Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

As a conference attendee, the discussions of digital transformation for me stretches over the period of 1988-2017. Market-driven is a more mature definition of demand-driven. SAP S/4 HANA is all about real-time analytics. Accountability for technology vendors–value statements and clear definitions– is paramount.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Supply chain management might seem like a straight forward topic; but, Mike Mortson ( @mmortson ) notes there is no standard definition of supply chain management. To make that point, Mortson lists ten different definitions for the term from various sources. 10 Different Definitions! Supply chain management. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Check out Brand Protection – The Definitive Role of the Supply Chain! And the reality is that Supply Chain must be cost-effective. Whatever your Industry you should be able to make comparisons to competitors, do benchmarking, and even compare yourself on key metrics across industries. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Other examples: The United States Postal Service (USPS) published a report in May titled Blockchain Technology: Possibilities for the U.S. Postal Service , with supply chain management as one of the focus areas; in October, as reported by Reuters, “IBM, U.S. What will happen in 2017? Will prices continue to increase in 2017?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

The definition above is not from any textbook, but is one that I am sure you will agree, describes a state of affairs that any corporate leader or business owner would be happy to attain. . Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth. Procurement costs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In the situation I was in there were obviously no metrics that were being reviewed and used. There are many metrics that are very helpful including: Cash dollars and days of supply. Inventory dollars and days of supply, and purchase orders outstanding. You do not want to track these metrics only looking in the rear view mirror.

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

purchasing/procurement manager with a manufacturer of building equipment with 21-25 years of experience, living in the South Atlantic region and earning $36,00. Minority Report. Since last year, in fact, the situation has worsened, as the percent of white/Caucasian managers increased from 76% in 2017 to 84% in 2018.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. Read the short version of this report on Medium. Chapter 2 of this report outlines some of the barriers observed to play a prohibitive role to transparency for REE mining and processing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 4, 2019

Where does Procurement stand in your organization’s Value Chain? I speak with Procurement, Sourcing and Purchasing professionals every day, from various globally functioning organizations, and there’s a resounding similarity in every one of those conversations…. Procurement is?—?still?—?largely Secondary: Procurement ?—?is

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As I reviewed the list it struck me that it looked very close to the list I remember seeing from 2017. And Lenovo and Nokia were dropped from the 2017 list. But overall most of the list was the same as 2017. In fact if you go back 5 years to 2013 you will find that most of the names are the same as on the 2018 list.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In 2018, the definition of supply chain transparency is very different than it was over a century ago, and the means for obtaining transparency are a bit more accessible than they were in 1904. As mentioned the definition of supply chain transparency has undergone a shift, and that shift has brought elasticity to the terminology.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? Kodiak Rating’s CTO was recently in attendance at a Procurement Leaders event held in London, titled DITx?—?Data Hearing the summarization wasn’t much of a shock, but rather an affirmation of the on-going transformation occurring within procurement teams.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 2020

As I reviewed the list it struck me that it looked very close to the list I remember seeing from 2017. And Lenovo and Nokia were dropped from the 2017 list. But overall most of the list was the same as 2017. Gartner Survey Metric Notes: 1. Inventory Turns: 2017 cost of goods sold/2017 quarterly average inventory.

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