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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

Process-based companies continue to focus on manufacturing efficiency (OEE) and discrete on procurement (PPV) without designing the supply chain to balance transportation, manufacturing, and procurement to a balanced scorecard. Aggregate Industry Trend Apparel Industry Groupthink In short, the industry struggles with Groupthink.

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Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Brain

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

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Net-Zero Commitments Are Reshaping Carbon Tracking in CPG Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. AI can integrate with procurement platforms, utility meters, logistics trackers and internet of things sensors to gather real-time data. Retailers are following suit.

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Mathematical Optimization: Supply Chain Management by the Numbers

Supply Chain Brain

For a retailer, that might take the form of guidance as to where and how much to produce items, how to transport them, and where to position them in a manner that best reflects actual consumer demand. What makes mathematical optimization especially valuable, Yurchisin says, is its prescriptive — as opposed to merely descriptive — nature.

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Maersk Suspends Service at Haifa

Supply Chain Brain

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

The script will be distributed to CFOs of apparel, consumer packaged goods, and food/beverage companies next week. There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. Bernstein & Co., Can you help us with what you see in the data?”

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

It can take miles out of the transportation journey, air from a carton or box, or reduce trips to a specific neighborhood or house. As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries. For supply chains, sustainability is symbiotic with profitability.