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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

There is seldom one technology used within a manufacturing company to connect B2b value networks.) With the larger ocean carriers and the port congestion, GT Nexus becomes more and more important to retail and manufacturing companies. The traditional EDI approach inserts a day latency to open and read documents. It is clear.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Supply Chain Cybersecurity: The Weakest Link in the Chain is Your Biggest Risk!

Supply Chain Game Changer

It doesn’t matter which type of service you perform or which varieties of product you manufacture or help move. These guidelines give you a good basic benchmark for supply chain cybersecurity in your specific industry and might make you ware of threat vectors you didn’t know about. Why Supply Chain Cybersecurity Is Essential Today.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

Thirdly I have set up global raw material supply (GMS), a supply entity that consolidates CAN’s global purchase orders and global vendors to plan and deliver raw materials for our manufacturing sites. We align our supply chains along these strategies and, at the same time, we aim for lean and/or agile manufacturing.

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Getting that “Swing” in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. Step 5: Measure Current Performance and Benchmark with Best-in-Class Competitors.

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Introductory Guide to Spend Analysis - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

While a big chunk of cost lies within procurement, manufacturing and distribution activities, cost reduction from procurement function seems to deliver substantial savings quicker. Classification of commodities allows a company to benchmark its the purchased price against a standard price which is maintained by solution providers.

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Shedding Light on Invisible Value-adds for Warehouse Automation ROI

RFgen

Your workers are the muscle that drives daily operations in the warehouse, on the manufacturing floor, the yard, and every area where supply chain processes can be found. According to the Human Capital Benchmarking Report study released by The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the average cost of onboarding an employee is $4,129.