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Logility Buys Halo BI

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2016, total revenues for American Software were $113.9M. The American Software company in 2016 invested 9.9% Prior acquisitions include: Demand Management, (often termed Demand Solutions) supply chain planning for mid-market, 2004 for $9.5M Optiant, inventory optimization, 2010, $3.3M

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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

When I began my career there was no such thing as “Supply Chain Management” Supply Chain was not a title to be found anywhere on any organization chart. So what exactly is the definition of “Supply Chain Management”? Interestingly there are many views on how to define Supply Chain. Source: [link] ).

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

BlueYonder

— land a spot on the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 for 2016. It doesn’t include the details of the supply chain transformation that occurred at SanDisk , now a Western Digital Brand, which was the project that secured JDA’s position on the 2016 list. However, the list alone, only tells a part of the story.

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Analytics and S&OP: What is Analytics, and how to spot Buzzwords

Arkieva

2016, “Defining Analytics: A conceptual Framework” ORMS Today pp. Demand Management. Moving from a point estimate of demand to capturing the likelihood in a usable fashion. Identify latent demand opportunities. Demand Shaping based on buy patterns and your production and inventory capabilities.

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My Quest to Build Holistic Thinking

Supply Chain Shaman

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad inventory.” When I started working with the company in 2016, they were a Supply Chain To Admire award winner.

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My Quest to Build Holistic Thinking

Supply Chain Shaman

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad.” When I started working with the company in 2016, they were a Supply Chain To Admire award winner.

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7 types of manufacturing wastes and how to reduce them

Unleashed

From transportation waste, inventory waste, defective products and more, waste can accrue in a range of areas across the company. The seven types of waste according to Lean theory are: Waste of inventory. Waste of inventory. How to reduce waste of inventory. Five key features of good inventory management software.