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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. As an industry, we struggle to embrace new ways of thinking. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. Kinaxis, with 2019 revenues of $191.5M, is flush with cash and slow to invest.

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Pet Food Manufacturing and the Pandemic: Inside an Industry Boom

Unleashed

The growth in pet ownership in 2020-2021 has seen unprecedented demand in the pet food sector – a true industry boom. Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? of pet owners?tended

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Supply Chain Executives are building “Centers of Excellence” – because they support business strategies!

NC State SCRC

The term “COE” is often a commonly heard term in supply managers’ vernacular, but it’s interesting to note that Centers of Excellence as an organizational entity have been around for more than fifty years – and evolved first in the form of what was called “shared services”.

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

ivalua

While it is a difficult time, you have to also applaud the heroic efforts of this industry as a whole. It is also helping to bridge the supply chain management gap that has traditionally existed between healthcare providers and other industries such as manufacturing. According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S.

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Logistics Predictions: How Did We Do in 2022 and What Will 2023 Look Like?

Logistics Viewpoints

There were record numbers (see Figure 1) through August 2022 and even when September’s volumes receded they were still 7% higher than pre-pandemic 2019. Source: Descartes Datamyne. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. Despite many calling for U.S. Figure 1: U.S.

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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%. Source E2open Shipping Index). The reinvention of planning is needed, but it is hard to unwind the industry. I have been an industry analyst for two decades. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001.

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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

If the industry were grounded in truth in advertising repercussions, there would be far fewer signs in the airports from consultants and technology providers.). I define supply chain excellence as year-over-year performance better than the peer group on this balanced scorecard. 06/2020 Kinaxis buys Rubikloud for 60M$.