Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” Inventory is the culmination of many business decisions. Tracking Progress.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 21, 2015

European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit 2015. Date: 15-17 June 2015. Organizer: WTG Events. Quite simply, this is the must-attend event for senior Supply Chain and Logistics professionals. How to get the right balance between customer service and cost-effective product inventory levels. 5 streams of content.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 10, 2015

Friday, July 10, 2015. Flextronics Unveils Flex Pulse™ — A Software-Based, Real Time, Comprehensive Mobile View Into Supply Chain Events. May 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). The post This Week in Logistics News (July 6-10, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 16, 2015

Date: 28-29 April 2015. After the successful launch of ‘ISC’ Turkey 2014, ‘ISC’ Turkey 2015 will focus on examining the challenges behind the alignment of partners and processes, and will discuss how: Improving Supplier Relationship Management can improve Customer loyalty. Integrated Supply Chain – Turkey. URL: [link].

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

OpenAI, a UK-based AI research laboratory, was founded in 2015 by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, among other notable tech figures. That means, geopolitical events, such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, climate emergencies, inflation, and so forth, can be taken into consideration. All of this analysis can be done in real time, too.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 12, 2015

The Director Global Supply Chain & CPO of Vanderlande Industries fought off the two other formidable finalists, Edith van Erp-Slot (Mars Nederland) and Peter Meyer (Brezan Automaterialen), to clinch the title of Supply Chain Professional of the Year 2015 on Wednesday 10 June 2015. The 2015 finalists. Previous winners.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

It is my seventh year of speaking at this small, and intimate event. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. The world of supply chain is active on my iPhone. It reminds me of the development days of the CIF interface with SAP APO 3.1 Why is this relevant?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It’s impossible for me to capture in a short blog post all of the great insights the session leaders and attendees shared during the event — as the saying goes, you really had to be there — but here are some of my takeaways from the sessions. Kristi Montgomery, VP at Kenco Innovation Labs , on logistics innovation trends.

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TMC

OCTOBER 27, 2016

When these events happen, shippers are forced to execute emergency contingency plans and decisions, or manage as best they can if they don’t have a plan or have opted for a wait-and-see strategy. Editor’s note: This blog post originally ran in 2015. These types of incidents happen with little or no notice.

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6 River Systems

JULY 30, 2020

Managing warehouse inventory, on its face, seems a simple concept: Keep enough stock on hand to fulfill orders, but not so much stock that your warehouse is filled to the brim with inventory that won’t move for months (or years). How much does it cost to store and maintain slow-moving or stagnant inventory?

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this blog, we look at the top 10 supply chain events in disaster movies based on economic impact and general disruption to supply chain operations. Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. San Andreas (2015) If California was a country, its $3.1

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This business unit was the most recent to receive an ISO 9001:2015 certification. In this blog post, we will take you through the significance of ISO 9001:2015 certification for BR Williams. A Process-Based Approach to Excellence One of the key elements of ISO 9001:2015 is its process-based approach to quality management.

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2020

A retail industry analyst said the clients he is speaking with are scrambling around focused on near-term tactics to find inventory to place on shelves and serve consumer needs. Where will you place that inventory? In early 2015, Continental Mills knew the North American Avian Flu might disrupt its supply of eggs in the coming weeks.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. Let’s just look at some events: 2017 – Hurricane Irma (plus others). 2015 – Nepal earthquake, 7.8 Times have changed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

In my work tonight, I carefully studied 2006-2015 financial results to select the Supply Chains to Admire winners. Higher percentage of growth than the industry average for the period of 2006-2015. Greater margin performance than the industry average for the peer group for the period of 2006-2015. Inventory Turns.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Last week’s 2015 LogiChem conference was held in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. I always come back from these conferences inspired and fascinated at how diligent chemical supply chain managers must be to mitigate risk and adverse events. Unexpected events will always be the constant.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

I have been a ToolsGroup partner since 2015, after working over 10 years at a global consumer goods company, where I started knowing and enjoying the benefits of ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+). Consequently the company was prepared with enough inventory to meet demand and service levels. My company Advancetics B.V.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 13, 2015

Datum: 24 juni 2015. Order and stock optimization of your Chinese Inventory. How do you optimize your inventory levels in the volatile Chinese market? ‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’. Locatie: Sea Palace, Amsterdam. Organisatie: DSV en Supply Chain Media. Places are limited. Please reserve your seat, mail to Debby Sterk.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

and up to date transaction data (order status, inventory positions, shipment tracking, etc.) to enable rich and continuous analysis and response to unplanned events. Continuous Planning: A digital twin enables quick response to unplanned events. www.forbes.com , 2015. DHL Research Brief, 2015. References.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

This week, as the east coast of the United States was deluged with rain, I basked in beautiful San Diego sun while attending the Logimed USA event. This was WBR’s first event in the United States targeted for the Medical Device Supply Chain Leader. I had not been to a medical device event and I wanted to listen.

