Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 9, 2022

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement operations are the backbone of every company’s supply chain. Fundamental to procurement is the acquisition of goods and services from a party that’s further up the supply chain. This document is the first legal contract in the operational procurement process.

Optimal Sourcing 108

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics 108

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The CEO – Matt Elenjickal – told me that the company has roughly $100 million in revenue. The interview occurred during athe FourKites Visibility 2023 user conference on September 7th in Chicago. This allows the company to do some interesting benchmarking. I attended my first Visibility conference in 2020.

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Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Visibility Inventory Reduction Agile and Lean Supply Chain 219

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model.

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S&OP Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 195

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Suppliers are facing increasing pressure from the buyers of their goods and services to report their environmental, social, and governance data. Increasingly, companies will take sustainability criteria into account in their purchasing decisions. In short, the reported supplier data ripples up to a buyer’s Scope 3 calculations.

Resource Reduction 223

Resource Reduction Material Savings Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Analytics 223

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Solving from a supply side seems to work for many companies I work with. I know that your primary focus is procurement. Only 2% of companies are pushing forward in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis. Regional companies outperform global brands in all but two industries in the market. Should companies care?

Supply and Demand 370

Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Demand Planning 370

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart is not the only big retailer with OTIF requirements, but as the world’s largest retailer, and a company with stringent requirements , Walmart’s OTIF requirements are top of mind for consumer goods companies. The fines, Uber Freight reports, vary by the costs of the products being sold to Walmart.

Shipping 243

Shipping Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 243

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. In short, resilience is what keeps things running during a disruption — and what helps companies get back on track afterward. I cannot get a clear answer.

Supply Chain Design Software 303

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Software 303

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The jobs reduction will save $1 billion this year, Tomé said on an earnings conference call with analysts on Tuesday. She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. percent year-on-year decline in cargo ton miles to 1.8bn, although this metric increased by 9.5

Cost Reduction Strategies 234

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software Manufacturing Procurement 234

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25.

Gartner 235

Gartner Supply Chain Software Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 235

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. That has recently changed.

Supply Chain Design Software 202

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software 202

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

I was fortunate enough to spend the beginning of this week at Manhattan Associates’ Momentum user conference. It was great to be back in person at a conference, seeing people face to face. Although virtual conferences do offer convenience, they lack a personal touch and the ability to network with others in person.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 251

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2022

There has been supply chain legislation before whose goal was focused on making sure various aspects of ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) performance were enforced by companies. Companies can also be prevented from public tenders for a specified period of time. Child labor and modern slavery. Unsafe working conditions.

Supply Chain Software 240

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy Procurement Solutions Supply Chain 240

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) My desire was to make the rankings of the Top 25 supply chain report data-driven based on balance sheet results. I wanted to help companies drive step-changes in performance. My argument centered on the observation that as new technologies evolved, companies did a lift and shift.

Gartner 197

Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 197

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Hindsight — understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened — is important; however, foresight — the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future — is even more important. billion this year, according to a June report from market research firm eMarketer. .”[2]

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Company Manufacturing Procurement Omnichannel Procurement Analytics 100

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. While companies talk digital, the projects follow traditional supply-centric paths. Almost two decades of reporting. The Gartner analysis is biased toward companies within the Gartner network.

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Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning 346

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. I recently interviewed him for my upcoming book, Metrics that Matter, that publishes in August 2014. ” Supply Chain Leader.

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Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Metrics Procurement Solutions 259

GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site. Medical Devices.

Procurement Analytics 120

Procurement Analytics Metrics Quality Material Savings 120

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. And companies at every stage of the supply chain have inflated their prices as demand exceeds supply.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software 246

ToolsGroup

APRIL 3, 2023

Sahil Gupta , Chief Product Officer at ToolsGroup, shares the most important insights and takeaways from this year’s ShopTalk conference. After four days of retail insights focused on the trends, business models, and technologies that are shaping the future of retail, ShopTalk 2023 has closed a successful and illuminating conference.

