Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. The metrics shown in Figure 1 are difficult to improve together. Most companies improve singular metrics but are not able to drive portfolio.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. So, what are some of the data challenges the industry faces? Cement is one of the raw materials that goes into making concrete, which is the finished product.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

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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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

Financial reengineering focuses on the optimization of short-term results that are usually based on a functional analysis of source, make, or deliver. Few consultants understand the interrelationships between source, make and deliver. Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

On the other hand, only 8 percent of companies that were rated by their executives as less than significantly above average on supply chain-related metrics have the same performance. To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

We live in a digital age in which, according to Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, big data is an organization’s most valuable asset. Today, it’s not people but data that tops the asset value list for companies.”[1] Data and the Digital Supply Chain. ”[3].

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2017

Traditionally, the focus has been on building efficient organizational silos for make, source or deliver. As a result, tor most companies, the goals are unclear and the financial metrics are not well-understood. In the 2017 analysis, we analyzed 495 companies in 31 industries. Clearly, Amazon is a supply chain leader.

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Shipsy

JUNE 20, 2017

With an ever increasing focus on innovation and efficiency in the supply chain, Gartner’s Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings 2017 threw up a host of interesting takeaways. Key Trends in Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings 2017 (Source?—?Gartner) Net income/total assets Inventory turns?—?Cost Change in revenue from prior year CSR?—?Index

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 21, 2021

“The more data, people and processes you can connect to in the supply chain,” she explains, “the more you reduce your risk, improve performance tracking and ultimately make better decisions.”[2] ” Robinson goes on to note that this common vision must be supported by shared data. ” Anne G.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Labor day also signals the end of summer, and for many supply chain leaders the beginning of 2017 strategy discussions and intense S&OP debates to finalize Q3 and Q4 planning. Pick five-to-seven balanced metrics and hold all functions accountable to these corporate metrics. Is there a need to retool? Learn a new language?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Furthermore, the speed of operation of robots will increase more than 30 percent by the end of 2017. Clearly, robotics will become more important in 2017 than during any previous year. Better procurement practices translate into better overall sales, but the role of procurement in driving sales’ statistics will change throughout 2017.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 27, 2017

Related: How to Perform a Supply Chain Management Assessment for 2017. Data Cleansing and System Integration. Data Cleansing and System Integration should be a key initiative for any business looking to improve forecasted numbers, enhance collaboration, and supply chain visibility. Determine the Metrics That Matter.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

Gary began our discussion by pointing out that the Amazon Effect, which he says had a critical turning point during the 2017 holiday season, has sped up supply chains for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, causing a greater emphasis on sourcing. There is much more involved now than the perfect order metric.”.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Source: Smartening up with Artificial Intelligence (AI) – What’s in it for Germany and its Industrial Sector? (52 Source: Technology and Innovation for the Future of Production: Accelerating Value Creation (38 pp., Source: Digital Factories 2020: Shaping the future of manufacturing (48 pp.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages. I ask, “ Do you have data that could be used to alleviate the issue in the future?” ” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?”

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Supply chain analytics allows businesses to examine their operations and view data in real-time. Supply chain analytics makes it possible for businesses to collect data, analyze that data, and make informed decisions. Supply chain software can also help analysts turn raw data into easy-to-read visualizations.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The ranking “is based on an analysis of 37 data inputs provided by 12 third-party sources. Data for two of the categories used in the ranking – Innovation and Social Responsibility – are based on processes developed by Handfield and Huang. companies,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Jacobs et al.,

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Bottom line: Machine learning makes it possible to discover patterns in supply chain management data by relying on algorithms that quickly pinpoint the most influential factors to a supply networks’ success, while constantly learning in the process. Discovering new patterns in supply chain data has the potential to revolutionize any business.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2019

”[1] The fourth revolution is being driven by data. Stepping stones between the two revolutions include the generation of big data, advanced computing, and the rise of digital manufacturing. Big data is the lifeblood of the digital age. Data is generated from ubiquitous sensors, the Internet, and mobile technologies.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

The transition from an on-site data handling to the cloud one opens the new opportunities in the overall company management. The cloud-based supply chain management helps you to schedule and set the deadlines more efficiently as executives possess all the needed data and can react on issues at once. A Better Time Administration.

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E2open

MARCH 17, 2017

Friday 17 March 2017. Orchestro’s data, visibility and analytics solutions strategically complement E2open Demand Sensing and have enabled a truly demand-driven supply chain for many leading consumer goods companies. Vast Amounts of Data Available: Take Advantage of It. Will Thomas, VP of Sales, E2open.

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E2open

MARCH 17, 2017

Friday 17 March 2017. Orchestro’s data, visibility and analytics solutions strategically complement E2open Demand Sensing and have enabled a truly demand-driven supply chain for many leading consumer goods companies. Vast Amounts of Data Available: Take Advantage of It. Will Thomas, VP of Sales, E2open.

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. If you or your company have not put this initiative on your business process roadmap yet, it is critical you do so in 2017. Burton predicts that China and Brazil will become hubs for global sourcing.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Bringing Circular Economy (CE) into the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry effectively targets two major fields: products and equipment (waste and consumption) and internal operations and networks (energy and data). percent of global emissions ( Fibre-Systems 2017 ).

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2019

We have established business metrics and we love to quantify our business strategies. Fortunately, supply chain complexity has increased at a time when data is becoming more available. Data can be both a blessing and a curse. This data volume is representative of today’s supply chain complexity — and it’s increasing.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Despite the fact big data is old news, it continues to make headlines. Mike Wood ( @Legalmorning ), founder of Legalmorning.com, writes, “Big data is here to stay and we need to get used to it. ”[2] Like many buzz words, the topic of big data is too broad to discuss in toto. ” The importance of data quality.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. Meet Ernest.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. Potential Sources of Disruption. Cyberattack and data breach. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. Meet Ernest.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

The only real problems they had outside of vying with their competitors were helping their accounting folks in the home office locate the source of deductions that were not obviously linked to the promotion plans; and heck, that wasn’t their problem anyway, right? Just a nuisance. Ah, GONE are those days!

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 25, 2019

As the greatest source of inventory loss, shoplifting obviously must be addressed. 1] Paul Trujillo, “ Beat The Shrink: How Inventory Management Can Help Reduce Shrinkage ,” Business 2 Community , 25 April 2017. [2] And you can invest in inventory management software and train your people to use it properly. Shoplifting.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Gravity and Spire are collaborating to offer an enhanced level of information gathering for companies, governments, and organizations with the ability to plug in real-time data about upstream supply-chain realities. This enhanced visibility of vessels for those awaiting their arrival enables managers to make better, data-driven decisions.

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Market Research (TMR) just released the results of a survey conducted in the first two weeks of February, 2017. Interestingly a near identical percentage (67%) said that ERP (enterprise resource planning) solutions fall short of achieving accurate, real-time, visible supply chain data. TR Cutler, Inc.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

And while each market can be unique, we found a few repeating themes in our own experience and from sources including Gartner and our customers Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Cipla Medpro. Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Here’s what we found: 1. fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019. Warehouse Automation.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 22, 2018

Big data is not a new topic, but it remains a fresh topic of discussion because the amount of data being generated each day continues to grow. Without advanced analytics, finding actionable insights and gaining new knowledge from that data would be difficult and slow — too slow for today’s speed of business. ”[1].

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