Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” Kehat’s feedback is that “Getting management buy-in for the implementation of cost-to-serve process is easy, but the implementation is difficult.” Both improvement and performance define supply chain excellence. Why does it matter to you?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Cycle stock is the management of stock required to cycle through production runs and procurement buys effectively. More and more companies purchasing inventory technologies, but failing to give planners time to plan. Buying the technology and not having clear processes and accountability does not help.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Therefore, a firm would be well served to develop a supply chain strategy as described in my book: Supply Chain Transformation. Supply Chain Execution excellence (warehousing and transportation) improves asset utilisation, capacity and throughput whilst reducing the variable costs associated with warehousing and distribution.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Thirdly I have set up global raw material supply (GMS), a supply entity that consolidates CAN’s global purchase orders and global vendors to plan and deliver raw materials for our manufacturing sites. Our buyers are purchasing micro ingredients, such as vitamins, additives, minerals, etc. All three should be in balance.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. I, like many of you, read this book when it was published. Buying patterns are changing quickly, and the insights are multi-dimensional. I was a skeptic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

While on most days it is hard to book at this hotel since demand is higher than supply of rooms, during this period, the room occupancy was so low, that they shut down the restaurants. The inherent buying patterns of consumers are also changing. However, it was the stark reality of the economy that was my wake-up call.

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Locus

MAY 15, 2023

According to a study, 55% of consumers prefer to buy directly from brands, and a further 40% of shoppers say they will purchase from a D2C brand in the next five years. They also want excellent service, which includes fast, increasingly on-demand delivery and hassle-free cancellation and returns.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Read More: 10 Must-Read Supply Chain Analytics Books for 2023 ] The benefits of SCM analytics are numerous. While supply chain management and SCM analytics may seem similar at first glance, there are some key differences between the two. What is the Difference Between Supply Chain Analytics and Supply Chain Management?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Price to Tangible Book Value. The retailer’s plan was never normalized against inventory and as a result it did not reflect buying behavior. It is the same in Supply Chain Management (SCM ). A ranking in the top 2/3 of the peer group qualifies a company for further analysis. The answer was simple.

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Arkieva

MARCH 16, 2017

I was excited to visit Disney, but I only have two clear memories: the Mickey ears I purchased and my brother’s trying to order the most expensive item on the menu every time we ate out. As a new addition to Arkieva and the supply chain world, participating at SAPinsider SCM and Logistics 2017 was exciting for me. Click To Tweet.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Our team was recognized for our unique configure-to-order process for our microprocessors as a finalist in the Supply Chain Council’s Operational Excellence award in 2011. I was in a bookstore, back when there were bookstores, and found two books that changed my life forever. SCM #SupplyChain #Business #Leadership #HumanResources.

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BlueYonder

JULY 5, 2023

As part of our “Fearless Females of Supply Chain” Blue Yonder Live series, Blue Yonder’s Chief Customer Officer Susan Beal spoke to Stephanie Powell Thomas , Associate Professor of Practice of SCM at the University of Arkansas and Executive Director of the WISE program. Stephanie: WISE stands for Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

« Mapping Your Way To Faster Shopping | Main | Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges » Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. Guest Post by. That has not settled well with store employees.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Do they use review sites to find answers to their questions and base their buying decisions based on telling reviews from other customers? For example, a customer tries to book a room in a 5-star hotel in Budapest. The customer wanted to book the room but will be stuck in an event until 5 pm. Do they have pre-sales questions?

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Kinaxis

MAY 18, 2016

Procurement might have hit their cost savings metrics, but if it meant purchasing more than needed, and that might hurt your warehouse inventories. Or do you think Supply Chain professionals should just go on being quietly excellent? I’m in the process of reading a couple of books, including Rise of the Robots.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Muddassir offer are as follows: Digital Transformation Inventory Optimization Analysis Advisory and Coaching for Supply Chain Software companies & Professionals Guide: Dr. Muddassir as the supply chain specialist has created 7 e-Books for the SCMDOJO Academy with his extensive knowledge and experience in the field. Connect with him now!

