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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Total cost analysis is more difficult than it sounds and most technology implementations automated functional measurement systems (manufacturing or procurement), but leave the organization blind on the management of total costs.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . This index was reported as 1.84 reported for June, and 2.59

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. It is important to benchmark forecast accuracy and similar supply chain metrics against your peers. Demand models need to be continuously updated.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) My desire was to make the rankings of the Top 25 supply chain report data-driven based on balance sheet results. I began analyzing correlations of groups of metrics to market capitalization and found that the most significant correlation was between market capitalization and growth.

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Piecing Together the SIOP Process

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Traditional S&OP planning often deals with product families or wide-ranging product categories and though providing valuable data, this process delivers results at an aggregate or macro level. In SIOP, accountability is a huge part of achieving desired outcomes, improving monthly metrics and satisfying the customer needs.

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Applying the Laws of Forecasting to Predictive Analytics

NC State SCRC

I had a chance to meet with my good friend Tom Choi from Arizona State University a couple of weeks ago. We had a chance to catch up on a great number of things, but one that sticks in my mind is the discussion on predictive analytics and forecasting. This is driving greater velocity of decision-making.

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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. In the last five years the Supply Chain Operating Network technologies evolved canonical data structures to enable communication in a many-to-many data model.