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Logility

JULY 8, 2022

Inventory Control Challenges. – Theft is up 60% since 2015. Finally, an i nventory planning and optimization solution can be used to achieve inventory goals and make automatic updates when strategies change. In the case of the life-and-death infant formula market, stakeholders might decide to run less lean. Unforeseen?

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Alloy

AUGUST 10, 2021

How do you identify and quickly respond to out-of-stocks and phantom inventory? How Youth To The People empowers field sales & upgrades inventory execution & planning. Since Youth to the People was founded in 2015, the company’s marriage of science and superfoods has driven rapid sales and distribution growth.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2015

The second edition of the optimization summit (OptSum) was held amidst a scene of unprecedented enthusiasm in Bangalore on March 10 -11, 2015. The event was inaugurated by Salil Joshi, senior vice president of JDA’s global center of excellence, who also welcomed the delegates. Overall, an awesome OPTSUM!

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Current State of Inventory Management. Integrate and Optimize Inventory Workflows. Implement Inventory Management Software. Integrate ERP Data with Inventory Processes. While your inventory may be a crucial asset, these assets quickly turn into liabilities when not properly managed.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Current State of Inventory Management. Integrate and Optimize Inventory Workflows. Implement Inventory Management Software. Integrate ERP Data with Inventory Processes. While your inventory may be a crucial asset, these assets quickly turn into liabilities when not properly managed.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

A lot of data/information is communicated in batch and serial mode, sometimes hours or days after a transaction or event occurs. For related commentary, see my June 2015 post, Time to Survive and Nexus Supplier Index: New Measures of Supply Chain Risk Management.]. At 9:05am today, an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck Vietnam.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

The Boston Consulting Group said at the 2015 Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Marketing Institute (GMA/FMI) supply chain conference that 22% of polled respondents said less accurate forecasts were one of their top hurdles to improving service. They don’t know how to segregate, forecast or inventory these “extreme error” items.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Sean Willems at Logility’s Connections 2015 customer event. ” As Connections 2015 attendees know, the technology for this transformation is now right at our fingertips. As Dr. Michael Watson of Northwestern University told Dan, “You can shift the curves with innovative technology or processes.”

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In 2015, the Port of Savannah moved 8.2% This involved in some cases, diverting some inventory bound for other regions. While there is never a guarantee a retailer won’t experience losses in a major weather event, there are some ways that can help them hunker down when the storm arrives. Up to date inventory status.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Ready to supercharge your supply chain for 2015? Tip 5: Close the inventory gap between model and reality. Flawed inventory data leads to plans that are of little practical use. You need to use actual inventory levels, and distinguish between ordinary stock and stock that cannot be freely allocated to demand.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Gracie Myers, a researcher with Research Optimus, writes, “Predictive analytics is being applied toward all facets of business operations and processes to help anticipate events, avoid risks, and create solutions. Organizations can modify how and where they use resources to better prepare for future events.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 7, 2021

Growing up with a father who developed inventory management software for a living spawned some interesting conversations around the dinner table. It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. NAFTA drafted.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In a 2015 TED talk, Bill Gates warned about the spread of a potential virus and that organizations and governments were not prepared for it. According to McKinsey , the value of goods traded globally has tripled to more than US$10 trillion since 2000, and because of recent events, they are having to re-evaluate supply chain strategies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Note that neither company is making progress at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. Performance and Improvement within the Pharmaceutical Industry for 2009-2015.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

They all sound alike and each company makes similar claims of how the implementation of supply chain planning improves costs, lowers inventory and improves the return on assets. Note that there is an inverse relationship between inventory turns and inventory targets. So, you might be saying, “ WOAH!” Shifting Trends.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I get called frequently to talk to supply chain leadership teams about inventory. Often the CEO hires a strategic consultant to audit the supply chain, and they roll through the organization making inventory promises. What CEO does not like the concept of reducing inventory? It is cash. Let me explain.

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Demand Solutions

JANUARY 8, 2015

I discussed the importance of putting useful supply chain performance measures in place for 2015. Or, if you have no inventory of the product and you’re not actively forecasting it, that’s an equally good reason to delete the record. But what can you do about those non-recurring events that can skew your forecast accuracy?

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