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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

A supply chain design solution examines the trade-offs between sourcing options, production and distribution costs, inventory carrying costs, transportation costs, customs and duties processes to come up with the total costs associated with achieving a targeted service level for a particular strategic option.

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Lifting the Fog of Supply Chain Transformation

Enterra Insights

Glenn Steinberg ( @GlennSteinberg ), global and Americas supply chain leader at EY, observes, “You’ve been hearing about ‘the supply chain of the future’ for years. How it will self-manage customer inventories. As a result, supply chain leaders continuously ask me to unravel market confusion.”[2]

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The Hard Economics of Justifying a Digital Supply Chain Transformation!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! Digital Supply Chain transformation article and permission to publish here provided by Bryce Boothby. Common Left Turns in Digital Supply Chain Transformations.

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The Pandemic has Bolstered Supply Chain Transformation Efforts

Enterra Insights

”[2] Many analysts believe complete supply chain transformation is required to meet current and future conditions. Transformation won’t be easy. If your supply chain needs to transform, be prepared to make some wrenching decisions. ” Bain analysts, Michael C. Footnotes. [1]

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The Internet of Things and Supply Chain Transformation

Enterra Insights

Back in 2015, Irfan Saif ( @irfansaif ), a principal with Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Cyber Risk Services practice, wrote, “Internet of Things initiatives demand targeted strategies to combat the influx of new cyber risks that will invariably accompany them.”[2] Inventory and logistics monitoring. ”[6]. Footnotes. [1]

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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.” The supply chain is a complex system with increasing complexity.

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JDA’s Project with SanDisk, a Western Digital Brand, Recognized for Its Impressive Supply Chain Transformation

BlueYonder

Supply & Demand Chain Executive recently announced its annual list of the best 100 supply chain transformations and projects that deliver bottom-line value to small, medium and large enterprises across a wide range of supply chain functions. Highlights from SanDisk’s supply chain transformation.