Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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ShipBob

MAY 11, 2021

One day, you get notified by your manufacturer that there will be a delay, and you have no idea when you’ll receive the next batch of sellable inventory to meet customer demand. . From natural disasters to material shortages, minor and major supply chain disruptions can happen at any time. What is supply chain resilience?

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Table of Contents ** Minutes What is an inventory audit? When it comes to selling goods, ecommerce businesses may audit their inventory — whether it’s for tax purposes annually or to simply verify units on hand. Inventory audits can be done in-house or by a third party and represent one point in time. What is an inventory audit?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

You never really know how it will all turn out, yet you need to be able to answer questions like these: How many units of inventory do you need to have on hand to be at full stock for each SKU? How often do you project to replenish inventory ? Demand forecasting allows businesses to optimize inventory by predicting future sales.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2013

We asked the IT, finance and supply chain teams to self-assess their views of organizational alignment. The supply chain view is listed in figure 1. For the supply chain team, the largest area of misalignment is between the supply chain and the sales group. Supply chains are not agile enough.

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Types of Cost Centers Optimizing Cost Centers: Strategies for Success The Role Procurement Software Plays What Are Cost Centers? This cost center is responsible for managing technology infrastructure, software systems, and support services. Keep reading about: What Are Cost Centers? What Are Cost Centers For?

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

T he cascading logistical problems caused by the pandemic and the war in Eastern Europe have made securing a reliable supply chain a national imperative. In addition, severe cyberattacks – like the highly publicized Colonial pipeline attack – have brought supply chain cybersecurity into the limelight.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A look at the supply chain readiness of several major U.S. cities, and their adoption of smart-city technologies. Deloitte Consulting and the Metro Atlanta Chamber have teamed up to analyze how seven large metropolitan areas of the United States are transforming their traditional supply chain base into digital supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. It is 3:00 AM.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

My schedule had me on a plane to Chicago at the time of the presentation. Your supply chain needs to be agile too. The best supply chains are also designed for purpose. For mature supply chain organizations, it is a natural extension of six sigma. The APICS event was not there. They are balanced.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

This week, I spoke at the Chicago CSCMP round table event. The premise of the Christensen’s book is that when companies focus on current customer needs, they fail to adopt new technologies or business models that will meet the customer’s unstated or future needs. My Journey with Supply Chain Planning.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 31, 2013

We are preparing for the Chief Analytics Officer meeting coming up in Chicago in June. analytics group noted that a lot of what they had done was in constraint management and inventory and demand. There is also a huge need for analytics in the area of talent management for supply chain and manufacturing.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 11, 2023

Even with increased demand for 1 to 2-day delivery , advancements in the logistics industry enable merchants to stock their inventory closer to their customers to lower time in transit and reduce next day air shipments (which emit nearly 6 times more carbon than ground shipments). The problem?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

What are the metrics used to measure performance is part of the contract terms, especially around on-time service commitments. Particularly on new product introductions, we needed to be very careful on being able to deploy a product roll-out simultaneously across the entire country, in California, New York Chicago, etc.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2012

The Aberdeen Supply Chain Summit in Chicago earlier this month was a productive event for supply chain executives and practitioners. I also had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable session on supply chain segmentation along with Bob Heaney , Aberdeen’s lead analyst for Supply Chain Management.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. For the next 6 weeks Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend: Can you describe your first involvement in S&OP?

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