Silvon Software

AUGUST 8, 2022

Supply chains also have the added complexity of numerous other data sources being generated from extended partners in outsourcing, logistics, and distribution. And for many, it’s a struggle to use this data to generate meaningful insights beyond top-level metrics. Leverage real-time data for greater visibility.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

For instance, when a disaster such as a hurricane, a labor strike, or a bankruptcy disables key suppliers, quick-moving enterprises are able to lock in alternative sources of supply before their rivals. There is growing interest in incorporating weather forecast data from a variety of sources into supply chain planning.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This entails staying well-informed about industry trends, harnessing technology for improved decision-making and transparency, nurturing strong partnerships with service providers, and continuously evaluating and refining procurement strategies to address the evolving complexities of container shipping.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 12, 2017

Madhav Durbha I recently read this very interesting book, “Be the Business: CIOs in the new era of IT” by Martha Heller. In the book, the author made several very interesting observations about how the role of a Chief Information Officer is changing in the age of cloud computing, personalization of tech, and the rise of shadow IT.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

As data is more readily available and as these tools evolve with a longer and larger dataset, the concerns around the accuracy of the information they provide are less questionable. The list is resources an enterprise can avail itself of is ever-growing and evolving.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. The metrics shown in Figure 1 are difficult to improve together. Most companies improve singular metrics but are not able to drive portfolio.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

He provides a wide array of educational content for supply chain practitioners, including the Supply Chain Secrets channel on YouTube and a number of books, including his latest, Supply Chain Secrets. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Much to my chagrin, when I entered into the world of supply chain, the processes of source, make and deliver were usually not designed. Instead, I think that it needs to be holistic to balance the trade-offs of source, make and deliver together. In this evolution, cash, information, and inventory flows grow in importance.

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crisp

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reporting for organizations emitting over 25,000 metric tons of GHGs per year, and those in specific industries like vehicle manufacturing and industrial gas. In 2010, the U.S. Here, we’ll provide an overview of each.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. In the OnDemand platform, some brands can also access a Supply Chain Scorecard that shows metrics including Days of Supply and Days of Supply Goal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

By listening to the hashtag on the #ashcloud, I got up-to-date information on which planes were flying to Europe. The information allowed me to position myself early in a customer service line in a short window of time when the ash particulate subsided and flights quickly resumed for six hours. There was no latency. What do you think?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

Here, I would like to share some background information on the Index and how I intend to use it in developing a higher level of research. Over the course of the last year, Abby Mayer ( @indexgirl ) worked with the Supply Chain Insights team to build a database of 20 years of information with over 50 supply chain financial ratios.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

After, I explained this, I granted Peter permission for the council to use the Index (the use of the Supply Chain Insights content follows the principles of open source), I then said to Peter, “I am glad that you called. On March 16th-18th, I will be on a book tour in Europe discussing the concepts of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. The metrics reward functional thinking. Note in the maturity model, that the most mature companies use network design technologies to inform and refine horizontal processes. This is not an easy transition.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 31, 2016

What is the best business statistics book in the age of big data? In this article, we will show you 7 business statistics books CEOs think you should read. When more diverse sources of data and data volume are available more readily, many businesses find it overwhelming to make sense of these data.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Nada is co-author of the book HUMACHINE besides plenty of other books. A similar idea that Nada describes in her book HUMACHINE. Google’s Cassy Korzakov already had her DI definition in this blog from 2019 , and Lorien Pratt published the book Link about decision intelligence in that same year.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

With sourcing spread over multiple geographies requiring logistics moves that involve multiple entities and numerous handoffs between 3rd party providers, and customs and regulatory agencies at both ports of export and import; the ability to effectively manage the global supply chain is challenging under the best of circumstances.

