Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

This morning we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. Five months of analysis. Lots of heated debates. It is now over. Why do we do it? For details check out the full report on Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2016

Supply Chain Movement helps you along with an overview of the most important European supply chain events in 2016. Last updated on January 6th , 2016. RLCON 2016. ARC Industry Forum Europe 2016. ISC Europe 2016. Global ManuChem Strategies 2016. Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference 2016.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

Configure to Order: This strategy involves customizing standard products based on customer specifications. Here is a summary of the key supply chain characteristics of each of the manufacturing strategy and how it impacts collaboration with suppliers. It directly affects the bottom line, making it crucial to manage effectively.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 11, 2016

Focus for 2016. Our focus for 2016 is: Transformation – Information technologies, understanding big data, and digital supply networks are pushing supply chain management to new levels of efficiency. Culture – how can you successfully align supply chain strategy with business strategy and people management?

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Just in case you missed some of our supply chain strategy posts , we’ve compiled a list of our popular supply chain posts from 2016 below (ranked based on shares and views).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

. “Given that 90% of everything we buy is transported by ocean, it’s important that we can extend our Transportation Management capabilities to INTTRA’s platform to bolster our ocean shipping capabilities exponentially,” said Fabrizio Brasca, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Intelligent Fulfillment, JDA. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. It had been a long night. However, I had little time to be tired. ” I smiled.

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EcoVadis

DECEMBER 28, 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, we would like to look back at the most notable events that EcoVadis had the privilege of taking part in this year throughout the US, and summarize key topics, standout speakers, and other notes of interest from the year. Ethical Sourcing Forum (New York, NY).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Your supply chain strategy in effect becomes your business plan.”. The people who needed to hear the message that your supply chain strategy is your business plan and that logistics is a competitive weapon were not the people in the front lines of supply chain and logistics, but the CEOs and CFOs at manufacturing and retail companies.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The Global Procurement & Supply Chain Management for Oil And Gas Industry 2016. Date: 11-12 April, 2016. E&P operators and oilfield service companies press forward with their goal to discover innovative cost savings, streamline processes and devise new growth strategies to counteract the downturn. Url: [link].

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 7, 2016

2016 is shaping up to be the ‘Year of the TMS’ for food shippers – organizations involved in the production, processing, sales, delivery and purveying of food and beverages. The post FSMA Rules Make 2016 ‘Year of the TMS’ for Food Shippers appeared first on UltraShipTMS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. For comparison, JDA had $2B in debt with a minority investment by Blackstone Partners in 2016. Elemica was acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity investment firm, in 2016. The supply chain career is new. Evolution is messy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

As product flows rapidly shifted and hard baked assumptions about lead times and sourcing locations were put to test, users across many organizations bypassed their planning systems and turned to excel sheets, internal data science teams or non-traditional supply chain vendors who could deliver AI based solutions at a faster turn.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 20, 2015

The Collaborator has been reviewing respected sources of industry analysis to gain perspective on the trends being predicted to materialize in supply chain logistics for 2016. Gartner suggests the growing emphasis on wringing efficiencies from the supply chain will drive the adoption of more complete, single-source solutions.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 31, 2016

That shows The Supply Chains to Admire 2016 analysis of Supply Chain Insights. Which companies have a supply chain to admire in 2016? Based on extensive analysis of publicly available financial figures we have published the “2016 Supply Chains to Admire,” listing 16 companies as winners and 21 companies as finalists.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

On September 3, 2016 China and the US agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. Supply chain network and transportation optimization can help make better sourcing and multi-stop route decisions that ultimately result in route design that balances low costs with higher service.

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Claritum

APRIL 25, 2018

However, it is important for companies to manage the process of sourcing promotional goods effectively. A lot of time and energy can be spent inefficiently sourcing the goods, which can be bought from a huge variety of suppliers at vastly differing prices and quality. 2016 – $21.3 Source: PPAI Sales Volume Study Summary.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A car is necessary for the suburbs, so I plopped 5K on the used car lot desk and rode off in a 2016 Lincoln Mercury. There is no true end-to-end solution that enables bi-directional orchestration across deliver, make, and source processes. Evaluate network design options to simplify sourcing and reduce the number of platforms.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Maersk has unabashedly championed vertical integration for years, advocating an “end-to-end” strategy. The original 2016 driver for this shift seems hard to believe in today’s freight environment: a focus on long-term business viability spurred by ocean freight rates so low that they precipitated the bankruptcy filing by ocean carrier Hanjin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Jackson Wood, director of industry strategy for global trade intelligence at Descartes. I had interesting conversations with Jackson Wood- director of industry strategy for global trade intelligence at Descartes, and Linda McKee – director of solution management for global trade services at SAP. Both are leaders in this market.

