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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. The problem with supplier visibility is bookended into procurement processes that have gone back, not forward over the last decade. Reflection. To illustrate the point, let me share a story. I volunteered to write a report on supply visibility. I thought it would be easy.

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ToolsGroup to Take the Stage with Lennox at American Supply Chain Summit

ToolsGroup

Lennox to Highlight How It Worked with ToolsGroup to Transform to Service-Driven Supply Chain Planning. BOSTON (April 17, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, today shared it will exhibit and present at the American Supply Chain Summit 2019 , taking place April 25-26 in Dallas.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

BOSTON, Mass. September 26, 2019) A new study by ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, and Spinnaker, a supply chain services company, has found that only 7% of companies are reaping the benefits of digital transformation of supply chain planning. PRESS RELEASE. and HOUSTON, Tex.

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Building Resilient Supply Chains is Hard — but Essential

Enterra Insights

According to analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), supply chain disruptions are likely to outpace resilience.”[1] Jeremy Kay , Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, insists many organizations “struggle to get a handle on how resilient they need to be.” Here’s the rub.

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The Boston Globe: A Home Delivery and Outsourcing Failure

Talking Logistics

A company switches from one logistics service provider to another and the transition is anything but smooth. The company and service provider point fingers at each other, while end customers suffer through the service failures. Ten percent of our people not getting papers?” What are the lessons learned? “It

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Collaboration Key in Creating Competitive Advantages Through Supply Chains

Supply Chain Network

BOSTON, MA, October, 27, 2017 – Research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute , and sponsored by Maine Pointe , identifies collaboration as one of six key elements of creating competitive advantages through supply chains.

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Customer-Centricity in the Grocery Business

Enterra Insights

Food and drink choices are matters of personal preferences and grocers must be attuned to those preferences if they are going to serve their customers well. It’s a strategy that’s based on putting your customer first, and at the core of your business.”[2] That’s where the supply chain plays a critical role.