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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Note that the industry aggregate actually went backwards, as did operating margin and inventory for the period 2015-2017. The company experienced a 34% growth in global e-commerce in 2017 and is expecting the trend to continue. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. On September 30, the big data company Palantir went public in an initial 22B$ market valuation. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud.

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

Talking Logistics

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017.

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

ivalua

According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S. Across this supply chain there is typically a lack of visibility due to siloed information and data. The only way to really understand that is data.

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Is Procurement Drowning in Data?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Procurement drowning in data article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. At the same time, the global availability of information & data has grown at 4x the speed of global trade ( hbr.org 2019 ). Is Procurement drowning in data? Data is the #1 global commodity. Of course not.

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A Conversation with Stuart Whiting, Schneider Electric

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He is very passionate about developments in the Supply Chain arena and is always seeking excellence in his drive for efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain operations” – a quality that is very relevant to face up to the many Supply Chain challenges in our path! The silo mentality of traditional organizations must be broken.

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Machine Learning and Digital Transformation

Enterra Insights

Although these monikers conjure up slightly different connotations, they all rest on the fact that data is being created at an unprecedented historical rate. Keeping up with and making sense of all this data is far beyond the capabilities of traditional analytic methods. Tech journalist Christian Rigg agrees with Wang.