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Supply Chain 2030: Forge a New Path

Supply Chain Shaman

The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over, but we hope the energy to define Supply Chain 2030 is just beginning. As companies prepare for Supply Chain 2030, we think that it is time to rethink the basics. 2030 is 14 years in the future. At the Global Summit, supply chain leader after leader shared insights. .”

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

As supply chains moved from regional to global, intransit and cycle inventories increased. Functional excellence drove regional supply chain performance in the 1990s, but a focus on functional metrics in large, global and complex supply chains over the last two decades threw the supply chain out of balance. Winners Over Time.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The evolving pandemic, growing geopolitical tensions, nervous financial markets and increasing economic uncertainty means supply, both globally and locally, is at the very least, uncertain. In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic. GLOBAL CRISES DRIVE PRICES SKY-HIGH.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” An example of a global demand network is IBM iBAT. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. How easy is it to buy from your company? Bio-engineering? Customization?

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Sustainable Food Waste Management for Food Industry SMEs

Unleashed

Food waste accounts for eight percent of global greenhouse gases and has significant environmental and economic impacts. Coffee waste is also an excellent substrate for mushroom cultivation. In 2018 Australia became the first country to set a target to cut its food waste in half by the year 2030.

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Supply Chain Optimization Software – A Comprehensive Guide for Manufacturers

ThroughPut

It goes beyond just maximizing the overall supply chain performance in terms of material delivery excellence. At any point in time, an optimized supply chain stays lean, manages costs and most importantly, responds instantaneously to even minor fluctuations in demand. Business problems solved using supply chain optimization.