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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Before you react, here are some definitions. To support this assertion, I share the results in Table 2, which contrast the Gartner Top 25 2023 winners to the results of their industry sector for the ten-year period of 2023-2022. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I am the most worried about the chemical sector. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. All value chains are dependent in some shape or form on the chemical industry. Are the port issues over?

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The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The devil is definitely in the details. Timing when stores need replenishment or when factory production will increase its demand, will likewise have better forecasting software to lower the overall waste in our inventory and retail systems. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2022.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. This is despite the purchase of Terra Technology Demand Sensing and Multi-tier Inventory Management (MEIO) in 2014 for 12-14M$ (including implementation). September 2021-March 2022. March 2022-Onward.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

The stated overall theme for our 2021 predictions series was a ‘ year of renewal’ where new thinking, definition and directions would be addressed for what is required in a “ new normal ” of business. Current Year 2022. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® began 2022 at an expansion value of 54.2. seen as a likely alternative.

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Yowza! A Nine-Step Decision Process to Help Guide Supply Chain Planning Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes A&D and active ingredients for pharmaceutical companies, but lacks constraint-based asset modeling for the process industries of chemical, consumer products and food. Recently, I worked with a chemical company that had a single SAP ERP instance, and was being heavily courted by SAP to implement SAP IBP.

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The Evolving ‘New Normal’

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The simplest definition of supply chain is ‘the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of……’ and is most commonly used in reference to a commodity. Big agri now know that without logistical planning, supplies of fertilizers, wheat, minerals and chemicals etc. will be severely disrupted.