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FLEXE

JANUARY 19, 2016

we cover our 3 predictions for the logistics & supply chain management industry in 2016 and how they will impact your day to day life.</p> Omnichannel strategies continued to evolve and become more sophisticated. <p>In this episode of Logistics 2.0, I'm Karl Siebrecht.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Source: https://www.oracle.com/us/assets/logfire-general-presentation-3211400.pdf. Speaking of TMS, MercuryGate announced an integration partnership with CSX Transportation (CSXT) Intermodal’s RailPlus , CSXT’s door-to-door intermodal service.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Mostly, manufacturers demand technologies that can boost their output without causing an additional strain on resources, and the final five technologies changing manufacturing in 2016 did just that. The annual growth rate for machine learning and artificial intelligence grew more than 500 percent from 2013 through 2016. Industry 4.0

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Luxottica presumably uses a dual sourcing and a base-surge strategy for some eyewear models with China being their low cost far away source for base supply and Italy being the close source to meet surges in demand. The manufacturing facilities produced a combined 93 million prescription frames and sunglasses in 2016.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

Author : Emad Atef – CSCA, MBA (Candidate), Procurement and Sourcing Manager. Bixby Cooper , 166; Sunil Chopra, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, Global Edition: Strategy, Planning, and Operation (Boston: Pearson, 2015), 273; Heizer, Operations Management , 507. References. Bowersox, David J.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

From artificial intelligence to refocusing on procurement, the state of supply chain continued to explode throughout 2016, and you need to understand why. The State of Supply Chain 2016 Trends. A 2016 Accenture survey, reports RF Gen , explained how more companies are taking advantage of AI benefits through linked supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. After implementation, in 2016, no business or product owners were appointed. ” Her answer was telling.

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation May 30, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Sara Omer What is the Saudi Vision 2030 Program? Sourcing locally is not just beneficial for individual businesses but the entire local economy.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Due to climate change, firms are rethinking their strategies to guarantee environmental initiatives to start environmental actions. Furthermore, the notion of Sustainable Supply Chain Management is often linked with social responsibility or environmental management (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016). 2016, March 16). Why go green?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? Globalization has dominated as a widely practiced business strategy during the past 15–20 years. Many supply chain, sourcing & procurement teams have been asked to row upstream without a paddle during this time of crisis. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Amazon’s Mission Its unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction is at the heart of Amazon’s logistics strategy. Amazon’s Virtuous Circle One of the key elements of Amazon’s logistics strategy is what they refer to as the “virtuous circle.” It proposes storing products in giant underwater storage facilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. The company is one of 15 winners in the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire Research. Q: You were a winner of the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 25, 2018

Millennials are important, put a strategy in place to attract and retain . This tech-savvy group can be a great source of new ideas and innovative solutions for managing the supply chain of the future. Source: SCM World. Experienced workers in the supply chain have a lot of knowledge to transfer, set up a mentoring program .

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 6, 2016

Commodity/Category sourcing profiles within Research and Development (R&D). Develop sourcing strategies for R&D commodity categories (play books). Collaborate with buying staff, evaluate categories, define strategy & verify data sources. Can’t wait for the gun to go off!

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FLEXE

MAY 26, 2016

It’s not even Q3 yet, but like most people in the supply chain & logistics industries we are already thinking about Holiday 2016. No longer can we think about our supply chains as just being a source of efficiency for the business. In the most recent episode of Logistics 2.0, That’s entirely new for this industry.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

There are several elements in an effective logistics strategy, with the ultimate goal of identifying the most cost-effective service levels and developing plans and processes that enable the company to operate as close to those optimal service levels as possible.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 31, 2017

An important differentiation between data governance, business intelligence, business analytics cognitive analytics and predictive analytics is needed as a basis for building a digital supply chain strategy. ” The reasons stated for this include criticality to business, recognition of benefits and utilization in strategy.

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