Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In a recent infographic, How to get your supply chain ready for the future, we highlighted three factors driving the need for supply chain change. How do you ensure you’re buying a conflict-free diamond when that special moment comes? One article I read recommends asking to see the diamond’s System of Warranties statement.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 13, 2017

Apparently a production bottleneck at an Italian Bosch plant that makes steering gears for BMW caused missed deliveries, the impact of which caused a domino effect ultimately leading to shutdowns in multiple auto production plants: “BMW AG will seek compensation from Robert Bosch GmbH after missing parts for models including the bestselling 3-Series (..)

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

Procurement language article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Under apartheid, and the first few years of his life, in South Africa, his existence was literally a crime. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Born a Crime).

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

by Melissa Clow Our partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘What If You Could Take The Guesswork Out Of Forecast Planning?’. This exercise is important because it will help supply chain leaders understand exactly where planning is necessary and how to drive exceptional performance in their supply chain operations.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

Read Full Article. How General Motors Spun Gold Out of a Supply Chain Disaster. Read Full Article. The most common (and probably an oversimplified) example cited is that butterfly flapping its wings in Africa can cause a hurricane in Europe. How about your suppliers? Read Full Article. Read Full Article.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 26, 2018

Yet, more and more articles address the topic of digital disruption and see it as an opportunity. One of the best examples is the delivery of blood bags in some areas of Africa. Supply chain professionals trying to figure out how to leverage emerging technologies could easily become overwhelmed. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 8, 2019

Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Under apartheid, and the first few years of his life, in South Africa, his existence was literally a crime. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Hey Procurement! It’s Time to SELL!

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. As I drank a cup of coffee and waited, I reflected on the article I had just completed for the Institute of Supply Management. How to do this in the face of severe cost-cutting pressures?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 11, 2022

How to Get the Most out of Business Travel! Keep reading to learn about the most popular hospitality positions, and choose the ones you like in the article below. In the morning, you’re in Canada, and in the evening, you’re entering one of the pubs in South Africa. We hope the article was helpful to you. Subscribe Here!

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

According to this article from Deloitte , companies need to show “greater commitment to sustainable value creation.” Implementing new systems will require upskilling for staff to understand how to gather, analyse and report on new data. This includes the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

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Repl Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Nowhere is this more true than in South Africa. . Having worked in the UK and US, Doug Robertson is REPL’s South Africa Senior Principal. With under-qualification prevalent, South Africa suffers from a skills shortage that’s particularly felt in computing and electronics among other occupations.

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Knut has written a highly regarded book on supply chain (in German) and co-wrote several articles on the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s supply chains, including Resetting Supply Chains for the Next Normal , Supply Chain Recovery in Coronavirus Times—Plan for Now and the Future , and How Great Supply Chain Organizations Work.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 24, 2019

A recent WSJ article highlighted a fact that confirms much of what we found in our study of counterfeit products in the supply chain a year ago: if you’re buying on Amazon, beware of counterfeits. It has been estimated that 80 percent to 90 percent of the pharmaceuticals in Africa, for instance, are counterfeit.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 15, 2018

I have no crystal ball and if I did, I wouldn’t know how to get a picture on it. As I highlighted in a recent article on the Supply Chain Leaders Academy blog, an innovative rail system being developed in Texas could move transport containers and road-trailers “piggyback-style” on electric-powered, driverless shuttles.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2017

There will, however, be challenges as how to align custom statutes as well as basic operations and processes in order to keep trade flowing smoothly.”. How Will the U.S. The OBOR effort has not gotten the degree of attention it deserves,” says Pieter Bottelier of John Hopkins University, in a recent article in Knowledge@Wharton. “I

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 4, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. Based in the UK he has consulted in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. He has written many articles on S&OP and IBP and presented at numerous international conferences. I’m never bored.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. He is also a widely published author, with numerous articles in leading publications such as The European Business Review, World Financial Review and Chief Executive Officer.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. My first one was for the 2015 annual APICS conference in Las Vegas where a board member of SAPICS attending my presentation inquired if I would be interested in presenting at their conference in Sun City, South Africa.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I saw an article where somebody made the point that the data age or the information age is over. What they care about is for you to tell them how to change that into information that affects their business. New Jersey is where our corporate headquarters is based but we have offices in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and South Africa.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

But I will get into the details in a future article. In the past weeks, ocean freight rates have risen as much as $10,000 per 40-foot container, as container ships seeking to avoid the attacks embarked on long detours around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, diverting more than $200 billion of cargo away from the critical trade artery.

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