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Locus

MARCH 30, 2023

As the American baseball league is about to begin, let us remind ourselves of the one book that transformed baseball, sports, and even business management in the past two decades, “The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” by Michael Lewis. You can easily relate to the movie that was inspired by this book- Moneyball.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 1, 2015

Are you looking for lean books that help you create sustainable change? In this article, we will show you 10 best lean books every lean enterprise should read. Background According to a short survey we conducted, we found that the best "classic" lean book is The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production by James P.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

This allows the flow of information from many trading partners to many trading partners and allows each trading partner to communicate in their preferred protocol. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 9, 2013

Over the course of the last year, Abby Mayer of the Supply Chain Insights team built a database of 20 years of information and over 50 supply chain financial ratios. We have found that only a few companies are improving the potential of their supply chain to balance supply chain metrics. Publication of our next book.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

In most ‘benchmarking activities’, self-reported data is the most common source. Debra built the Gartner Hierarchy of supply chain metrics. In this work, there were over 85 companies and Debra looked at correlations between the metrics to determine the relationships. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 15, 2015

Are you looking for lean books that help you create sustainable change? In this article, we will show you 10 best lean books every lean enterprise should read. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide the list of best lean books for our readers. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

If you haven’t seen the movie or read the book, it is a great story in leadership. And we follow a pattern: you do an assessment, a sourcing wave, build a process, and do it over and over. The vendor defrauded you, went belly-up, they printed someone’s information on the front of the envelope!

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

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. We have a market of niche solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Historically, supply chain processes were functional focused on make, source and deliver. A good place to start is the mining of sentiment data from customer call centers, rating-and-review information, and social media. Digital sourcing? The digital supply chain transformation requires rethinking the basics. Digital logistics?

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DynaSys

JANUARY 20, 2021

Have a system in place that can support an ongoing S&OP process, can inform the planning team of critical developments between scheduled S&OP meetings, and can provide rich, digestible data to make these critical sessions productive. More commonly, are a significant portion of your material and inputs sourced from one country?

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Supply Chain Cowboy

JUNE 30, 2014

We don’t want to share that information with that supplier.” But sharing personal information with family and close friends is often easier than sharing business information with your suppliers. What if they share that information with your competitors? ” “Really? ” “Not yet.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. This outside-in orientation needs a definition to make it actionable.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2019

Progress on the key performance metrics of cost, customer service, inventory, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) are going backward; not forwards, for most companies. Yet, they were viewing day old information. . “Where would the supply chain technology industry be without all of the bulls#&t?” How helpful is that?

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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 sad reality is that data and information can travel faster than organizations can believe the information and equilibrate to a new market reality.

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crisp

JUNE 6, 2024

For CPGs, retail data holds the key to informed decision-making across the enterprise. This is where Crisp’s semantic layer comes in – a powerful tool that acts as a translator, taking disparate data sources and building a unified, business-friendly language around them. Why do organizations need a semantic layer?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

In the commercial world of sell, deliver, make and source processes, we do not have the time or money to fund data scientists. While Information Technology (IT) teams, lead traditional projects. Despite millions of dollars spent on APS/ERP, Excell is the planning tool of choice. People like to touch data. Put the computer to work.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

With sourcing spread over multiple geographies requiring logistics moves that involve multiple entities and numerous handoffs between 3rd party providers, and customs and regulatory agencies at both ports of export and import; the ability to effectively manage the global supply chain is challenging under the best of circumstances.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The attendees shared many different ideas, but here are the three skills/knowledge areas that most of them agreed will be very important: Staying informed of emerging technologies — and discovering ways to apply them effectively to improve supply chain process and deliver business benefits. Learning to speak the language of the CFO.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Manufacturers are also increasingly leveraging predictive analytics for long term demand forecasting and short term demand forecasting and while it produces accurate demand data , it is important to have real-time metrics at hand. Talk to the experts at ThroughPut and book your demo today! How to make it easier?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. I recently visited a large beverage company that has three point of sale systems, four customer insights databases, and numerous retailer information sources. The data is not moved. (In

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