BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how automotive manufacturers are carrying out effective supply chain initiatives and their innovative solutions. These companies are also increasingly looking at nearshoring and multi-shoring. First is enabling resiliency in the short term by eliminating the network.

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TMC

JULY 10, 2018

But first, what’s behind this industry-wide transformation? One big reason that companies are so focused in this area is that a poor customer experience can easily end up as a high-profile media story or full-blown organizational crisis. Supply Chain Complexity. Case Study: Microsoft’s Digital Transformation.

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TMC

JULY 10, 2018

But first, what’s behind this industry-wide transformation? One big reason that companies are so focused in this area is that a poor customer experience can easily end up as a high-profile media story or full-blown organizational crisis. Supply Chain Complexity. Case Study: Microsoft’s Digital Transformation.

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Locus Robotics

DECEMBER 22, 2020

2020 has been the year of product changeovers in supply chain. Most manufacturers that had plans to digitize in the future were hard-hit with manual changes. Manually changing processes to accommodate new manufacturing. By David Paquin | Director of Industrial, Locus Robotics. Unfounded concerns.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Accurate, high quality data is necessary for decision-making, forecasting and tracking trends and metrics. Stopping short of mobilizing core supply chain processes, such as mobile data collection, can lead to hidden barriers and inefficiencies at the line level. Future Proofing with Supply Chain Mobility.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Accurate, high quality data is necessary for decision-making, forecasting and tracking trends and metrics. Stopping short of mobilizing core supply chain processes, such as mobile data collection, can lead to hidden barriers and inefficiencies at the line level. Future Proofing with Supply Chain Mobility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

It is hard work to maintain the status quo in metrics performance. A balanced portfolio of metrics delivers the greatest value. However, the stories of success are largely project improvements or improvements in vertical supply chain efficiency in manufacturing or transportation. Most are treading water.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 6, 2021

With so much being written and discussed about supply chain transformation, it’s good to remind ourselves what supply chain management is fundamentally about. Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, bluntly states, “The best supply chains are fit for function.”[1]

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We developed the Supply Chain Index in 2014 as a way to measure supply chain improvement at a balance sheet level. Companies that have the most to lose, will drive the fastest rate of change on the Index. I believe this is necessary at the earliest stages of a supply chain transformation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. The company revealed last year that they have revenues of $45 billion.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 4, 2013

I see a lot of parallels in the training that I did for the triathlon, and the work that I am doing on financial ratios with Abby Mayer on my team at Supply Chain Insights. Abby and I are writing an e-book on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. Too few companies have a clear supply chain strategy.

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Aera Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2018

by Arnaud Morvan, Senior Engagement Director at Aera Technology Walmart’s announcement last year that it would toughen up its on-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery requirements sent a chill through supply chain executives at CPG companies doing business with the world’s largest retailer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

A lasso is what supply chain leaders would like to have. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. The average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Metrics Definition.

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BlueYonder

JULY 19, 2022

“This is not a supply chain transformation; this is really a business transformation.”. This simple statement made by Shri Hariharan, Corporate Vice President, Industry Strategy at Blue Yonder, during a recent webcast , perfectly encapsulates the critical role of supply chains for business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. Today, the average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Today, each company is different, and most are struggling. Metrics Definition.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

This second in this series provides a specific focus for the now growing importance for increased operational excellence and efficiencies for companies whose products are anchored in process and batch manufacturing process environments.

