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RS Group Achieves Back-to-Back Ecovadis Platinum Medal for Sustainability Excellence

Synovos

The platinum medal puts RS Group in the top 1% of the 100,000-plus rated companies assessed by EcoVadis with each company rated on the material sustainability risks and issues for size, location, and industry. ESG Report: FY24 www.rsgroup.com/media/bsocsl4m/rs-group-esg-h1-highlights-pack_-november-23.pdf million customers.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Informational Technology groups reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. The last decade is a testimonial that functional excellence does not drive value. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. I disagreed.

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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

The group needed a clear market signal on consumption patterns and the translation of demand with minimal latency to optimize price, mix, and schedule the factory to manage margin. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies outperformed their peer groups. of revenue on IT solutions and expensive solutions to improve performance, yet degrade balance sheet results against peer group sectors in tough markets? If you want to drive change, start by defining supply chain excellence. How could the industry spend 1.7%

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Power Your Business Sustainably Through Solar Energy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The country also plans to boost its solar capacity to at least 2GWp by 2030, which is enough energy to power some 350,000 households. YCH Group, one of Asia’s leading supply chain and logistics conglomeratesis another supply chain company that is using solar power to help cut their CO2 emissions. Cache Logistics Trust, Singapore.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Dependency on Excel. Due to the shortfalls in the evolution of Advanced Planning, 68% of business users use Excel spreadsheets as the primary mechanism for planning. Excel–while widely used for planning–is not equal to the challenge of modeling complex supply chains. Don’t rush to buy. The result?

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