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51st Symposium Purchasing and Logistics

Supply Chain Movement

Agenda 2030: Agile and Networked. This is why the 51 st Symposium will cover issues on the following topics: Purchasing 2030: thinking out of the box. Lowering costs and increasing quality: mastering the balancing act. Benchmarking with purchasing and SCM peers. Date: 9 – 11 November 2016. URL: bme.de/en/all-events/51st-symposium-purchasing-and-logistics/.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

The lengthening of payables by Mondelez will boomerang into rising costs, quality issues and supplier viability concerns. I am often asked to benchmark demand. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. While feasible, the question is would this be desirable? Step Three. What is different?

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

Advanced companies are building cross-functional teams to use unstructured data to analyze warranty, quality and service failures. Customer-Centric Benchmarking. Interested in benchmarking your supply chain on customer-centric strategies? Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030. What do you think?

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

ToolsGroup

Forecasts by Korn Ferry cited that by 2030, more than 85 million jobs might go unfilled as there won’t be enough skilled people to fill them. Others do their holiday shopping in-person to ensure they are picking a present with quality that shows they care. million existing employees, for the industry to thrive.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

In my benchmark survey (Van Hove, 2017), only 25% of survey participants answered yes to the question ‘ We have a relentless focus on only what is important for long term business objectives ’. And last but nut least, Human centricity The human qualities and capabilities needed to support decision making.

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The Evolving Landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics

ThroughPut

AI in supply chains is helping to deliver the powerful optimization capabilities required for more accurate capacity planning , improved productivity, high quality, lower costs, and greater output, all while fostering safer working conditions. trillion to the global economy by 2030. AI in Supply Chain can help in Optimization.

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50 expert tips on logistics planning and strategy

6 River Systems

While it’s certainly important for each stakeholder to ensure they’re meeting deadlines and turning in quality performance, silos along the supply chain make it difficult to address inefficiencies in any meaningful way. Think about how your warehouse might look in 2030. “Many supply chain members simply pass the buck.