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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic The Asian Institute of Management conducted a study across orgainsations in Asia to identify crucial skills and competencies required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia.

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How good is your crystal ball? Accurate forecasts drive efficient inventory management for retailers

o9 Solutions

Business challenges like sourcing from Asia with long and uncertain lead times now combine with demand uncertainty, which came to the forefront with the pandemic raging. Over the past few decades, retail supply chains were built for operational excellence, not agility. Market knowledge can improve forecast accuracy.

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How good is your crystal ball? Accurate forecasts drive efficient inventory management for retailers

o9 Solutions

Business challenges like sourcing from Asia with long and uncertain lead times now combine with demand uncertainty, which came to the forefront with the pandemic raging. Over the past few decades, retail supply chains were built for operational excellence, not agility. Market knowledge can improve forecast accuracy.

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Three Steps to a Better Statistical Forecast Setup

Arkieva

She shared that her business had implemented a statistical forecasting package from one of the leading vendors during the previous year. She further added that after almost 12 months of going live with the project, any improvements in the statistical forecast accuracy were yet to materialize. Forecast using causal factors.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Beating the growth forecast and improving margins drove lucrative bonus programs. Less Collaborative.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Beating the growth forecast and improving margins drove lucrative bonus programs. Less Collaborative.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost. Next Steps.