Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain The European Union is on the verge of rolling out a reporting regulation that promises to have a huge impact on businesses selling into the region. The DPP “represents a significant advance in product transparency and sustainability,” according to an EU report published in September of 2024. “As

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. This is the exact word that used by Kelly Bysouth, the chief supply chain officer at International Automotive Components (IAC).

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The automotive industry is grappling with many challenges as it transitions to electric vehicles (EVs), while simultaneously navigating volatile production schedules, tightening regulatory compliance, and placing rising pressures on supplier relationships.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

With the digitization of the source-to-pay process being a key initiative for many chief procurement officers, to the inherent automation which promises to accelerate innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), digitization is growing. However, it is fundamental to empowering procurement success in the modern age.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In my previous posts, I looked at how to successfully launch a digital transformation and progress to best-in-class Procurement. Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and digitization levels, defining best-in-class as being the top quartile or similar high percentage. Stay Flexible.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Automotive News Europe ). Consultancy UK).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

fashion, automotive, spare parts, airlines). Innovation and supplier management calls for cloud-based integrated systems between partners and advanced predictive models. Predictive analytics will quicken demand response and involve product-use insights to improve accuracy against external factors affecting demand (e.g.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The Company also has franchised aftermarket services in automotive repair shops, retail outlets, and everything in between. Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. Shell’s goal is to provide a variety of products to enable usage in multiple applications.

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QAD

JULY 28, 2022

It encourages us to continue meeting with automotive industry experts about supply chain issues that resonate with so many listeners. Episode #6: Electrifying the Automotive Supply Chain. With three decades of hands-on automotive experience, Paul Eichenberg , Chief Strategist, Eichenberg Consulting, L.L.C.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

When you think about the product lifecycle from cradle-to-cradle through the moments of truth of purchase, usage, and disposal, what are the opportunities to improve corporate social responsibility? The DuPont supply chain supplied products and services into the housing and automotive supply chains. Bio-engineering? Customization?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. Sadly, I find each to have a limited view of supply chain analytics. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders). In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error. This gives supply chain leaders a false sense of security.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Surprising demand in automotive for car replacement. ” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” Demand latency is the time from channel purchase to translation into an order. What are they seeing? One thing is clear. Everyone has a bias.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

This gives a business constant access to up-to-date data, allowing it to quickly calculate meaningful metrics like inventory turn, value of inventory on-hand or sales per week by item.” This cuts down on both inventory carrying costs and obsolete inventory, which boosts long-term profitability.”

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Lean manufacturing concept has been implemented widely in the automotive industry so the case studies about lean manufacturing is very readily available. Due to the increasing competition in the automobile industry, car manufacturers have to launch a new model to the market more frequently.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Maximizing Cost Savings Through Strategic Supplier Collaboration With the growing emphasis on long-term value creation, Chief Procurement Officers are increasingly turning to supplier collaboration as a cornerstone of cost reduction. Resolving these challenges requires a dynamic, iterative approach.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Manufacturers Health Check report shows SMEs in the UK, New Zealand and Australia were forced to hold record levels of stock in Q3 2022 – a response to billowing international lead times. We did this by analysing four key metrics: The average value of total stock on hand – reflecting the volume of goods held (plus impacts from inflation).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Today, manufacturers located in multiple geographies are faced with complex energy sourcing options affected by various procurement and billing requirements and the ever changing local/state/federal legislation. Energy is also at the centre of significant change in traditional markets like fossil fuels and automotive.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

The first post in this series broke down what is supplier quality management and the steps to evaluate suppliers and the second post gave you insight into the metrics to look out for by 6 major industries. Getting Serious About a Supplier Quality Management System. Have you implemented a supplier quality system in your operations?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

Today, 32% of companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the same organization, and the gaps in alignment between operations and commercial teams are large. Last night, I spoke at a conference on the use of advanced analytic techniques and the future of planning. 3) The rate of change in business is accelerating. Why so long?

