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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The Rubikloud acquisition was a $60M cash purchase. Elemica Purchase by Eurazeo.

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Should We Celebrate this Marriage?

Supply Chain Shaman

At the time, we were both deployed as consultants for Manugistics to help a manufacturing company to implement end-to-end planning. There is no solution to optimize source, make and deliver together or drive bidirectional orchestration to execute trade-offs between functions automatically. A supply chain visibility demo.

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How Cloud-Connected CAD and PLM Drive Collaborative and Streamlined Product Development

Arena Solutions

In the case of Google Glass wearable technology, it was pulled from the market in 2015 due to a bulky design, lack of practical features, and privacy concerns 2. operations, quality, procurement), contract manufacturers, and suppliers in design reviews and gather their input early on. Why Google Glass Failed.

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Arkieva Supply Chain Scope: As Ecommerce Businesses Boom, Distribution Center Availability Becomes Scarce

Arkieva

While demand seems to be on an uptick for manufacturers especially in the consumer goods industry, an increase in online shopping could also lead to a scarcity in the availability of distribution centers in the near future. in 2015, of which 50% to 75% comprised warehouses. Source: Multichannel Merchant. Read Full Article.

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How Do Key Market Trends Impact Your Demand Planning?

Demand Solutions

In the article, Hackett gives us several hints by identifying the most important trends in the demand planning space for 2015. Many manufacturers and distributors rely on a network of customized, linked spreadsheets to spit out the numbers they need every month. Procurement has its version of the truth.

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How Do Key Market Trends Impact Your Demand Planning?

Demand Solutions

In the article, Hackett gives us several hints by identifying the most important trends in the demand planning space for 2015. Many manufacturers and distributors rely on a network of customized, linked spreadsheets to spit out the numbers they need every month. Procurement has its version of the truth.

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. What is Inventory Optimization? Lack of automation.