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What is Supply Chain Planning Software and How Can it be Used Effectively? Part 1

DELMIA Quintiq

Why do manufacturers need an effective supply chain plan? Without an effective supply chain plan, manufactures cannot make accurate and timely decisions on what to buy, what to make, what to move, what to stock, when to launch and when to discontinue. Necessity, as the saying goes, is the mother of invention.

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Why It Matters

Supply Chain Shaman

Both companies provide packaging materials to the food manufacturing industry. Food manufacturers, over the course of the last decade, have pushed costs and waste backwards in the supply chain. billion company, manufactures glass containers with headquarters in the Midwest. Here I contrast their results. So, what can we learn?

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Logistics Experts from SSI Schaefer Implement Automated Deep-Freeze Warehouse in Manila, Philippines – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

With the logistics software WAMAS ® , ORCA has a close eye on stock and ensures that all goods within the warehouse are booked and tracked in real time. This also reduces the risk of theft, which is an issue in the region. SSI Schaefer is also a leading provider of modular, regularly updated software for in-house material flows.

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What Buyer-Supplier Collaboration Looks Like in Real Life….

NC State SCRC

I had the privilege of facilitating and witnessing first hand a great example of what a true strategic partnership looks like recently, when a large pharmaceutical brand met with a large global Contract Drug Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) at their site. The parties decided to host a collaborative workshop. The mood is tense.

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Podcast: Rob Handfield on Suppliers, Data, Tech, and Talent

Requis

He is the Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at NC State University, and is a prolific author of articles and books, most recently The LIVING Supply Chain (co-authored with Tom Linton). On every screen there were moving graphical visualizations of material inventory.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

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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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #1

Supply Chain Trend

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. As I worked for and was involved with various enterprises over my career, some manufacturing, some service related, retail, etc. Jim : I would seek out certain key resources, books, etc.

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