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Funding Your Way to a Decarbonized Supply Chain

AIMMS

According to a Proxima report “Investing in a Sustainable Supply Chain,” there has been a significant change in the priorities of investors. Supply chain optimization software like SC Navigator can heavily help in discovering significant cost-saving opportunities that can be re-invested in a supply chain decarbonization project.

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Do You Need a Graph?

Supply Chain Shaman

Primed for transactional efficiency, these legacy architectures based on relational databases drive order-to-cash and procure-to-pay efficiencies. Current Familiarity with Analytic Concepts (Fall 2022 Snapshot) Preamble Supply chain leaders love their rows and columns. I term this our data jail. The focus of the Gartner Magic Quadrant.)

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The Impact of Demand Volatility and a Changing Technology Landscape on European Supply Chains

AIMMS

A recent report by the ACE European Group identifies supply chains as of the biggest sources of concern for European businesses today. On the other hand, there is a rising need for smarter and more flexible tools as well as more staff with analytical capabilities. Let’s take the example of inventory optimization.

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Five Trends That Excite Me!

Supply Chain Shaman

The SAP acquisition of Ariba slowed innovation and the purchase, and then the failed promise of investment in Crossgate was disappointing to SAP supply chain business users. Traditional procurement functionality in SRM focused on improving transactional efficiency. Future of Analytics in the Building of Supply Chain 2030.

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Costly mismatch between supply and demand? Take our quiz for chemical companies and find ways to improve

AIMMS

AIMMS and ORTEC have developed a methodology to assess the maturity of the S&OP process. You’ll get immediate feedback and can opt-in to receive a report to see where you stand compared to the market. Operating units used their own demand forecast; they had no centralized approach and saw frequent inventory violations.

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Was Integrated Planning a Hoax?

Supply Chain Shaman

We now have new technology players entering the market like AIMMS, Enterra Solutions, OM Partners, Quintiq, ToolsGroup, and Terra Technology. The implementations were longer, the purchase costs were higher, and the functionality was less robust and lacking flexibility. All of the results are reported in aggregate.

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Supply Chain Movement 20 – Trends & Consulting

Supply Chain Movement

The firm’s lean engineers and supply chain engineers help hospitals not only with inventory management and logistics but also with process improvements in catheterisation labs, for example. Consultants used to spend months conducting research, only to present clients with a lengthy report that subsequently ended up in a drawer.