network. Follow your passion and recognize that supply chain management is about driving top-line growth too.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. My focus is on research. The source of the data is public reporting of balance sheet information. The evolution sprung from chaos. Supply chain leaders are competitive. What choices drive the. best results?

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