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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

We’ve got two clients who brew beer: one local, and one across the border in South Africa. And the product in South Africa’s done really well in the market there.” “The Of course, being curious only helps if the forecast models are based on reliable numbers.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition of push/pull decoupling points and the role of postponement to improve inventory as a supply chain buffer to improve agility. Concerted plans that focus on inventory management as one part of the supply chain as a complex system. Tomorrow, I board my long flight from South Africa. Manufacturing.

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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

Requis

My experience has always been in the back office, and I didn’t realize this until I was teaching my course at NYU, but any costs related to supply chain can account for 30% – 80% of sales. Everything that is important for what you do but that sits outside of your business we call supply chain. Energy is at the high end at 79%.

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

Sophie Miles is the VP of Marketing & Co-Founder of CalculatorBuddy.com , a tech company in expansion to USA, Canada, and South Africa. Service levels are of course important, but crucially they need to be achieved within the budgeted fulfillment cost. Sophie Miles. Darren Cottingham. cottingham. Abhishek Biswas.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

His variety of courses are available at SCMDOJO Academy. Expertise: Agile Project Management, Lean Implementation in Warehouse, Supply Chain Simulation & Modelling, Warehouse Management Systems, Inventory Management, Business Intelligence (Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio), Advanced Excel Skills, warehouse management.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Dr. Muddassir Ahmed!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Before that I worked as Planning and Operations Manager for Bridgestone , Middle East, Africa, Pakistan & Afghanistan for 4 years. How has Business and Supply Chain changed over the course of your career? Originally from Pakistan/UK, I currently live in Dubai, where I serves as Founder and CEO of SCMDOJO.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Of course they need to be SMART. Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. It’s an issue I see again and again in the course of my consulting activity. Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Which ones to use?…

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