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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? My second observation is that for 96% of public companies supply chain excellence is slip-sliding away. Reflections on Excellence. Comparing 2010-2019. Tom Peters.

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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

I am also developing a framework for my new book. I define supply chain excellence as year-over-year performance better than the peer group on this balanced scorecard. Orbit Chart of TJX Versus Peer Group for the Period of 2010-2019. 10/2019 Llamasoft merges with Opex (Amount not disclosed.). Stay tuned.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

At the Supply Chain Insights Global Conference in 2019, an attendee stopped me after the third case study of the Supply Chains to Admire award winner. Foundational to supply chain excellence is the reliability of delivery, quality, and service. The Sleep Number Story of Supply Chain Excellence. ” As he spoke, I smiled.

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Background on Ocean Transport. Freight Rates 2019-2021. The need for data synchronization increases with the growth of nodes, the increase of the number of parties handling the freight, and the use of multiple modes of transport. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Less Collaborative.

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Preparing Your Supply Chain for the Holidays

Talking Logistics

In fact, UPS is anticipated to add over 100,000 seasonal staffers to support the projected package volume increase from November through January 2019. This means that there are fewer people available to transport goods over-the-road. This means that there is an increased need for transportation as shoppers buy more and more items.