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Transversing the Paradox River

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition As I follow the evolution of supply chain technology, I am struck by what I see as a stream of paradox and anomaly, and the tendency of supply chain leaders to cling to convention. technologies. Definition Anomaly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. Measurement.

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Commerce is global and regional at the same time, the world is getting smaller and more interconnected, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers operate in this build-anywhere and sell-anywhere market. Here we have compiled a list of the top six challenges that CPG companies face in the post-pandemic market.

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Three Questions People are Afraid to Ask….

Supply Chain Shaman

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. Tomorrow, I get to deliver this message to a large manufacturing client. I am speaking at their global kick-off.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. The greatest gap is in the design of supplier and manufacturing networks.

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‘Best in Class’ Supply chain from a Road warrior perspective – Part 4

Kinaxis

by Carol McIntosh Insight #4 – Embracing Supply Chain Technology as a way to change SCM. I came to the realization that you would get the same reaction from a supply chain executive when discussing supply chain technology. I have been following the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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Supply Chain Analytics: A Continued & Renewed Focus on Using Data for Improvement

GlobalTranz

As explained by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine, one of the primary ways an organization can meet this demand is by setting a performance review for suppliers. After all, a given distributor cannot evaluate a supplier without being able to see how that supplier has performed in terms of the specific metrics.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

(In computing, Extract, Transform and Load ( ETL ) refers to a process in database architectures that extracts data from homogeneous or heterogeneous data sources, transforms the data for storing it in proper format or structure for loading. Application to Supply Chain Processes. Streaming Data.