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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

However, the key part of this comparison is the fact that Sanofi never drove improvement. Yet, you will find the past executives from Sanofi speak openly on event stages about their journey on supply chain excellence as winning performance. An average margin of 21% with inventory turns of 1.58 Question your own paradigms.

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Have You Given Your Planner Love Today?

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 2, we share insights on five characteristics of companies with a supply chain working well. Note the comparison to the larger population. Companies that outperform their peer groups have supply chain executives with a better understanding of supply chain management. Business cycles.

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Digital Transformation of the Supply Chain

Logility

To gain executive buy-in develop a business case showing substantial hard and soft benefits. This will lay the foundation for any future performance comparison and provide the starting point to develop benefits for transformation. Digital Transformation of supply chain operations is well underway in most industries today.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Event companies take large sums of money from technology companies and host events based on the Rolodex of a prior supply chain leader. For example, the North American Council of Supply Chain Executives (NASCES22) in Chicago next week builds off of the Rolodex of Daniel Myers. The net result?

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Quick Start Guide to Using Machine Learning for Demand Planning

ToolsGroup

In fact, supply chain executives put demand forecasting and supply chain planning at the top of the list of how they initially plan to use AI. weather, social media). The good news is that these characteristics make demand planning a perfect fit for artificial intelligence solutions.

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Who's Really Running Your Retail Operation?

C3 Solutions

REFERENCES: [1 ] " A brief history of WMS in the supply chain ", Veridian, April 30, 2017. [2] 2] " Supply chain execution systems ", John Hill presentation, MHI. [3] 3] " Supply chain technology: Will WMS take over the world ?", Bridget McCrea, Logistics Management , October 1, 2012. [4]

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The Hidden Opportunity from Integrating Planning and Execution

BlueYonder

The way supply chains are set up today, there are different organizational and technological branches dedicated to planning and execution. As global supply chains trend toward increasing complexity, the need to correct the traditional “plan or adapt” dichotomy will only increase.