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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

Orbit Chart for the Chemical Industry for the Period of 2010-2017 at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. The lengthening of payables by Mondelez will boomerang into rising costs, quality issues and supplier viability concerns. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030.

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Intelligent IBP – Unshackle the Planners!

Supply Chain Trend

Often, you’re lucky to get the IBP deck out in time, without having any quality time to make simulations or prepare quality decisions. And McKinsey estimates a 24% rise in demand for social and emotional skills by 2030. In traditional IBP, planners live in this never-ending cyclical treadmill to get ready for the next meeting.

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China's Growing Role in the Automotive Industry

Elementum

Chinese-made automotive components are gaining popularity among major car companies, due to their cheap prices yet quality parts rivaling those manufactured in other countries, such as the US. The country aims to achieve major breakthroughs in AI by 2025, and become a leader in AI theory, technology, and application by 2030.

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Supply Chain Planning & Optimization Projections for 2018 - Back to the Future

Logility

The large number of major data breaches in 2017 has been the focus of many C-level meetings. For many, the current state includes difficulties interfacing IoT data in a high quality, repeatable fashion. Supply Chain Data Quality and Ownership. Inconsistent and poor quality data will degrade confidence in recommendations.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP can support a company’s vision by positively influencing its values and behaviors, thus actively shaping the company’s culture (Van Hove, 2017). In my benchmark survey (Van Hove, 2017), only 25% of survey participants answered yes to the question ‘ We have a relentless focus on only what is important for long term business objectives ’.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.18-2.22

Freight Plus

Amazon promises 50% net-zero carbon shipments by 2030. Currently, Amazon does not release any facts regarding their green efforts and unlike 85% of Fortune 500 companies in 2017, they did not publish a sustainability report. Dave Clark, SVP of Worldwide Operations at Amazon, made the pledge in a blog published Monday.

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Unpacking Supply Chain Traceability: A Comprehensive Guide

RFgen

Part 3: The Impact of Supply Chain Traceability In this section, we will discuss the impact of supply chain traceability on sustainability, product quality and safety, consumer trust, and brand reputation. In 2017, Walmart launched its Project Gigaton initiative, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion tons by 2030.