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. The slideshow that follows, then, is our coverage of Gartner’s rankings, which includes both comments from Gartner’s analysts as well as our own analysis, based on independent reporting. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. Media Type.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2025

Least attention is paid to this category for the purpose of stock control and planning and procurement decisions for such items may be automated. Acknowledgement: In purchasing, acknowledgement is the term used to describe a suppliers confirmation that the buyers purchase order has been received, and hence, that the order is accepted.

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OptiProERP

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Part 4: ERP Analytics/Reporting and Finance Control. Report with confidence. Real-time data gives users insights into purchasing, production, inventory movement, and warehouse management. I’ve seen enterprises close faster and have more confidence in the accuracy of their financial closings and reports.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

“It sort of depends upon what we are purchasing from the supplier as to the approach we should take…” Commodity Strategic The first level, for components or typical commodity type products, we will at least want to perform a supplier evaluation of some sort. with a backup plan as part of contingency planning.

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DynaSys

APRIL 14, 2021

Regardless of industry; automotive, high tech, life science, or consumer packaged goods, the supply chain (even before Covid-19) was a complicated entity. And the avenues for consumer purchases have expanded as well. Automotive had a global shutdown. On any given day, one of the links in that chain could break.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This type of software is used by businesses to plan and oversee routine operations, such as supply chain management, manufacturing, services, project management, customer relationship management, risk management, compliance, accounting and procurement. Common industries that benefit from ERP software include: Automotive.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. With adaptive customisation, users personalise it when they take it home.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Curtis Feeny has invested in enterprise software for 19 years with a focus on data analytics. He served on the board of Trammell Crow Company (TCC: NYSE), which was purchased by CB Richard Ellis (CBG: NYSE) in 2006. Where and how do I get started with using technology capabilities like AI, real time analytics etc. project?

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

William Crane, Founder & CEO of IndustryStar Solutions , is an entrepreneur and experienced executive in supply chain with demonstrated results starting, launching and enhancing procurement, logistics, supplier quality and manufacturing companies globally. Sustainable Leadership Purchasing Council. Mihai Corbuleac. csITsupport.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Curtis Feeny : Managing Director at Voyager Capital Curtis Feeny has invested in enterprise software for 19 years with a focus on data analytics. He served on the board of Trammell Crow Company (TCC: NYSE), which was purchased by CB Richard Ellis (CBG: NYSE) in 2006. Curtis was appointed by President George W. billion to $9 billion.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Automotive. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. cities with these lockers in-place are located in states that already collect sales taxes for online purchases. Contact Us. Newsroom Investors Careers. Infosys Labs. Industries. Industries.

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RFgen

APRIL 20, 2023

The ability to update Oracle Cloud as work occurs is an essential best practice for accurate tracking and reporting. Purchase Orders: receiving, line inquiries, inspections, put-away, returns, and RMA returns. It’s a necessary but beneficial value-add proven to provide upticks in key performance metrics.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Index figures are calculated from a combination of core performance metrics, including sales performance, purchasing and internal efficiency. Automotive and industrial machinery manufacturers are the best performers in Australia both taking 100 point health scores.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Take for example an automotive supplier that has won a major business award with a customer on a. issues covering design content, timing, cost and delivery. Have frequent internal team meetings to reinforce and review your team’s objectives and key metrics. resolved and put behind us. team roles and responsibilities'

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

also runs an automotive build to order re-manufacturing and parts manufacturing division that utilizes S&OP and build to order concepts. Most large company cultures and resources are dominated by accountants with increasingly onerous requirements for reporting of rearward looking GAAP accounting measurements. The DCRA Inc.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries. The contract may also include metrics and resulting consequences (late fees, etc.). Typically, it is not a smooth evolution such as a refresh of an automotive design for a new model year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

Models Matter. In implementing planning, most of the focus in purchasing technology in the sales cycle is on optimization. These role-based views can be consumed into a demand visibility signal and used in the respective applications within transportation and procurement.) The root issue is functional metrics.

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