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. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The River of Demand. #3

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Unleashed

MAY 19, 2020

Case study 1: Epic Brewing Company. Case study 2: Zeffer Cider. How many due to transport issues? Don’t purchase any supply chain solution that is not Cloud or SaaS based. Don’t buy any solution from a supplier that has no brewing sector experience. Areas to seek expert input. Customer service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2017

As shown in Figure 2, few orders and purchase orders flow hands-free. The two manufacturing companies struggled to connect their multiple systems and combine them with private networks (from the transportation vendors), while coupling them with Value Added Networks (VANs) (Primarily from IBM and Open Text.) Improve the Possible.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

In particular, the landscape is being challenged with a number of fundamental drivers: The changing consumer preferences with the move towards fresh, natural/organic/healthy, convenience foods and locally sourced products but at the same time looking for value. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

In particular, the landscape is being challenged with a number of fundamental drivers: The changing consumer preferences with the move towards fresh, natural/organic/healthy, convenience foods and locally sourced products but at the same time looking for value. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

Companies have leveraged digital tools, and evolving skills, to collect vast data about product or raw materials sourcing, transportation, logistics, and manufacturing. They use advanced ERP software and S&OP strategy to match supply with demand, and turn over inventory faster and faster.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“We have captured many benefits thanks to the decision we took to extend our JAGGAER implementation to include sourcing. And not least, double-digit cost savings on our electronic sourcing bid events.”. Since then OSU has conducted around 900 sourcing events via JAGGAER. News of the innovative sourcing platform traveled fast.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. First, consumers have clearly stepped-up their preferences towards online channels as the preferred buying option. Increases in online buying reflected double-digit growth rates.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Developed a process of excellence in supply chain collaboration. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. The study found that by this year (2016), 89% of companies expected to be competing primarily on the basis of customer experience. . Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). In many cases, we look at recent trends and simply project them forward, but this assumes that the factors impacting that trend, either directly or indirectly, will remain the same, which is often a false assumption. Robinson Acquires Freightquote.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Yet, transportation optimization products focus on managing price, not constraints.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. But do we purchase grocery online (excluding the perishables) in India.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Source: Corning; Gary P. Users of Google apps were looking for low cost and collaboration over the exhaustive features offered by Microsoft Word and Excel. If transportation can be so convenient, reliable and inexpensive, why do people need to own a car? They purchased the registration data for US consumers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Starbucks redesigned their cups for the Grande product, and the flimsy cups were a source of constant spills and burns. At the Supply Chain Insights Global Conference in 2019, an attendee stopped me after the third case study of the Supply Chains to Admire award winner. In this blog, I share the case study of Sleep Number.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

So in order to perhaps spawn some ideas for your supply chain excellence efforts, I thought I’d offer a brief overview of how four leading organisations are achieving their successes and cementing their mastery of the 21 st century supply chain. 4 Leading Operators with the Supply Chain X-Factor. Health and safety. Innovation.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. Dumps of Product-Locations & Transportation Lanes were taken and queries were designed to check some basic parameters. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Human Resources.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 24, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. Similarly a periodic query of t-lanes that will expire soon will help in preventing purchase requisitions without source of supply. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 25, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. Ive always felt that this was one good management case study of charting out a strategy and staying true to it, in spite of quarter-on-quarter setbacks. Customer Service.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. My guest commentary comes at the end of December as the early indicators from the 2012 surge holiday buying period already point to yet another set of significant learning for global retailers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. Some of the reasons why an increasing number of consumers buy groceries online are convenience of shopping and / or Home delivery of purchased items. Supply Excellence.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 13, 2019

Now in our sixth year supporting the SPLC, it did not disappoint: This was the strongest and the most diverse gathering of committed and capable practitioners we’ve ever seen in North America — it felt like a real groundswell of action on sustainable purchasing! Strong Focus on Supplier Practices, and Private Sector.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. They are order sourcing, order scheduling, order release and finally order shipping & delivery. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. The Company implemented SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) including the standard functionality of Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), and Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), yet many planners also used Excel.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 5, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. RedPrairie which was once synonymous with WMS today offers packages for Warehouse, Store, Transportation, Workforce, Visibility, Performance and multi-channel commerce. Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. A punch-out mechanism for buying medicines/equipments from a custom - catalogue which again is based on personal profile, can further do the value addition. Business Process Outsourcing.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. Supply Excellence. Sourcing,Procurement,Contract & Spend Management (38). Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources. Banking Suite.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

An interruption in delivery of parts from a partner in Europe can therefore also have implications in China,” said [Markus Duesmann, BMW board member in charge of purchasing and supplier network]. It is, therefore, understandable how a missing part—even if only a small one, as in this case—can have a major impact.”. View Results.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 23, 2023

Global supply chain complexities Supply chain management is non-negotiable when it comes to inventory sourcing or sales. This makes it easier to efficiently reach customers who buy from you. How ShipBob helped Dossier manage various types of inventory Perfumes are known to be difficult to transport and handle.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

In a similar vein, a major 3PL that I spoke to last week at Eye for Transport is considering discontinuing the traditional storage of spare parts and initiating a new service to do 3D printing of parts on demand. These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. Here I share a cut of the data.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. From this authors lens, expect the 2012 holiday buying surge to yet another stress test for managing fulfillment complexity among online, retail and B2C goods providers. Customer Service.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

Lack of standardised sustainability reporting makes it difficult to compare sustainability performance between source mines, set sustainability targets and reward best practice. In other words you cannot physically differentiate a sustainably sourced REE from a non-sustainably sourced REE without the use of tagging.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

She earned a Master’s in Business Administration from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder, and is certified by the American Society of Quality as Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence, and also is a certified medical device auditor. getting parts actually transported from the ports into the factory.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Each of these freeports is an important logistical, transportation, and trade area offering a competitive advantage to businesses that operate within them. Singapore’s strategic location along the world’s major trade, shipping and aviation routes makes it an important global transport network – and one of the world’s most connected countries.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. The implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

At the end of the day, customers buy based on value not on the cool factor of the technology. Most are clueless about driving a better-planned order flow from tactical planning to procurement or transportation planning or how to improve forecast-value-added (FVA) processes. Technology for the sake of technology gets nowhere.

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