SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Others will have a purchasing or supplier management board at the senior management level. We are talking about a key business process that impacts multiple functions beyond just organizing purchasing or quality. A large number of European directives have also been issued concerning air, water, chemicals, packaging, and waste.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Over the course of four days, I heard some excellent presentations on cyber security, communication standards, artificial intelligence, machine learning, bots, supply chain, organizational anthropology and much more. Given the potential impacts across the supply chain, I was eager to listen to the speakers and learn as much as possible.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Over the course of four days, I heard some excellent presentations on cyber security, communication standards, artificial intelligence, machine learning, bots, supply chain, organizational anthropology and much more. Given the potential impacts across the supply chain, I was eager to listen to the speakers and learn as much as possible.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

For example, if the supplier has several big name cosmetic industry customers (90% of their business) and you are buying specialty automotive chemicals from them (less than 5% of their business), the supplier will be influenced in the direction of the cosmetic customers and they will get the attention, products and services before you. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Process industry leaders–chemical, consumer packaged goods, food/beverage–have greater issues using data, with software usability, and building effective connections to align and build effective relationships with trading partners. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders).

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

With millions of people wanting to buy goods from IKEA, it doesn’t take much to understand the amount of energy being used or the amount of natural resources that are having to be pulled from the environment to keep up with demands. In just a year’s time, the company reduced its packaging by nearly 20 million pounds.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Our team was recognized for our unique configure-to-order process for our microprocessors as a finalist in the Supply Chain Council’s Operational Excellence award in 2011. Today, the bottom-line value of using less water, less incoming materials, reduced packaging, less electricity, and producing less waste has clear bottom-line benefits.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. In this 2-part Supply chain strategy post , the Managing Director at Solventure – Bram Desmet, discusses the key elements of an excellent supply chain. So, as I sit down to write this blog, I wonder what are some of the things that make supply chains excellent? Please subscribe here.

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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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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are a number of excellent reasons circular economies are desirable, including less waste and better use of limited resources. Not much movement towards circular economies has taken place since then; especially in how consumers prefer to buy, use, and dispose of products.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Consumer Packaged Goods. Similarly condition based maintenance has to be something like an intertwined hi-tech device capturing some godly information and involving analysis which is so expensive that one would rather scrap the equipment and buy a new one instead! Supply Excellence. Contact Us. Newsroom Investors Careers.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Eastman Chemical. Some interesting insights: There were 0 companies from Retail, Paper & Packaging, Pharmaceutical, or Medical Devices. Most of this middleware was Excel and Meetings. Functional excellence is no longer good enough. So, drum roll please…. General Mills. Ralph Lauren. Intentional design.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Our purchasers can see when a part arrives in real time as opposed to having to wait until the next day like they used to. supported with an excellent quality control module to maintain high quality standards of our products. Real-time receiving and order entry updates. When we receive a shipment, it’s seen throughout the system.

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Unleashed

MAY 24, 2021

Packaging is environmentally friendly. Mattel is now selling toys in packaging made almost entirely from recycled materials. LEGO is also actively shifting toward a more sustainable business model , aiming to make all of its packaging recyclable by 2025, and increasing its use of plant-based plastic. Use resources efficiently.

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Arkieva

MARCH 22, 2016

I was talking to a director of demand planning for a big chemical company at a trade show a few months ago. She shared that her business had implemented a statistical forecasting package from one of the leading vendors during the previous year. We assumed that a reasonably good software package was already installed and available.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 26, 2012

Consumer Packaged Goods. A growing core of what the Financial Times recently described as " belief system " companies have concurred that sustainability practices add to positive customer buying perceptions as well as bottom-line results. Supply Excellence. Contact Us. Newsroom Investors Careers. Infosys Labs. Industries.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Dean has worked with over 100 manufacturers in strategic, financial and operational roles, across a variety of industries including, Food and Packaging Goods, Consumer Goods, Chemicals, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial Goods and High Tech. This gap also undermines the achievement of other objectives like operational excellence.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. And on the packaging side, the company set a goal of recycling a used bottle or can for every one it sells by 2030, Gartner notes. Printer-friendly version. Kimberly-Clark. Media Type.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

“Currently, the biggest challenge for supply chain managers is…” Keeping up with consumers and their buying behaviors. Lu Siqi Lu Siqi is a Supply Chain Manager at SK Chemical in Shanghai. She is now an Editor at Aggregage for the site Supply Chain Brief. Have backups to your backups.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Steve Hainey is an international speaker who has had over 20 years’ experience in global multi-site supply chain planning for Fortune 100 & 500 manufacturing companies of retail consumable goods, chemical materials, and medical device products. I have purchased the E-Book myself and truly enjoyed it. . Just keep moving forward.

S&OP 60

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

The chemical industry is the first to feel a recession, and the early travel freezes is a definite caution flag. At the end of the day, customers buy based on value not on the cool factor of the technology. Compare Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) to the packaging industry average in Figure 6. My forecast?

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