Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

When I wrote the book Bricks Matter , I cavalierly penned a chapter on the evolution of supply chain thinking from cost to value. I found this out the hard way when Keith Harrison , contributor to the Forward of the book, asked me to define what I meant by ”value.” I think three things: 1) A Hard-Fought and Tough Journey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. Channel Sensing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

Over the course of the last decade, companies have moved at different rates to align source, make and deliver processes to report to common leader. Based on our research at Supply Chain Insights , today, 34% of supply chain organizations have source, make and deliver reporting through a common organization.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2018

Now there are new technologies that enable us to collect data in real time from sources such as the Internet of Things and smart devices through B2B networks. This led to many false alerts or lack of alerts when there should have been some. Thus, executives got disillusioned with the solutions and turned them off.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Unable to power additional year-over-year improvements at the intersection of cost and inventory, companies struggle. Or is it the use of the Internet of Things to transform manufacturing or reduce issues with counterfeiting?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Instead of setting up brick-and-mortar stores, or keeping inventory on hand, you can start offering this new product on your new store. Manufacturers will integrate e-commerce systems with IoT (Internet of Things) initiatives. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The staff at Supply Chain Quarterly notes, “Twenty-three years after Internet retailing giant Amazon.com started selling books online, more and more companies are seeing significant growth in the direct-to-consumer market. This is true not just for young Internet-based companies, such as the meal-kit provider Blue Apron Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. In a similar vein, their forecasts for the automotive market would have been on new automotive sales and dealer inventory. I am not quite sure. It evolved over time. I am a manufacturing gal by training. New Business Models.

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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. Planning data is time-phased data, and sensor data (like Internet of Things and RFID) is streaming data. Inventories are high, and we have excessive ocean capacity. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Online freight marketplaces allow shippers to instantly compare the cost of traditional truck vs rail freight, and book with a button click. Adriana Diener, Global Lead for Freight and Logistics, Accenture Many logistics companies are adopting new technologies from the Internet of Things to bring needed visibility on the shipment process.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In conjunction with the latest analytics technology, big data enables companies to quickly gain useful knowledge from massive volumes of structured and unstructured data from multiple sources. For supply chain managers, this strategy can help boost visibility and deliver more in-depth insights into the entire supply chain. Traceability.

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Knut has written a highly regarded book on supply chain (in German) and co-wrote several articles on the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s supply chains, including Resetting Supply Chains for the Next Normal , Supply Chain Recovery in Coronavirus Times—Plan for Now and the Future , and How Great Supply Chain Organizations Work.

Predictive Analytics 52

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synchrono

JULY 8, 2015

I was recently reading about the Industrial Internet of Things as it relates to my business—manufacturing software. For today’s manufacturer, the IIoT boils down to the ability to capture and connect data from multiple sources to attain truly meaningful information. On Board Early. Selling Consultative Value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis. Get Good at Inventory Management. Be smart in the management of intransit inventory.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. They include growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV). Inventory Turns.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis. Get Good at Inventory Management. Be smart in the management of intransit inventory.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

This has proved to be a major source of risk. Poor business continuity planning, lack of risk management programs and single source suppliers, have magnified the impact of such risks. A significant paradigm shift in procurement and inventory control is an emerging area of focus.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

Inventory Turns. Better performance in inventory turns than the peer group average for the period of 2006-2015. Price to Tangible Book Value. If you trace the year-over-year pattern, you can see that P&G made progress on inventory turns and operating margin 2006-2007, 2009-2010. Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2018

Most of the articles discuss the importance of leveraging digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT); the cloud; 3D printing; robotics, blockchain, and cognitive computing. Gilmore cites a passage from a book entitled The Supply Chain Revolution written by Suman Sarkar, CEO of Three S Consulting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. While companies want to improve costs and inventory, most are going backwards. While many consultants will wave their hands and promise improvements in costs and inventory through projects, take pause.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line. They can also be used to track the provenance of adulterated products to identify the source.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2023

See Drucker’s book, The New Realities , 1990.) Access to Funding: Partnerships can provide access to additional funding sources. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain are revolutionizing supply chains.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Instead, it continues, to include the entire lifecycle of a product, from sourcing of raw materials, to the return and recycling of the product, and reintroduction of recycled materials into the manufacturing or production process. In short, the supply chain is no longer linear, but circular. Why is the Circular Supply Chain Trending?

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Repl Group

JULY 1, 2019

People were able to source a wider range of products and local stores went from an essential service to a stop-gap. . By 1994, internet technology had improved sufficiently to enable Pizza Hut customers to create the first ever online order. Just one year later and the giant of online retail, Amazon, started selling books online. .

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 21, 2015

Just a few of the key questions in the Sourcing & Deployment component of Matrix Retail. This used to be a much easier question based on the type of retailer you were, booksellers sold books, clothing retailers sold clothing, grocery retailers sold, you got it, groceries. What are you going to sell? Where are you going to get it?

Retail 60

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Source: [link]. Whether it’s preventing out-of-stocks of critical household items or making sure the kids are delivered on time in full to wherever they need to be, she keeps our supply chain running as efficiently as possible — while doing her day job too! Happy Mother’s Day to all moms, for everything you do.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

In particular, the company has been criticized for its long-time practice of using local water sources for its products. At the end of the slideshow, you’ll also find links to our analyses of previous years’ rankings. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. Media Type.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Today only 12% of supply chain teams are driving improvement, performing better than their competitors and driving value (as determined by Price to Tangible Book Value). The change in front of us will transform the base-level definitions of source, make and deliver. It cannot be about incremental improvement. What does it take?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The phrase “Supply Chain Management” was originally coined by Keith Oliver in 1982 and subsequently gained increasing popularity as its usage was proliferated in books and language. A course in Procurement, a course on Inventory management, a course in negotiation, and so on. That was the start of Supply Chain education.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The technology shifts are many: internet of things, mobility, analytics for social and unstructured data, cognitive learning, cloud-based software, canonical integration in B2B networks, e-commerce, and digital images. Too few companies understand the differences between syndicated data sources and the use of channel data.

Analytics Software 298

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

As I sign into the front desk-after-front desk at manufacturers, and open the signature book, I notice a large number of system integrators diligently working on the implementation of traditional enterprise technologies. Second Step: Understand the Role of Inventory. Companies are unsure if inventory is a bad or a good thing.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

Cut inventory costs Be it a brick and mortar store or an online business, inventory is always present and it costs money. To avoid skyrocketing inventory expenditure, you need to keep accurate inventory count. To avoid skyrocketing inventory expenditure, you need to keep accurate inventory count.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

Each are good at localized planning within a focused area of demand, supply, network design, transportation planning, material sourcing or finite scheduling. The greatest value happens when companies can link across source, make and deliver. Process Integration Across Functions. The best projects pay for themselves in 1-2 months.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response? Air France KLM is Evaluating MRO Potential for Blockchain.

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American Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

According to various informed sources, supply chain risks are on the rise both in frequency and intensity. In his book called Risk , GEN Mc Chrystal talks about this. It means diversifying sources such as suppliers and fuels. You can’t transport, receive, store, and issue inventory without a proper infrastructure.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The answers to those questions and more could significantly impact supply chain strategies, everything from sourcing decisions to network design, which is why my prediction from two years ago — that more companies will start treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process — is now a critical necessity.

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