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Does Your Supply Chain Need Blockchain?

Shipchain

The use of blockchain and supply chain management (SCM) platforms can reshape how shippers approach everyone from consumers to carriers. A platform that combines blockchain and SCM has the potential to eliminate many of the laborious manual processes involved in tracking shipments and preparing them for transit.

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Digital Transformation of the Supply Chain

Logility

Materials and components are sourced from even more remote locations and finished products are being sold into expanding regions and channels. Envision the “To-Be” process capabilities and desired performance metrics through benchmarking, group brain storming sessions, and alignment to business strategy and direction.

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50 Online Resources for Aspiring Supply Chain Scholars

Supply Chain Opz

Compare logistics infrastructure using Logistics Performance Index World Bank has produced Logistics Performance Index (LPI) report since 2007 to aid policy makers to benchmark logistics infrastructure in their countries. Resource: SCM Global 100 30. The list below consists of top influencers in scm that you should follow.

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Book Review - Supply Chain Transformation: Building and.

Supply Chain Opz

Anyway, the author shows you in great detail how you can identify the scope of assessment, the sources of secondary data you need, how to conduct an interview, example of SWOT Analysis, Five Pillar Analysis and the list of interview questions at the end of the chapter. SCM-Operations is now SupplyChainOpz. best of supplychainopz.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. Most companies use multiple B2b networks because they have evolved to serve a part of a supply chain–source, make or deliver within an industry–versus a value chain solution that can connect industries. 3) Benchmark Data and Early Alerting.

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What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out Outsourcing Sourcing! Those same companies, out of necessity, became more sophisticated and implemented Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, delivering substantial savings to their companies bottom line and even help capture innovation. SCM #SupplyChain #procurement #purchasing #supplychainmanagement #outsourcing.

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Newly minted MBA from NC State heads off to Apple’s Supply Chain Organization

Supply Chain View from the Field

Next, students perform a detailed supplier evaluation for a global sourcing case study, involving a high tech situation. As part of this, they are exposed to concepts of total cost of ownership, “should-cost” modeling, and utilizing price indices to track and benchmark supplier price quotes and RFQ’s.