Unleashed

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New manufacturing data reveals the small to medium manufacturing sector remains in recovery mode, with global performance largely mapping to local economic conditions. New Zealand manufacturing, meanwhile, is at an historic inflection point, with stagnant performance in multiple sectors.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. Why have we not improved our use of channel data in supply chain processes? My question is, “Why?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

At the Supply Chain Global Summit 2018 , Francois discussed the impact of digitalization, Industry 4.0, and L’Oréal’s approach to business that has allowed the company to continuously rank as a Supply Chains to Admire winner for four consecutive years. Supply Chains to Admire Methodology.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 21, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived! A solid supply chain and logistics strategy is essential for large companies. A global chemical manufacturer recently had to replace ships that transported bulk materials to ports. Subscribe Here!

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. The reason? The result?

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2022

Building a sustainable fashion supply chain and improving ESG performance will require a more deliberate approach in 2022. Digitalization and sustainability are expected to offer more significant returns, and supply chain pressures are poised to continue growing. Digitize Supply Chains with the Right Technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

In my work with manufacturing companies recently, I am thinking a lot about the need for diagnostic testing. Time For A Supply Chain Check-Up? When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service. The symptom is clear, but the root issues are not clear.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Forty years ago as a chemical engineering student, I learned the tedious craft of chemical plant design. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. Supply Chain and Design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supply chain conferences, we would be drunk at many. While we speak of collaboration, the focus is on driving enterprise results not value in value chains. Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Here I share perspective on cash-to-cash abuse. I am troubled. My takeaway?

Optimal Sourcing 229

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics.

Pharmaceutical 195

Pharmaceutical Metrics Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 5, 2019

In my interactions with supply chain teams, I find that this type of decision process happens frequently. While there are many types of visibility (see Figure 1), the most common use case is either sourcing or transportation visibility. The focus is on functional metrics, but are unable to get to overall supply chain metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

” Supply Chain Leader. Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. I loved the quote that I captured today in my interview (see above), and I have enjoyed interviews with supply chain leaders like Peter Gibbons.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Supplier performance management provides detailed information about the risks your suppliers may have, so you can take action to reduce or eliminate risks in your supply chain. Therefore, the success of supplier performance management directly affects the quality of the entire supply chain. How is it possible?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The stories border on the ridiculous.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. Therefore, it is paramount for you as a logistics and supply chain professional to have a keen sense of how to properly evaluate a supplier.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Indirect Procurement – It’s Time to Rise and Shine! High spend and highly visible Procurement categories like raw materials, I/T, capital equipment, travel, facilities, large services contracts and more often merit dedicated Commodity Management resource. Subscribe Here!

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Many companies focus solely on their tier one suppliers when it comes to supply chain sustainability. Yet to holistically tackle ESG performance, procurement teams must evaluate their operations at tier two, three, and beyond, as each level of the supply chain carries different risks. Cotton is a great example.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Many companies focus solely on their tier one suppliers when it comes to supply chain sustainability. Yet to holistically tackle ESG performance, procurement teams must evaluate their operations at tier two, three, and beyond, as each level of the supply chain carries different risks. Cotton is a great example.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

A significant amount of waste – including flame retardants and gas pollutants – is generated during the manufacturing process of electronic components, which is hazardous to both plant workers and the environment if not handled and disposed of properly. million metric tons this year. The challenges are only growing.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Major supply chain disruptions due to weather related incidents are on the rise, and one can’t dismiss these as a “once in a century” event any more. as supplies tighten. The shortages in PVC and other materials are even shutting down automotive production lines, as well as other manufacturers that I’ve been speaking with.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 18, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. And given that nothing can happen without a leading and supportive Supply Chain, by extension what is a “Nature Positive Supply Chain”? Clearly these are breakdowns in end to end Supply Chain Management which impact on nature and our environment.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Over the years, I’ve come across many large, brand-name companies that have been successful by many measures, such as revenue growth and profitably, but when you peeled back the onion on their supply chain processes and capabilities, they were far from best-in-class. From the article: Columbia Sportswear added $415.6

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. Yet, voices of realism are vitally important as corporations redesign their post-COVID supply networks. One of those voices is Hitendra Chaturvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management at Arizona State University’s W.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

As digitization continues to modify the global supply chain landscape, its unprecedented data sources and solutions will lead to not only the demise of disparate information systems, but to the rise of true, end-to-end, supply chain visibility. Identify shortage and quality problems along the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Markets drive supply chains. The supply chain needs to respond to market demand and consumer sentiment. Traditional supply chain processes do not sense. For supply chain leaders, this market downturn defines a new set of opportunities and risks. They respond. This is a major disconnect.

Supply and Demand 150

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Supply chain disruptions are inevitable, whether resulting from natural disasters, technical failures, worker strikes, or other unforeseen incidents. What can supply chain managers do to ensure that action is taken quickly and efficiently when disruption strikes? Identify Risks in Your Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Supply Chain Operating Networks: The building of supply chain applications using many-to-many architectures to connect multiple parties to multiple trading partners to improve multi-tier supply chain visibility, planning and execution to improve relationships in extended value chains. .

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Companies need to be fully aware of global climate change conversations and how they will impact their supply chain in the near future. Supply chain network and transportation optimization can help make better sourcing and multi-stop route decisions that ultimately result in route design that balances low costs with higher service.

Cost Reduction Strategies 100

Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Modeling Software Sourcing Strategies 100

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retail was slow to adopt supply chain processes to drive new business models; and as a result, traditional retail redefinition of supply chain processes got caught in the omni-channel hype while Amazon worked its magic to become a market leader. The difference?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2023

There is a big push from industry experts, regulators, consumers, and companies to move towards supply chain models based on circularity. These models aim to minimize resource use, waste, and carbon emissions and maximize reuse and recycling in the supply chain. What is the digital product passport (DPP)?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. With changing product profiles, short life cycles, constraints with downstream suppliers, and changing markets, being good at supply chain planning matters. Reflections. The reasons are numerous.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I have worked for Gartner Group, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and now my own company, Supply Chain Insights. I have now been an industry analyst in the supply chain management space for ten years. This month, I am proud that the Supply Chain Insights team will announce the Supply Chain Index.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 31, 2017

It is no secret that modern supply chains are increasingly exposed to risks that can result in increased operational costs, large losses, and long term damage to your corporate reputation. Many procurement teams are finding holistic approach can provide huge advantages. which can vary by geography.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

They will soon change your supply chain. Designed in the 1960s when a Megabyte (MB) of disk storage cost the same as a Terabyte (TB) does today, relational databases form the basis of today’s supply chain systems and IT architectures. In time, you will come to love them. I think that they will be a game changer.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Supply chain disruptions are inevitable, whether resulting from natural disasters, technical failures, worker strikes, or other unforeseen incidents. What can supply chain managers do to ensure that action is taken quickly and efficiently when disruption strikes? Identify Risks in Your Supply Chain.

Pharmaceutical 60

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