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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. As error increases, there is a need for additional capacity.

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Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

SCMDOJO

We have Courses like S&OP deployment, Supply Chain Digitalization , , and Negotiation in Procurement. Best Practices like Logistics KPI Dashboard , Inventory Optimization Tool , Excess and Obsolete Inventory Guide , etc. Eight core competencies stand out, encompassing crucial aspects of SCM.

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The Avnet Tech Games IX Welcomes The Inaugural JDA Supply Chain Challenge

BlueYonder

The contest was more than just a technical exercise; it also tested each team’s supply chain skills as they related to forecasting, inventory management, pricing, capacity planning and other real-world materials management challenges. Uncategorized capacity forecasting inventory pricing'

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State of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: Key Takeaways from LogiPharma US 2016

Kinaxis

High inventory levels: Stephen Meyer of Gartner mentioned that the Pharma industry on average has 63 days of raw material inventory and 51 days of finished goods inventory. Quite a few companies mentioned inventory savings target of 10% or above that their senior leadership is looking for.

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Why is Supply Chain Such a Great Career Path?

Supply Chain Game Changer

SCM encompasses the integrated planning and execution of processes required to optimize the flow of materials, information and financial capital in the areas that broadly include demand planning, sourcing, production, inventory management and storage, transportation — or logistics — and return for excess or defective products.

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Supply Chain Trends to have on your RADAR

Logility

More adaptable demand and supply networks will be forced to flex quickly and more often. Capacity and inventory will constantly readjust to balance cost, risk, delivery, service level and margin. When information replaces inventory, slack and lag time will diminish. We are hitting an inflection point.

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Supply Chain Trends to have on your RADAR

Logility

More adaptable demand and supply networks will be forced to flex quickly and more often. Capacity and inventory will constantly readjust to balance cost, risk, delivery, service level and margin. When information replaces inventory, slack and lag time will diminish. We are hitting an inflection point.