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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Note that the industry aggregate actually went backwards, as did operating margin and inventory for the period 2015-2017. This case study is the best example we have seen of a customer-centric supply chain. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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The Procurement Summit – 17 November 2015

Supply Chain Movement

Date: 17 November 2015. The Procurement Summit provides senior purchasing, sourcing and supply chain executives across the North of England with an unmissable opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest industry innovations, best practice and new technology solutions. The Procurement Summit. Venue: The Midland Hotel, Manchester.

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Rockwell Automation: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2015, the company began focusing on total cost of ownership, order cycle time, and sales and operations planning. The total cost of ownership analyzes the total costs of the buying decision. Rockwell Automation is a case study of a company working a long-term plan focused on improving flows for the customer.

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Translog Connect Congress 2015

Supply Chain Movement

25-26 November 2015. With its 500+ participants, the congress – to be held for the fifth time in November 2015 – is equal to its pharmaceutical counterpart not only in volume, but in structure and professionalism as well. Translog Connect Congress. Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal Budapest, Hungary. www.translogconnect.eu.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . In other cases, as the saying goes, we simply fail to see the forest for the trees when making predictions. What do you think of my predictions?

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. While I do not consider this case study as a good example of demand-driven processes, I do believe that they have done some great work on implementing a customer segmented supply chain based on postponement.