Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. I hate the term Big Data. I firmly believe that the Supply Chains in the next decade will look vastly different from those we see today. It is a new world of Best-of-Breed Technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2017

I think defining the future of Supply Chain technology means that we, as supply chain leaders, need to take a hard left. Today’s supply chains use closed and proprietary technologies. I believe we need to move to Open Source tech. At the hand-off points, data does not flow.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 18, 2022

Initially, we expect to see many procurement applications of AI in spend analysis, accounts payable, and source to pay applications, but this will become more important as we observe AI applications in areas such as supply risk management, buyer-seller relationships (including email exchanges), and improved supply base management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 9, 2013

I was writing the book, Bricks Matter and I wanted a better definition of Supply Chain Excellence. I believed that there was a strong tie between supply chain excellence and corporate performance. We started with mining the data on supply chain financial ratios within industry groups.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

However, modern technologies are dramatically changing procurement trends and how procurement professionals operate and their role in the company. Why Is Technology Driving Procurement Trends and the Role of Procurement? However, many of these processes are becoming increasingly automated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. At the session, together through education, sharing case studies, and reviewing research, we will explore the opportunities to build a Network of Networks to improve B2B supply chain connectivity. Definitional Image.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2015

Recovering your assets is a difficult task no matter what your occupation with reverse supply chains in the marketplace. Effective Reverse Supply Chains. With creating the product being only a small portion of the business, many businesses invest time into making methods for an effective supply chain.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Even long-time escapes like sports have become playgrounds for IoT fitness devices and big data statistical analysis. Instead, the first step focuses on robotic process automation, decision trees, and low-level artificial intelligence to actually reconfigure the way that workflows are handled. Instead, that sits in step two.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 18, 2017

The Supply Chain Index is the rate of supply chain improvement. Therefore, a company like BASF with a mature supply chain ranks 25 out of 30 for the post-recession period of 2010-2016. Not supply chain excellence… ) Post recession growth rates slowed 57% when compared to pre-recession.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Yesterday, I finished a post on supply chain planning maturity. A client had asked me, “How do I know if we have a mature supply chain planning organization?” Excellence in supply chain planning is a cultural shift. The average supply chain leader has five distinct supply chains.

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RFgen

JUNE 19, 2019

For IT professionals using SAP in the supply chain, S/4HANA could mean big changes – but not necessarily for enterprise mobility. What does the rise of S/4HANA mean for IT professionals and mobility in the supply chain? Migrating to SAP S/4HANA? The S/4HANA revolution is here to stay. support ends in 2025).

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RFgen

JUNE 19, 2019

For IT professionals using SAP in the supply chain, S/4HANA could mean big changes – but not necessarily for enterprise mobility. What does the rise of S/4HANA mean for IT professionals and mobility in the supply chain? The S/4HANA revolution is here to stay. And you may be considering migrating to it.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Valerie Nechay, a Marketing Technology and customer experience (CX) observer at Iflexion, believes companies with the right perspective about customer experience will be the winners in the post-pandemic world. As Ronan Dunne, CEO of Verizon’s consumer group, told participants of a webinar, “We’re never going back to where we were.”[4]

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Technology and Manufacturing: It is a Part of the Cerasis DNA & How we Empower our Manufacturing Shippers. At Cerasis, our backbone is business process improvement through technology. Our technology department in Tulsa is comprised of several developers who solve our customers’ transportation management needs.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

It is real, and the volume of data being produced every 48 hours rivals that of all data and information gathered over thousands of years of human history, explains Bernard Marr. Big data in supply chain has become synonymous with better business, improving efficiency in the supply chain, continually improving and innovation.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Supply chain industry leaders have access to more information today than ever before in history. Thanks to data gathering programs, supply chain software , and data entry applications, this represents a mountain of data, which has the potential to provide ground-breaking insight into how to improve business-model efficiency.

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BlueYonder

MAY 15, 2017

Social, news, weather and events, also referred to as ‘ SNEW ,’ ‘big data’, ‘digitization,’ whatever you want to call it, it’s here and not going anywhere anytime soon. It doesn’t matter which channel they’re shopping on, they expect an omni-channel experience, which is putting a lot of pressure on retailers and their supply chains.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 3, 2018

What changes in technology are re-shaping price optimization? JoAnn Martin , JDA’s Vice President of Retail industry sees on-demand technologies creating seismic shifts in consumer behavior and expectations. We’re seeing disruption in three major fronts: from the customer, from technology and from competition.

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BlueYonder

MAY 15, 2017

Social, news, weather and events, also referred to as ‘ SNEW ,’ ‘big data’, ‘digitization,’ whatever you want to call it, it’s here and not going anywhere anytime soon. It doesn’t matter which channel they’re shopping on, they expect an omni-channel experience, which is putting a lot of pressure on retailers and their supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles. This is especially true when outsourcing transportation management, as transportation can include a large part of your overall supply chain and business costs.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 20, 2017

I imagine that it must have been frustrating to play against Gretzky, just like it’s probably frustrating trying to manage your supply chain in this new digital world. Yet, there is much value to be gained by applying Gretzky’s advice to the supply chain. The “puck” of supply chain .

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 7, 2015

Big data utilization is the wave of the future for all aspects of business including supply chain management. The problem is that not every company has the resources to begin the process of big data management and have yet to see the extent of benefits it can provide to analyze and use such data management.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 20, 2017

I imagine that it must have been frustrating to play against Gretzky, just like it’s probably frustrating trying to manage your supply chain in this new digital world. Yet, there is much value to be gained by applying Gretzky’s advice to the supply chain. The “puck” of supply chain .

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 12, 2015

So here are three New Year’s resolutions for your supply chain (from a CEO’s perspecti ve). Traditionally, when a CEO paid attention to his or her supply chain, it meant something had gone wrong. Strategically, compared to other areas of the business, the supply chain was a relative backwater.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 8, 2012

Technology Services. Sourcing & Procurement. Cloud & Big Data. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. Sustainability Services. Application Management. Outsourcing Services.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Those savvy shippers who either find those resources internally or are doing what a lot of shippers are now doing, outsourcing to a transportation management service provider , are using a more strategic and effective transportation management approach as a competitive advantage tool, in the ever-challenging economic and commercial landscape.

Transportation Management 120

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Yesterday we began our two part series on 2016 supply chain trends that will drive supply chain management into the future. As with most trends we all have read over the last few years, the focus was on technology. Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus. We listed the first 7.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2017

We are continuing what will become a tradition of re-evaluating the progress of supply chains throughout the year in relation to our predictions, as explained by this blog post. Let’s look at how supply chains kept up with expectations and where they fell short, if at all. Supply Chains Went Digital.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In a recent Ivalua webinar , Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer Andrew Bartolini presented Ardent Partners’ 8th annual Procurement Big Trends and Predictions, and shared findings and insights from the firm’s 2020 research and conversations he’s had with fellow analysts and procurement professionals. There are many in the U.S.

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