Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 9, 2013

The term big data is moving up the charts as a “hot topic.” ” This week, we published our second quantitative study on the evolution of big data concepts, it gave us the opportunity to talk to supply chain leaders on the evolution of technologies and the use of analytics in the Race for Supply Chain 2020.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 28, 2022

Planning would be a lot easier if the world were a less complicated and more predictable place in which to conduct business. An acronym used more and more often by supply chain planners to describe the business environment is VUCA, which stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. ” • Uncertainty.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

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. End-to-end supply chain visibility, planning, and execution support software are critical in agile supply chain performance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

ARC is getting ready for our Supply Chain Forum on February 16 th and 17 th. End users – supply chain practitioners working for manufacturers, distributors, or retailers – can attend for free. Supply chain applications have long been a way for companies to compete better.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“Over the last fifteen years,” writes Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, “Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) enjoyed a renaissance.”[1] Bowman, Managing Editor of SupplyChainBrain , to ask him, “Is sales and operations planning obsolete?”[3]

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

A pound of apples costs about the same as a pound of steel, yet steel is a complex product produced using high-tech metallurgical and manufacturing processes. Part of their transformation includes a journey to implement and improve their connected planning capabilities. Tata Steel Europe has a complex supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For the first in seven years, I was not heads-down preparing for The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Companies are drowning in data and short on insights. Pre-pandemic only 30% of supply chain leaders were satisfied with their supply chains, and during the pandemic, business leader satisfaction is falling precipitously.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While consultants know the answers (or believe they do), I believe my goal as a research analyst is to unearth new questions that should be asked (and answered together openly in the supply chain community) to improve value. In my qualitative interviews, few can answer the series of questions of, “What makes a good plan?

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In the last three to five years, something has changed in conversations about supply chains and logistics. Suddenly, discussions seem to treat big data as a driver for incredible innovation. To use big data effectively, supply chain and logistics operators need effective “big data” tools.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 22, 2023

Due to increasing pressure from various stakeholders, many companies are turning their focus to ensuring that their supply chains are sustainable. What is a sustainable supply chain? Process changes to improve sustainability What sort of process changes should manufacturers be looking at to improve sustainability?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. We knew exactly what we couldn’t get.”

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2022

Throughout the industrial value chain, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been adopted at an accelerating rate. According to a 2021 Google Cloud report , 76% of manufacturers have turned to digital enablers and disruptive technologies such as data analytics, cloud, and AI due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Narrow AI is goal-orientated Artificial Intelligence designed to solve specific issues, such as determining stock levels or planning promotions based on events or weather. We have this today in most supply chain planning solutions. I don’t think that the answer is faster planning or better engines.

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Logility

MAY 12, 2020

As a former Director of Supply Chain Management for a multi-national, multi-channel food manufacturer, I experienced first-hand the variety of challenging problems faced by supply chain planners in the unforgiving Food and Beverage Industry. As the first person with a title of supply chain management at a $2.5B

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. Artificial intelligence is beginning to be used to update the data.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Not one supply chain conference or event goes by without some random discussions on big data. Presenter after presenter make grandiose statements about how big data will change the way supply chains operate and how everything will be incredibly different. And bigger…. And even bigger….

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 22, 2016

by Bill DuBois A recent article on CFO points to a topic gaining strong momentum in the business press: the supply chain is the next big thing for big data to address. Yet only eight percent of shippers and five percent of 3PLs have implemented big data initiatives in their supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The amount of information and improvement possible through big data can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, this may lead some supply chain managers or executives to simply avoid the topic until a more cohesive understanding of its possibilities can be made. How to Get Started with Your Big Data Strategy. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Last week, I published an article on outside-in planning. The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. For me, the concepts of outside-in and self-service planning are intertwined. How to get started?

