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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. Reflection. The Market Response.

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I published an article on outside-in planning. The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. MRO Additive Manufacturing Not Forecastable Machine sensing to improve proactivity. Maximize Customer Service Agile 6.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

Hopefully, by the end of the article you will also agree. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues. These sources while functional are difficult to connect. Control tower , by definition, is similar.

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Supply Chain Analytics: Benefits, Challenges & Architecture

SCMDOJO

By harnessing the power of data and analytics, companies can uncover valuable insights into their supply chain processes, pinpoint areas in need of improvement, and make informed decisions that can boost their bottom line. When it comes to managing a supply chain, having access to real-time data can be a game-changer.

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What Remains the Same?

Supply Chain Shaman

On Wednesday morning, when I finished speaking at the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing in Fort Lauderdale, an executive from J&J pulled me aside and said, “Our strengths, are now our vulnerabilities.” ” A supply chain leader from GE at another conference said, “Yesterday, we called it big data.

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It’s time to welcome the supply chain CEO

Kinaxis

Over the past few decades, companies have realized that the way they bring products to market – from sourcing parts and services, to manufacturing, to shipping, to distribution – isn’t just a practical necessity, but an avenue for competitive advantage. This great article provided some great perspective on the topic.

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The Internet of Things and Big Data

Enterra Insights

Gigabytes and terabytes of information will whiz between devices at a frightening speed and big data technologies will work even harder to store, process and take value from the collected yet often unstructured sensory information. Pialat notes, “Big data and the Internet of Things are inherently connected.”