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NASCES 2016: End-to-End Supply Chain Management Transformations

Kinaxis

What kept nagging at me though is that the presentations were largely about “righting the ship” rather than “moving from ship to air.” Undoubtedly the most inspirational presentation was by Reuben Slone of Walgreens. It immediately brings home the need for trade-off across competing metrics and objectives.

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Why Financial Reengineering Does Not Equal Supply Chain Improvement

Supply Chain Shaman

Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. The Effective Frontier.

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Executing Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

Included in this post is Cummins’ digital award for the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire. I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. It is a condition of too little sleep due to fabulous late night coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

Much of that growth has been fueled by acquisitions, including four acquisitions in 2016, with more certainly to come this year. The R&D team delivered about 350 product releases in 2016. getting buy-in from drivers and other stakeholders) and implementing appropriate metrics to measure and drive performance.).

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Dynamic Warehousing Quarterly Pricing Report

FLEXE

Present insights that help individuals and companies discover new options and make business decisions that are better informed. Establish baseline metrics that will enable deeper historical trend analyses as the market matures over future quarters. Dynamic warehouse space is acquired for a variety of business purposes. Seasonality.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. The use of customer segmentation strategies to define order policies for lead times, discounts, allocation, and shipping priorities. Clorox will be presenting their insights on building a customer-centric strategy.

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Offering Prayers While Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Supply Chain Shaman

Instead, it take active sensing, tracking and pattern recognition of shipping, chain of custody and quality information. Safe and secure and the redesign of the supply chain to protect the consumer is a part of the 2016 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit focused on Imaging Supply Chain 2025. Mark your calendar, to join us next year.