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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

Consider the case study of Sleep Number that outperforms in the furniture sector. The processes of make, source, and deliver reports to a common leader in only 40% of businesses. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The company does not sell mattresses; they sell sleep.

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S&OP: Can You Make Decisions at the Speed of Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. And, when it comes to their case studies, I do not find the step change. For most –hamstrung by silo-based strategies for source, make and deliver–there is no clear definition of supply chain strategy.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

History will also include case studies of mergers and acquisitions. The study of improvement and performance for the 535 companies in 26 industries took two months. The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. The event focus?

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Building Outside-in Processes: Answering A Question From the Audience

Supply Chain Shaman

Shifts in Traditional Supply Chain Processes in the Building of Capabilities for Supply Chain 2030. Retail forecasts are never a good source of data for the manufacturer. Allergy Case Study. A second case study is the use of sentiment data and the building of listening posts by Lenovo. Trust but Verify.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Report Indicates Apple India iPhone Output is Now $7 Billion

Supply Chain Matters

Background In early December of 2022, we called Supply Chain Matters reader attention to published reports acknowledging that consumer electronics giant Apple was accelerating actions to source some hardware production outside of China. Reportedly, the current goal is to have upwards of 25 percent of iPhones assembled in India by 2025.

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Tackling the Unknown: Trying to Figure Out New Forms of Analytics

Supply Chain Shaman

Cloud and open source analytics are fueling new markets giving rise of new software providers in analytics with names like Board, Cloudera, EveryAngle, Enterra Solutions, FusionOps, Halo, Qlik, Spotfire, Transvoyant, Trifecta, and Trufa. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics.