Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

One of the goals of the conference was to challenge the audience to redefine work. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. The supply chain investments of the last decade focused on improving black & white processes–order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. Deployment of deeper statistical engines for inventory management with a focus on safety stock will improve inventory levels. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I My challenge? Measure it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I know that your primary focus is procurement. If you are at the North American CSCMP conference, stop by and listen to the story of Nicole Miera from LKQ and Margo Cohen from Nestle. ” Anna, this blog post is for you. Over the last two years, I actively engaged technologists and business leaders to redefine demand planning.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2024

Gain a Solid Educational Foundation A solid educational background in supply chain management or a related field such as business, logistics, or operations management is crucial. Webinars and Conferences : Mark your calendar for online sessions and industry meet-ups that cover cutting-edge topics.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Just-In-Time inventory management approach revolutionized manufacturing forever. What is Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Management? It demands an in-depth understanding of every stage of the supply chain, from the initial procurement of raw materials to the delivery of the final product.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Newly Released Conference Board CEO Study. A further data point to these notions can be found in a newly released C-Suite Outlook Mid-Year survey report, published by The Conference Board. Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. We feel so strongly about this that we do not have an inventory planning role.”

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 5, 2014

Bayer Crop Science – Internal Procurement Audit – Undergraduate Team: Hamilton Brewer, Emily Ciriano, Scott Gray. I could not have been prouder of the two awards you all won, in addition to being selected to present to the Conference this morning. John Deere World Headquarters – Enterprise Supply Management.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Some of the main steps involved in the order fulfilment process include: Inventory management Picking and packing Tracking and communication Shipping and delivery Customer service Returns management Fulfilment costs can represent up to 30% of an eCommerce company’s total operating expenses.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. Global Trade Volumes- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in its latest forecast update was not encouraging or optimistic.

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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. While touted as a digital procurement provider, it took the Company nine days to onboard me as a vendor, and two weeks to process a Purchase Order. Here I share perspective on cash-to-cash abuse. My takeaway?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2013

Last week at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, I led a discussion session titled “At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks” with about fifty senior executives in supply chain and procurement. Ariba plans to expand into supply chain, logistics, and inventory management processes, with the first solutions coming out in 2014.

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Oracle SCM

AUGUST 1, 2018

One of the Supply Chain Management trends apparent at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May was highlighted by several vendor/customer presentations focused on the value of Collaboration and Visibility projects. Gather global commodity prices and planned global procurement to drive procurement to best prices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2018

I find as I attend conferences that the word “planning” is bantered about, but few technologists dive into the details. There are natural processes that require tactical horizon for procurement buying and transportation sourcing, and Sales and Operations Planning. Descriptive analytics. Prescriptive analytics.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For example, at the NRF’s 2018 Shop.org conference, CVS Pharmacy President Kevin Hourican, told participants, “Retail isn’t dead. Kiran Mani, Google’s managing director of retail, told conference participants, “Personalization is nothing but translating information into assistance. Bad retail is dead.”[2].

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. Why your food inventory management system is going stale. Chances are that your current inventory management system is getting you nowhere fast — you’re facing growing inventory struggles and you don’t know why.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Editor's Note: As of late you may have noticed we have written a lot about procurement and the future of procurement. A large part of procurement is finalizing the contract and then the follow through of the determined deliverables in that agreement. How do you know you are getting what you paid for?

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Logility

MARCH 2, 2011

Luckily, this March our annual customer conference will be in Orlando, away from the cold weather and under the sun. OK, enough about dreaming of warmer days … Connections 2011 is set to be our largest user conference to date with record registrations and 25 percent more sessions to accommodate our growing audience.

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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 two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory. These are natural shock absorbers.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Be bold and try the Supplier Day Conference : invite suppliers to your facility with a structured agenda. Tomorrow we will continue the series where we will talk about best practices to use with inventory management and how the application of LEAN can further the quest for logistics cost reduction.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2015

It’s also a big reason why SAP and Descartes formally announced their partnership this morning focused on TMS connectivity (attendees of Descartes’ user conference last month were given a sneak peak of this announcement).

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2015

The 3PL Summit is the one event that you can’t afford to miss: The 3PL Summit has been the industry’s cornerstone conference and annual meeting-place for 14 years in a row. Virginie Vast, Head of Vodafone Asset Management Services & Tactical Sourcing from Vodafone Procurement Company.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?” It’s only a question of time before speech recognition gets embedded into other enterprise and supply chain applications.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Confer with cross-functional and end users throughout the implementation process to ensure that each department's concerns are addressed early on. E nsure that team members have the time for the implementation project. Since it will take up a significant chunk of their workday for a while, some of their duties may need to be reassigned.

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. Loïc Coyot, Digital Transformation Manager, Requis. Lose the hype and hysteria. See you there!

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. Loïc Coyot, Digital Transformation Manager, Requis. Lose the hype and hysteria. See you there!

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

This was the first time in two years that this conference could be held in person. But, the global wide Covid-19 pandemic that began in 2020, and drove a significant spike in demand for pandemic related goods in 2021, exposed the vulnerabilities of global wide sourcing under a just-in-time inventory management premise.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Separately, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned this week that the world is on the brink of recession and that a global slowdown could potentially inflict more damage than the finance crisis in 2008 and the Covid-19 shock of 2020. Further Warning of Recession.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Wall Street Journal indicated last week that company CEO Doug McMillan indicated at a supplier conference that the retailer will be continue to aggressively resist supplier price increase attempts, touted as once again flexing its market buying power. All of this news led to an immediate boost in Walmart’s stock price.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

The role of supply chain workers, simply put, is to contribute to or manage the process of producing the right amount of the right goods and getting them to the end-customer at the right time, ensuring customer satisfaction while being profitable. Transportation (transportation manager, fleet manager).

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it.”. Can you handle the complex planning requirements of multimodal transportation and inventory management? Chris Saynor, CEO of Eye for Transport (eft), echoes his comments. Want to know more?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing. The first was around inventory management. For the end consumer, it creates a snapshot of traceability from procurement to delivery. SAP SAP showed off Joule, its generative AI assistant.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The recent Conference Board CEO survey indicated that nearly 8 in 10 CEO ’s now expect a recession in their primary region of operation within the next 12 to 18 months—or believe one is already underway.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For the second straight year between the conference championships and the Super Bowl, Tom Brady has announced his retirement from the NFL. The startup procured $400 million in a Series E financing round, led by One Madison Group and JS Capitol , that includes Walmart and existing investing partner SoftBank Vision Fund 1 in January 2022.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Services Matias Offer on SCMDOJO Logistics Consulting Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Logistics Technology Sourcing Executive Mentoring Guide: Matias, our supply chain consultant, has also created Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Guide , which is available from SCMDOJO Academy.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 25, 2017

Addressing this problem is at the heart of Manhattan Associates’ Active Solutions, which the company introduced a couple of weeks ago at its Momentum 2017 conference. As the press release explains: Today’s commercial enterprises are facing unprecedented market pressures. Empty miles reduced by 8 percent. Total miles down 7.7 million.

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Supply Chain Cowboy

MARCH 23, 2015

The CPIM certification is more targeted toward those looking at careers in inventory management. If interested in procurement, definitely look into the CPSM certification from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Getting your CPIM qualifies you to take the CSCP if you don’t already qualify. Absolutely.

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