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Definitions Matter

Supply Chain Shaman

I just went live this year with a Fortune 25 company, and their factories book against their orders online. Translation of the demand forecast into planned orders to minimize manufacturing constraints. Feasible plan for tactical manufacturing planning (outside of lead time) reflecting actual constraints.

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Supply Chain Matters Book Review: Profit From The Source

Supply Chain Matters

From time-to-time the Supply Chain Matters blog features book reviews which we believe would be of value and a learning asset to our extended global supply chain management community of readers. In this particular posting, we share our review of: Profit From The Source- Transforming Your Business By Putting Suppliers at the Core.

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[e-Book] The Future Of Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing: How Technology Is Transforming Industries

GlobalTranz

The logistics, manufacturing, supply chain, and transportation industries are going through a time of rapid and unprecedented transformation. In this e-Book, we will explore emerging technologies and applications which will forever change the industries of manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and transportation forever.

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When the Rubber Hits the Road

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, after booking an additional $1B in unexpected supplier costs in the third quarter, the CFO led the company’s focus on restructuring to “support efficient and reliable sourcing of components and internal development of key technologies and capabilities.” COVID impacts also continue. Don’t Be Like Ford.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

We are making slow progress on transportation visibility, but not supplier visibility. Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. The problem with supplier visibility is bookended into procurement processes that have gone back, not forward over the last decade.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Source E2open Shipping Index). The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. We started the conversation with sourcing.