Inventory Reduction 156

Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software 156

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. Only 7% feel that their company managed disruption well. These teams are also more advanced in the use of planning and more advanced analytics concepts. Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. The winter offers no relief. What was different? Port Snarls.

Supply Chain Planning Software 235

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 235

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. ————————-.

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Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting 183

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. I define collaboration as the ability to establish long-term win/win value propositions between and among companies. Cash-to-Cash Metrics. The company in an effort to reduce costs outsourced payments.

Optimal Sourcing 229

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Design Software Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction 229

GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

Procurement Analytics 120

Procurement Analytics Metrics Quality Supply Chain Planning Software 120

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). The high-flying company had no clarity of purpose or clear governance, but the funds kept coming. In the Gartner article, I cautioned companies to invest only if three conditions were met: A well-defined scope. Transora had a short history.

Supply Chain Design Software 253

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 253

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The sixth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in August 2021 once again stressed the importance and urgency of decarbonising all sectors of the economy. It comes from the annual customer survey conducted by logistics software company Transporeon.

Resource Reduction 237

Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Freight Optimal Sourcing 237

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 28, 2021

As an analyst for nearly two decades, I am constantly amazed watching companies throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat. What do I mean? There are 192 ways to cut up a cow.)

Supply Chain Planning Software 231

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 231

DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Another conference, another presentation on the scarily “big” data coming to supply chain and logistics. To do so, I will dive into data analytics and the role it could play in making supply chain logistics more efficient. Descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. And so we arrive at prescriptive analytics.

Predictive Analytics 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2016

During the spring, I get to spend a lot of time in airplane(s) attending and speaking at technology confer ences. With the evolution of cognitive learning, cloud-based analytics, non-relational technologies, and streaming architectures, the ERP vendors are no longer the center-piece of supply chain visionaries’ discussions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Analytics Software Supply Chain Software 150

Talking Logistics

MAY 27, 2015

That’s how JDA Software’s CEO, Baljit Dail, summarized the feedback he was getting from customers and partners at FOCUS 2015 , the company’s user conference held last month in Orlando, FL, which had more than 2,000 attendees from 30 countries. The value of IT is in how you use it.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 30, 2023

Analysts at NielsenIQ observe, “Positive consumer sentiment toward sustainability has been growing for more than a decade, but the impact of purchasing preferences has yet to inspire a green revolution within the retail industry. Two rapidly emerging drivers of change — governance and cost — are about to change all that.

Packaging 130

Packaging Manufacturing Procurement Purchasing Skills Procurement Analytics 130

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Last year’s supply chain program include two days of sessions by practitioners – executives from companies like Ahold Delhaize, AGCO, and Radwell International– on the real-world problems associated with the digital transformations they have gone through and continue to go through. SVT Robotics Raises $25 Million in Funding.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 156

Logistics Network Optimization Software Price Reduction Los Angeles Rail Software 156

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

This week, I spoke at the Llamasoft Summercon Conference. The conference was low-key. Don was quirky, and the company story was different. We laughed, and felt a bit silly, leaving the conference room holding our new furry tchotchkes. The company has skillfully navigated the market to survive and now thrive.

Supply Chain Design Software 268

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Network Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 268

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The transaction closes in 45 days.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Design Software Analytics Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The conference is always a lot of fun. At the conference I encouraged the attendees to network with each other, to build a guiding coalition, to redesign supply chain processes for the Supply Chain of 2025. As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. There is tension.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 150

Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Initially these protocols focused on the sources of GHG emissions that were the easiest to track: Scope 1 direct emissions from company facilities and vehicles; and Scope 2 indirect emissions from the electricity or other energy a company purchases for use in its operations.

Procurement Analytics 62

Procurement Analytics Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Vendor Strategies 62

Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

At the recent Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, there was a lot of talk about the latter. As I mentioned in an earlier blog about the Gartner conference , customers are demanding you deliver an experience, not just a product. Global purchasing power. What’s changing is how they want to engage and interact with it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices.

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Modeling Modeling Software Pharmaceutical Procurement Analytics 236