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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility. See the pattern?

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3 companies tell you their success with Quintiq

DELMIA Quintiq

The average delivery time of four to six days is now down to two to three days by moving inventory closer to the end consumer with multiple fulfillment locations. could place inventory and fulfill from Sydney for Australasian customers, ready to be delivered locally or to neighboring New Zealand. World Food Programme.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Monthly design of the supply chain including form and function of inventory and inventory placement. Focus on the level of inventory. Functional metric orientation.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Protecting profit margins from ALC inflation ALC (Average Landed Cost) is a crucial metric in demand forecasting and inventory valuation. 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

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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards. Aligning metrics matters. Functional metrics in isolation degrade value. We enjoy writing them!

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

This, together with lack of visibility, poor planning capability and outdated assets due to high cost of capital, results in ad hoc decisions made in functional silos that are more focused on cost and inventory risk avoidance and less on service, thereby contributing to inefficient (and often, inflexible) supply chain processes.”

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

QAD

Taking Ford as an example from the companies above, Ford is working with key suppliers in China, India, Thailand and South Africa to eliminate over 4,900 metric tons of CO2 and 24 million gallons of water usage over the next three years. Consider the effects of excess inventory and unnecessary shipments.