Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

Each executive has a different perspective on the definition of supply chain excellence, but they are never discussed and aligned. His organization purchased an advanced planning technology from well-known best of breed provider, and the implementation should have been successful, but it was not. What Is The Ring of Fire?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. As companies wrestle with pandemic results, they must face the reality that a new form of decision support is required to sense market shifts in markets and make decisions at the speed of business. Data science is only useful when companies are clear on the question to ask.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2022

On one hand, consumers expect to increase their online purchases post-pandemic. On the other hand, consumers are regularly experiencing delivery failures and ready to punish poor performing retailers and delivery services companies. Consumers are planning to buy more, but only a fraction cite improved home delivery performance.

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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. The issues are largely rooted in politics and the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence. Should companies care?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Only four percent of companies outperformed their peer groups. While market potential declined, individual company performance declined faster. of revenue on IT solutions and expensive solutions to improve performance, yet degrade balance sheet results against peer group sectors in tough markets?

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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. I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Mistake #3.

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Precoro

APRIL 6, 2022

If you're reading this now, then you’ve probably noticed how outdated traditional procurement systems recede into the past and are replaced by new modern solutions. What is Cloud Procurement? These services include: Software; Analytics; Networking; Data storage; Servers and more. Three Categories of Cloud Procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Let’s start with definitions: Self Service Planning: Decision support technologies designed for business leaders to use analytic techniques on a collaborative platform to improve business planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

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. Based in Paris, L’Oréal is a global personal care manufacturing company. It is the world’s largest cosmetics company with annual sales estimated at over €26B.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The procurement landscape is ever changing, and recently, in contrast to the traditional procure-to-pay platforms, we have seen the emergence of a new type of software solution, intake-to-pay, which is marketed as a more comprehensive solution. But hold on: are we sure that wasn't all possible with procure-to-pay, anyway?

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. Procurement professionals play a vital role in driving operational efficiency, cost savings, and strategic decision-making. But how do you get started? Do not worry!

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Precoro

MARCH 11, 2024

Yet there’s a proactive approach that addresses the high cost of healthcare: value-based purchasing (VBP). VBP also improves patient satisfaction by fostering greater collaboration among healthcare providers and making the patient experience one of the key evaluation metrics for hospitals.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. I define supply chain excellence as year-over-year performance better than the peer group on this balanced scorecard. Each company ranks in the 4% of companies beating their peer groups.

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Synovos

AUGUST 21, 2023

RS Integrated Supply is committed to making safety the number one priority in everything we do,” said Brandon Coombs, Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence. RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies.

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ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Procurement Leaders Webinar. Speakers: Arnaud Malardé, Ivalua | Hélène Vermont, Michelin Group. With mounting pressure for organizations to make tangible contributions to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, the procurement function must strategize to implement and report their collective efforts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

I struggled to manage myself as I settled in elbow-to-elbow with the group to listen to the presentation. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Putting all companies in a spreadsheet and shaking them up made no sense to me. So, I sucked it up and consented.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

I never republished the report, because not enough has changed to warrant it.) The report centers on the concept of moving from inside-out to outside-in technologies. This model reminds me of a snail. In each phase, companies refine the models until they find that the future is discontinuous.

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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. The team understood the importance of margin management, focusing only on cost as an input to margin. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. What do I mean?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 15, 2020

Digital Procurement article, and permission to publish here, provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Navigating the complexity of the global supply chain as a procurement professional can sometimes feel like taking a walk through the Amazon without a compass, or entering into outer space without an oxygen tank. Don’t Panic!

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EC Sourcing Group

JULY 28, 2020

Objectives of Procurement Management. The objectives of procurement management can range from the most general, such as “buying goods and services,” to the more complex, such as “supporting organizational goals within the team.” What Is Procurement Management? Objectives of Procurement Management: Managing Contracts.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. Kroger collaborates with thousands of food and beverage, health, beauty, and personal care companies to service roughly 2,800 stores.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

There will be little relief in 2022 unless the factors driving the increased import volumes—a strong economy and the fundamental shift in consumer behavior to purchase more goods and less services—change. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

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. I list sixteen in Table 2, but of the 29 companies listed in the Gartner Top 25, 27 underperform their peer group sector.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues. Process gaps are larger in companies greater than 5B$ in annual revenues. Visibility Maturity Model.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

How do we harness the power of data with new forms of analytics? Today, technology providers are selling analytics. This week, I received this email from a financial institution questioning why business leaders are not harnessing more insights and redesigning processes based on analytics. S&OP Challenges. Reflection.

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EC Sourcing Group

MAY 28, 2020

What Are the Goals of Procurement Management? The goals of procurement management are generally to acquire goods and services with the highest quality at the lowest cost to create an end product. For instance, every purchasing department wants to lower costs and be more productive, so these are concrete goals. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

Companies state that they want bold change; but within the company, I find swirling inaction. Companies are at a tipping point. I am speaking to companies that are being held hostage to SAP HANA upgrades with 70% cost overruns and 60% time schedule expansion. It baffles me. The headline is parts are not parts.

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Arkieva

JUNE 28, 2016

Our focus today is to discuss the relevance of buzz words such as Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning, for S&OP. What is analytics? We might use “availability in Excel directly or with Add-ons” as an “age metric’.). Marketing efforts by firms such as IBM.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. As a business owner, there are seemingly endless options for companies to utilize. Established logistics companies.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

Leader Forrester CLM for Buy-Side Contract Suites, Q4 2021. Ivalua remains the only vendor recognized as a leader in every current Procurement report spanning S2P by Gartner and Forrester. Audrey joined us live to discuss how the world’s leading beauty tech company is taking necessary steps to protect the planet.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Investment is flowing into supply chain companies. In 2021, more than $25 billion was invested in supply chain companies in just the first three quarters of the year. One successful private equity backed company is the unicorn Locus Robotics. Mr. Welty tried to accelerate the growth of this WMS company with outside investment.

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The discussions are with groups of executives—often ex-management consultants. ————————-.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. When a company undergoes a digital transformation, the transformation should be based on an understanding of what they want to achieve. Dean Sorenson concurs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? What are companies thinking at the executive level and what type of actions are they taking? Many companies are in trouble and many more are on the edge of financial trouble.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Address Procurement Strategy. Focus Procurement on supplier optimisation. Don’t lose Procurement’s focus on costs. Keep Procurement up to date. Procurement is a complex multidisciplinary team activity that crosses all areas of the business. Introduction.

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