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Navigating the Complexities of Ready Mix Concrete Logistics: A Case Study with ThroughPut

ThroughPut

Control Carbon Dioxide Emission Committed to sustainability, they sought immediate operational measures to cut carbon emissions and waste. Implementing AI-driven Strategies to Optimize Ready Mix Concrete Logistics The ready mix concrete business leveraged ThroughPut’s multi-level framework to enhance its operational goals and sustainability.

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Trying to Push Content Above the Noise

Supply Chain Shaman

We talk about the move from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard, but we don’t use a balanced scorecard as an objective function. In the event model, companies present case studies and opinions without a factual framework. No one questions if the case study improved the company’s competitiveness in the market.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During To drive the sustainable savings program at a best-in-class level, and to ensure that we could reduce costs faster than the cost of inflation, we implemented specific standards. In our program, cost avoidance, while desirable, does not count towards the metric.

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What does it take to build a best-in-class supply chain?

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Avaya: A supply chain management case study. Tracking success: Metrics matter. Now Avaya is leading the way, exceeding industry benchmarks in 11 key metrics. Rigorous tracking of these metrics helps Avaya feel confident it’s on track to realize success. Read Aberdeen Group’s in-depth case study.

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

SCMDOJO

This case study aims to delve into the significance of supply chain capability for enhancing a company’s competitiveness and how it serves as a competitive advantage for companies. However, achieving incentives alignment can be challenging, and this issue is particularly relevant in the case of Walmart supply chain.

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

Only supply chains that are agile, adaptable, and aligned provide companies with sustainable competitive advantage.” Over the last six years, we studied the connection between business results (growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)) and the link to company characteristics.

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Best AI Tools for Supply Chain and Logistics: The Ultimate Guide for 2024

ThroughPut

The tools use cognitive technology to streamline operations across the global supply chain, driving efficiency, sustainability, resilience, and competitive advantage. This, in turn, is helping build responsive, agile, customer-oriented and far more sustainable supply chains. It helps address disruptions and promotes innovation.