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

If this challenging past year has taught us one thing, it is the value of connections–not only in our lives, but in supply chains. We saw this right at the start of the pandemic, when parts being manufactured in Wuhan province disrupted car manufacturers’ production lines around the world.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Company dissatisfaction with supply chain planning is growing. Yesterday, I facilitated a group of business leaders attempting to drive innovation in supply chain practices. The team is waking up to realize SAP APO for supply chain planning is being sunsetted. Inquiry is increasing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 16, 2021

Supply chains quickly move through fads and buzz words. Today, entangled in digital supply chain discussions is the concept of the digital twin. Today, entangled in digital supply chain discussions is the concept of the digital twin. In our pandemic research, we interviewed thirty manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 20, 2023

In this open letter, I beg you not to layer general AI over conventional supply chain planning. My goal is to write weekly, but recently my energy was zapped teaching a class of 90 people the concepts of outside-in planning processes. (I We Have End-to-End Planning. Why am I so passionate about this? My takeaway?

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ThroughPut

MARCH 24, 2024

Earlier in the day, demand planning was a guessing game that relied more on intuition, instinct, and inclination. But with the advent of the information economy and Artificial Intelligence (AI), this process became data-driven. However, the pandemic upended all processes that involved manufacturing, supply, and delivery of goods.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The manufacturing sector covers such a broad spectrum of products and processes that any discussion about industry trends must take place at a very high level. One of the megatrends that has been driving manufacturing for over a decade is digitization. Manufacturing Trends. And the manufacturing sector overall looks strong.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 25, 2021

Word Misappropriation In Supply Chain. I struggle day-to-day with the misappropriation of words in the building of an effective supply chain. A recent client wanted an end-to-end supply chain redefinition with a control tower to improve visibility through integrated processes. What do I mean? The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In my lifetime, I watched business leaders invest in Y2k, eBusiness, Big Data, Social Commerce, and Digital Supply Chains. Mainly under the guidance of consultants, supply chain leaders try these new concepts in hype cycles. As shown in Figure 1, less than 5% of manufacturing companies are innovators.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2022

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. Sometimes CPG manufacturers take the lead and sometimes consumers take the lead. Most business consultants today urge CPG manufacturers and retailers to become consumer-centric and demand-driven.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 9, 2024

.” When it comes to the so-called “supply chain reset,” setting up differently should be the working definition. Manufacturers also became accustomed to an abundant supply of raw materials, leading to low prices and downward spiral in investments.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

If you’re in the business world, you’re probably always looking for ways to streamline your supply chain operations. Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! But like any new technology, there are hurdles to overcome when implementing supply chain analytics.

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ThroughPut

MAY 16, 2024

In the context of supply chains particularly, agility is what can save the day in the midst of all those challenges. However, responding to evolving market demands can seem almost impossible with legacy systems, siloed data and/or manually-driven human-intuition-based processes. What is Supply Chain Optimization?

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 14, 2017

Every so many years, a new supply chain terminology takes the front page and dominates the conversation in magazines and conferences. In the last decade or two we’ve seen JIT (Just in Time), TQM (Total Quality Management), 6 Sigma, S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning), Lean, Agile, Demand-Driven Supply Chains…to name just a few.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 6, 2016

It’s not only about having Big Data and analyzing it; it’s about making sure you take the output of Big Data and analytics to make better decisions with it,” said Mr. van Egmond in a video interview I conducted with him at the event. Do you have what it takes to decide on the best course of action?

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Logility

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Today’s life sciences supply chain is constantly changing as complex market forces including regulations, advances in technology, continued globalization, and ever-increasing customer demands combine to create new challenges. Read more in the eBook: 5 Tips to Take Your Life Sciences Supply Chain Digital ).

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synchrono

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Is enthusiasm for Big Data wavering? trillion in economic value in the global manufacturing sector by 2025. They also predicted that 80 to 100% of manufacturers will have implemented IIoT applications by then and already be reaping the benefits of data-driven insights into their operations.

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Logility

AUGUST 22, 2018

To survive in today’s highly competitive global environment, manufacturers need to piece together the many parts of the supply chain puzzle to lay the foundation for more mature capabilities in the future. An estimated, 75% of available supply chain data originates from outside the ERP system.

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