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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways. Managing adverse weather conditions is part and parcel of transportation planning. Watching the weather is one option.

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The “First Five” Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers must adapt to changing demands, or they will become nothing more than a statistic in history books. This will lead to the creation of more metrics and business-intelligence tools to help improve manufacturing operations. Actionable Metrics Will Enhance Operations, Reducing Costs.

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Improve Supply Chain Strategies with Digital Twin Technology

Enterra Insights

” Planning and optimizations are done in many departments within a business, such as supply, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, transportation, budget, labor, and so on. Mankins and Lori Sherer, “ Creating value through advanced analytics ,” Bain Brief, 11 February 2015. [4] 3] Michael C. 6] Weisinger, op cit.

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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2015 Insight acquired E2open, and Infor acquired GT Nexus. After a very tough decade, the Supply Chain Operating Network solutions were evolving with strong development plans during the period of 2012-2015. . Normally the only winner in a technology acquisition is the original venture capitalists of the company being acquired.

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Getting Inventory Right: Hope with Hype and Recycled Software?

Supply Chain Shaman

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. This includes LogicNet Plus, the Inventory and Product Flow Analyst and the Transportation Analyst products, as well as the related technology and support team. The sun is rising.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. An example of the use of customer segmentation into push/pull decoupling points was the Sandisk case study from the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. I only know of five case studies of cross-functional listening.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. It is exciting to see a country so excited about building global transportation infrastructure. Look for a new report each week, as we prepare for the launch of the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit and our new work on the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire.