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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

Slow growth and rising costs dominate meeting agendas. While most have programs for entry-level hires and executive leaders, as shown in Figure 1, the biggest gap is in the development and retention of mid-management leaders (senior managers and directors). Analytics Techniques for Supply Chain 2030. Learn a new language?

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Five Trends That Excite Me!

Supply Chain Shaman

This group meets three times a year, and I always find the discussions stimulating. Buyers beware of the use of the name without meeting the definition. EDI is too cumbersome, and SAP Ariba’s focus, despite the marketing hype, is primarily on managing indirect spending. Data today does not move at the speed of business.

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Supply Chain Planning & Optimization Projections for 2018 - Back to the Future

Logility

The large number of major data breaches in 2017 has been the focus of many C-level meetings. For many, the current state includes difficulties interfacing IoT data in a high quality, repeatable fashion. Most companies just aren’t at the point where consuming this firehose of data is feasible. Talent Gap.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Fiona Lowbridge, VP at ALOM!

Supply Chain Game Changer

A work event with all of the top leaders of the company was a great way for me to meet a lot of people quickly. Over the ensuing days I continued to meet more people and learn more about what was going on. Data management technology is today’s supply chain performance differentiator. She was not shy. She stated her case.

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Achieve the Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Consumers Demand

Logility

Through the intelligent use of technology, organizations can meet these goals and reduce the environmental impact of their supply chains to improve environmental stewardship, reduce damage to the planet, and ensure that sourcing is done sustainably. Manufacturers have begun meeting customer sustainability demands by re-using their waste.

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Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future!

Supply Chain Game Changer

There are articles which describe what the future of Supply Chain will be like in 2020, 0r 2025, or even 2030. Control Towers will be prevalent as Supply Chain leaders will be able to see, and manage, how their entire Supply Chain is functioning from one digital command centre. Imagine what the future will look like in Supply Chain!

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How the Inflation Reduction Act’s EV Tax Credit Will Reshape Supply Chains

QAD

With the credit, consumers could save up to $7,500 on a new clean vehicle if it meets Inflation Reduction Act-mandated requirements for critical minerals and battery components. The proposed rulemaking also contains a three-step process for verifying batteries meet those critical mineral thresholds.