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New Survey from JDA and KPMG Highlights Top Drivers and Inhibitors of Supply Chain Investment

BlueYonder

During the conference, 90 executives from the manufacturing, retail and logistics industries attended the Executive Exchange, sponsored by KPMG LLP (KPMG). The survey found that trying to keep up with customer expectations is driving retailer investment in the supply chain, while agility and innovation is driving manufacturer investment.

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New Survey from JDA and KPMG Highlights Top Drivers and Inhibitors of Supply Chain Investment

BlueYonder

During the conference, 90 executives from the manufacturing, retail and logistics industries attended the Executive Exchange, sponsored by KPMG LLP (KPMG). The survey found that trying to keep up with customer expectations is driving retailer investment in the supply chain, while agility and innovation is driving manufacturer investment.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

Instead, companies link suppliers to multiple signals: manufacturing production plans; distribution requirements; and current inventory positions, to help suppliers better plan for supply. Customer-Centric Benchmarking. Interested in benchmarking your supply chain on customer-centric strategies? I hope that this helps!

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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

The world of logistics is increasingly driven by technology , with artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and automation among the biggest logistics trends today. Rob Miller works for the UK arm of Balluff , one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers for factory automation. Rupy Sawhney. Lucas_Group.

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S&OP: Five Steps to Get Started

Supply Chain Shaman

The caller had prior experience with a major household products company and recently transitioned to a smaller, but global discrete manufacturer. For most companies, greater economy of scale is possible through the global management of procurement and transportation and local management of sales, manufacturing and customer service.

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Applying History’s Lessons to New Resiliency Plans

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Due to lean inventory strategies, many manufacturers only keep 15-30 days of inventory on hand. By March consumers and manufacturers alike could not obtain critical supply. Alternatively, the resilient supply chain teaches redundancy of manufacturing lines, inventory, and capacity.

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What’s in Your Digitization Toolbox?

BlueYonder

Headlines tout the potential power of digitization technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, mobility and advanced analytics to transform the supply chain of the future. Internet of Things (30 percent). Access the 2016 SCDigest Supply Chain Digitization Benchmark Survey data. Big Data (15 percent).