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ThroughPut

JULY 24, 2022

Thus, there is an urgent need for an end-to-end transformation of retail supply chain planning software , or a need to completely reimagine planning capabilities, processes, operations, and company performance. Only then can their supply chain transformation be considered to be complete.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Slowly, more and more companies are waking up to the cold, and hard facts. Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain processes. In the words of a supply chain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. About the Supply Chains to Admire Research.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Immediately following the keynote speaker, Trevor Miles, Vice President of Thought Leadership at Kinaxis, along with other technology vendors, will take part in the following panel topic: Technology advancements have been at the heart of supply chain transformations during the past decade. Thursday September 18 th at 9:55 AM.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

It is for this reason, that I discount the reporting by APQC, Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) and Grocery Manufacturing Association (GMA) benchmarking data. Each company has a different format and working definition for each of these data elements. With our current systems, companies are at a plateau.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Hosting this webinar series is one of the favorite parts of my job as the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. Pharmaceutical companies are struggling with falling margins and rising inventories. They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2023

This update addresses the equally growing importance for securing and retaining needed talent for companies who are considering or have invested in more responsive Cloud based software technology supporting tactical and operational planning supporting process and batch manufacturing process environments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

The supply chain is a complex system with increasing complexity. Few companies manage their supply chains end-to-end; and as a result, cannot manage inventory holistically. As a result, only 10% of companies are making progress at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin. Tracking Progress.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The pandemic has forced many companies to rethink their supply chain strategies. manufacturing lead at PA Consulting, cautions, “Too many companies jump from appetite for change to action without fully evaluating the many ‘whys’ in between. Paths to supply chain transformation.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 9, 2021

What are one or two challenges in particular that you’re advising companies and their supply chain management teams to focus on in 2021? In an augmented area to this is naturally supply chain digital transformation and, you know, basically boosting those efforts. Bob Ferrari: Good. Very good question.

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Bristlecone

AUGUST 17, 2020

Someone still has to produce cars; develop real estate and build homes; manufacture carpets, faucets and tile; process food items; produce movies; etc. Old Commerce has not died, and we shouldn’t be expecting it to, but it does have to transform to work with the new channels. SCM Control Tower functionality is the GPS for supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

The company’s focus is on biotechnology and genomic research. The company formed in 2000 by the merger of Novartis Agribusiness and Zeneca Agrochemicals. I first met Shane in 2007 at the beginning of his work with Syngenta’s value chain. .” Race for Supply Chain 2020. Digital Supply Chain.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

As discussed in Part 1, the level of sophistication of the demand planning function will depend on the value a quality demand plan brings to the company. Some companies feel that the person who forecasts the product should also be responsible for ordering it, and perhaps even managing the inventory for that product.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Few companies speak of digital marketing now: it is just assumed. In supply chain, leaders are just starting to think about digital. A frequent question from my clients is, “What is a digital supply chain process?” This requires the mapping and rethinking of supply chain processes. The reason?

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

I’m originally from Uruguay, and I came to the United States to pursue my MBA from Michigan State with concentrations in finance and supply chain. From there I had many great opportunities; I worked for Alcoa, the aluminum company, in supply chain, and also for Cummins.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

As discussed in Part 1, the level of sophistication of the demand planning function will depend on the value a quality demand plan brings to the company. Some companies feel that the person who forecasts the product should also be responsible for ordering it, and perhaps even managing the inventory for that product.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

. “When US–China trade tensions flared last year, leading companies already started to rethink the cost of network risk and invest in more resilient supply chains. Flexible networks help companies adjust quickly in times of stress. China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 11, 2022

That translates to the capability of planners to be table to set parameters of optimization, weighting either cost, value to business metric performance or other parameters to calculate best feasible plans.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Unable to power additional year-over-year improvements at the intersection of cost and inventory, companies struggle. As a result, many companies are struggling. Most companies are busy doing traditional projects.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Today’s consumer goods and retail companies appear to be in a modern-day Chakravyuh themselves; they are engaging in a battle to stay profitable while trying to meet consumers’ ever-changing needs. Metrics – Determine what success looks like at various levels, from operational to strategic.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Today’s consumer goods and retail companies appear to be in a modern-day Chakravyuh themselves; they are engaging in a battle to stay profitable while trying to meet consumers’ ever-changing needs. Metrics – Determine what success looks like at various levels, from operational to strategic.

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