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

» The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. As we approach the latter stages of the 2011 holiday buying season, the uptick in online buying has indeed occurred. Guest Post by.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. But do we purchase grocery online (excluding the perishables) in India. All questions asked do we really need to purchase grocery online when we can get it in a nearby supermarket. I dont think so.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2018

If a new visitor arrives and shows a similar pattern of navigation, the engine swings into action with “You might also like (insert name of frequently purchased product here)”. AI Inspirations and Considerations for SCM. There is a happy medium to be found between rocket science and comic books. Tools to think like humans.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Which fancy maintenance book are you reading these days by the way? Similarly condition based maintenance has to be something like an intertwined hi-tech device capturing some godly information and involving analysis which is so expensive that one would rather scrap the equipment and buy a new one instead! Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Online sales have been growing at double-digit rates and the implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. Christensen book, The Innovators Dilemma. The initial U.S.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. This was a new era for Marsh, as it involved moving towards a much more centralized approach to SCM. In 2013 we had $8M of raw material inventory – due to poor purchasing, poor safety stock decisions, and a lot of WIP in the system.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 8, 2013

For example, a hotel might charge couple of hundred rupees more if the booking is for a weekend. Also coupled with online booking sites, the whole idea is to create a consumer surplus that would ensure maximum profits for the industry. Supply Excellence. IT toolbox: SCM community. Generic SCM (130). Follow us on.

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SupplyOn

JULY 17, 2018

In other words, from the digital purchase order, via the digital confirmation, all the way through to the digital invoice. For example, the rate of automatic invoice bookings (one click, no touch) in the cited case rose from 50-60 % to almost 100 % due to the use of SupplyOn.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I am buying a sheep and goat farm alongside a larger space for a garment factory so that I can control where the cashmere and wool is coming from, how it is processed and how it is manufactured before it is sent to my customers. . If you want to optimize your supply chain, the way to do it best isn’t to buy some fancy new machine.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Over the decades, EDI standards emerged that cover a variety of supply chain artifacts and activities , from Purchase Orders & Acknowledgements (EDI 850 & 855) to Invoices (EDI 810) to Shipping Manifests (EDI 856).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Even, in remote villages in emerging economies, where there is no internet access, people carry basic mobile phones with black and white screens for minimal transactions like booking train tickets, money transfers, payments etc. Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Today we can find categories from apparels to shoes, general merchandize to accessories and books etc. For example, if one has to search a book of a particular author, one can look into book categories and then click on the sub category fictional or non-fictional. Supply Excellence. IT toolbox: SCM community.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 13, 2013

Also, with increasingly shorter lifecycles for the components, it is getting increasingly important in the High-Tech industry to plan the components considering substitutes, before placing a buy signal to the Suppliers. Supply Excellence. IT toolbox: SCM community. Generic SCM (130). Follow us on. Infosys on Twitter.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

« Fulfillment Options - Recent Trends | Main | The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments » Scheduling Order Release Process Intelligently. Supply Excellence. IT toolbox: SCM community. Generic SCM (130). Follow us on.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. SAP purchased Ariba in 2012 for 4.2B$, and the company has been slow to actualize the asset and drive incremental revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

Since the last report, Kinaxis successfully launched an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, E2open launched an IPO and then went private with a buy out by Insights, IBS and Steelwedge sought new rounds of capital, and WAM Systems and Acorn Systems have new owners. Like musical chairs, the ownership structure of the vendors is changing.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 15, 2015

Q: What is the strategy of the Company (or Division/Supply Chain): Operational Excellence, Product Leadership or Customer Intimacy? The business is getting tougher as more and more professional buyers at Customer’s site are managing procurement and purchasing. I am responsible for the end-to-end SCM organisation including. (1)

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Executive Buy-In and Ongoing Support. First of all if you don’t have Executive Buy-In you are dead in the water. You can not just read a book and start practicing it sight unseen. Check out Global Process Excellence (Part 7!) – 10 Signs You Should Reboot Your Lean Program! Landmines and Hurdles.

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Precoro

JANUARY 28, 2025

This article will clarify and highlight the differences between SCM and procurement and their interconnectedness. As a part of the supply chain, procurement entails discovery, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and purchasing. Purchasing Review and Choose Suppliers. Issue Purchase Orders. Submit an RFP or RFQ.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Eurasian Rail Freight: Demand for rail freight between Asia and Europe has surged, leading to congestion and longer booking times. Ian Jansen Mr, NHLS Posted on: Sep, 14 2016 SCM is all about getting the order delivered to the Customer on date/ time requested because happy Customers = Revenue. Search By Topic SUBSCRIBE NOW!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

meaning order books are declining on average. The erratic trade policy with on-again/off-again tariffs has led to price uncertainty for customers, who appear to be prepared to hold off large capital purchases until stability returns. Search By Topic SUBSCRIBE NOW! a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5 recorded in May.

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