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Network Supply Chain Transformation at UScellular

Logistics Viewpoints

I have always considered cellular and traditional communication companies to be service organizations. As such, I assumed that supply chain wasn’t a core competency. The company services customers with about 5 million retail connections in total. Network Supply Chain Restructure. But I was wrong.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. While the company has several different goals, two key focuses are improved agility and resilience, and more autonomous planning. A Complex Supply Chain. The company has over 300,000 products.

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Heura Uses ToolsGroup for Digital Supply Chain Transformation to Support Global Expansion

ToolsGroup

As Heura’s business grew, so did the complexity of its supply chain. Heura began exploring solutions for digital supply chain transformation and ultimately chose ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+). We started Heura in 2017 to empower people to participate in a more nutritious and sustainable food system.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

When a company undergoes a digital transformation, the transformation should be based on an understanding of what they want to achieve. When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation.

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Global Study Reveals 52% of Vital Digital Supply Chain Transformation Efforts Hamstrung by Skills and Labor Crunch

ToolsGroup

With respondents’ top growth investment for 2022 being “increasing recruitment and training efforts”, this year’s study reveals the profound effect that current labor shortages are having on digital supply chain transformation. The survey results show that companies are charting a steady course toward digital transformation”.

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Sustainable Product Packaging Impacts Supply Chain Transformation

QAD

For many well-known products, the manufacturing has the packaging shapes, sizes and colors copyrighted so no other product can look like theirs. In today’s rapidly evolving consumer landscape, the way products are packaged plays a pivotal role in the success of consumer goods manufacturing and the overall supply chain.

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Supply Chain Transformation, Part One: The Transformation Imperative

Enterra Insights

He writes, “Global supply chains were clearly in trouble before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, but when it did, the weakness of our time-honored strategies for procurement, production and delivery became shockingly evident. ”[2] He insists supply chain innovation today is not a choice, but an imperative.