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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

How Do You Define Excellence? In retrospect, I find that technology is an enabler, but only if we are clear on what defines supply chain excellence. Many believe that an ex-supply chain exec knows the definition of supply chain excellence. The performance in 2022 is almost the same as that in 2013 (note the circular pattern).

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

Logistics Viewpoints

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. Unlike the folks projecting election results these days, I was a little more accurate and the 2022 projections have set the stage for what will happen in 2023. Somewhat nailed it.

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National Barcode Day 2022

Enterra Insights

This gives a business constant access to up-to-date data, allowing it to quickly calculate meaningful metrics like inventory turn, value of inventory on-hand or sales per week by item.” Barcodes play a central role in giving companies the visibility they need to control costs and provide an excellent customer experience.”

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2022, I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. For validation, listen to the ongoing Q1 and Q2 earnings calls. Mistake #3.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions. HOW DID WE GET HERE?

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. He has an MBA from UCLA.

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Why You Should Conduct Internal Quality Audits

Arena Solutions

In 2022 alone, the global aerospace and defense market size has grown from $795.92 Leveraging internal audits to align quality management with key business metrics When asked what are the benefits of conducting an internal audit? Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics.

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