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10 Ways A Data Gateway Improves Time to Value Across Your End-to-End Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

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The Supply Chain Merry-Go-Around

Supply Chain Shaman

To make the point, let’s take a look at Eastman Chemical in Figure 1. I first experienced the implementation of OMP and SAP at Eastman Chemical in 2004. The average size of a chemical company is $13B. The pace of change is limited by talent. The focus needs to be on outcomes. Company revenues were $9.2B This is my take.

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The Tale of the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Magic Quadrant and Minestrone Soup

Supply Chain Shaman

Eastman Chemical (A longtime customer of OMP– and one of the most strategic– underperforms against the chemical peer group). The chemical sector is a sweet spot for the company. Of the group, Axalta is doing the best but note the relatively small size of the company when compared to the chemical peer group.

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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

Businesses are responding with production shifts, supply chain diversification, inventory stockpiling, and trade route adjustments in efforts to lessen the financial burden and avoid long-term instability. Retailers and e-commerce giants like Amazon are stockpiling key inventory, preparing for potential further trade restrictions.

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Digital Transformation: Why You Can’t Afford to Wait

Even global manufacturers –– companies across industrial, automotive, chemical, and energy industries –– are scrambling to mitigate the impacts of labor, material and energy shortages, delays, inflation, and unexpected events. It’s not just small and medium-size businesses that are caught off guard.

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10 Ways A Data Gateway Improves Time to Value Across Your End-to-End Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

Despite the evolution of technology, none of the 28 industry segments I follow can drive improvement at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Chemical Industry Aggregate Trend for the Period of 2014-2023 Figure C. Change is Hard. Unlearning is Tougher. The industry is full of experts. Guess what?