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Transparency & Candor: Meet Three New Supply Chain Leaders Up Close

Stord

Like many companies, Stord recently completed its annual performance review cycle for all employees, with a number of team members earning promotions. Unlike many companies however, we are writing a blog post about it…but why? A one-stop shop for anything supply chain data related. Paola: “It’s all about the people.”

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How Procter & Gamble is thriving on supply chain complexity

ToolsGroup

Source: Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Procter & Gamble (P&G) is known for best-in-class supply chain planning. GDM now serves more than 100 distributors on five continents and in 180 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Equally it poses huge supply chain planning challenges.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. In previous years, many companies only focused on getting product into Jakarta (the country’s largest city) and satisfying demand there. Here’s what we found: 1. fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding. The challenges can be multi-faceted: High logistical costs.

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World Cup Plays that Build Winning Supply Chain Teams

MIT Supply Chain

And we can draw some important lessons from this wonderful spectacle – including ones that are particularly relevant to supply chain leaders. And so it is in the supply chain world. Keep it simple is a hard-won lesson in the supply chain profession. Amazon’s supply chain is key to the company’s success.

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Embracing Adversity

BlueYonder

A contract specialist at Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software, Inc.), I was born in San Juan, Argentina but most of my formative years were in a beautiful, quiet suburban town in Cordoba, Argentina. I was born in San Juan, Argentina but most of my formative years were in a beautiful, quiet suburban town in Cordoba, Argentina.

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Embracing Adversity

BlueYonder

A contract specialist at Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software, Inc.), I was born in San Juan, Argentina but most of my formative years were in a beautiful, quiet suburban town in Cordoba, Argentina. I was born in San Juan, Argentina but most of my formative years were in a beautiful, quiet suburban town in Cordoba, Argentina.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

So for a company to be competitive in the region, it’s imperative that they know how to effectively navigate countries’ transportation markets. Currently, the state of the logistics market is measured by the Logistics Performance Index (LPI), a benchmarking tool developed by the World Bank. including owner-operators.