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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1%

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When Old Technology is Cutting Edge: The One-Year Anniversary of ChatGPT and the Benefits of AI in the Supply Chain Industry

Enterra Insights

OpenAI, a UK-based AI research laboratory, was founded in 2015 by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, among other notable tech figures. Put simply, a supply chain consists of various components — raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, goods, etc. This means that companies can manage inventory much better.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 6-10, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Friday, July 10, 2015. Flextronics Unveils Flex Pulse™ — A Software-Based, Real Time, Comprehensive Mobile View Into Supply Chain Events. Wal-Mart taps manufacturer database to aid U.S. May 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). The day is finally here — the premiere of The Minions movie.

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Rich Chocolate: How Manufacturers Prepare for Rising Raw Material Prices

RFgen

Manufacturing productivity calls for efficient staffing levels, operational production equipment and proper supply inventory management. Calculating the cost of raw materials needed for manufacturing becomes more difficult as supply prices change due to a variety of outside factors.

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Rich Chocolate: How Manufacturers Prepare for Rising Raw Material Prices

RFgen

Manufacturing productivity calls for efficient staffing levels, operational production equipment and proper supply inventory management. Calculating the cost of raw materials needed for manufacturing becomes more difficult as supply prices change due to a variety of outside factors.

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Covid-19 (Coronavirus): Where do we go from here?

Logility

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? These are questions everyone from manufacturing to retail must analyze now. The responses vary quite a bit.

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

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.