Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

One of the goals of the conference was to challenge the audience to redefine work. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. The solution was too black box.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Wall Street Journal Headline on Retailers Using Containers to Store Excess Inventories. My take away?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. We find that the companies with the most marked improvement in a balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) are smaller and less well-known.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. This makes me yawn.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Orbit Chart of Four Industry Sectors at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns (Year-over-Year Averages for the Sector). of revenue on IT solutions and expensive solutions to improve performance, yet degrade balance sheet results against peer group sectors in tough markets? How could the industry spend 1.7%

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2016

During the spring, I get to spend a lot of time in airplane(s) attending and speaking at technology confer ences. Software maintenance costs are rising for the CIO. In parallel, the traditional software vendors are struggling with the Innovators Dilemma. Consulting and software are very different business models.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story. No Purchase Orders were used.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This was the question Kinaxis CEO John Sicard posed to three panelists at a Gartner conference earlier this year. Purchasers don’t have visibility into existing inventory. The IT team volunteers its time to improve your software. Example : “Finance has these benchmarks on cash flow and inventory.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 31, 2023

The team from ThirdLove share their insights with conference attendees. It’s a Together Thing: Humans and AI One of the major themes repeated over the course of the conference was the need for humans and AI to work together. Among these retailers, generative AI tools (like ChatGPT) are the AI-powered technology being used most.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Manufacturers are leveraging big data to provide them with a comprehensive picture of their business thanks to the ability to acquire information from an ever-increasing variety of sources.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The order fulfilment process covers every step required to get goods to the people who purchase them, from the moment a customer places an order to when they receive their purchase. When an order is confirmed, the items need to be collected from inventory and packaged for shipment.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

I haven’t attended an industry conference over the past year, or participated in a client meeting, where blockchain — along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning — hasn’t been part of the conversation. Source: IBM. Use collaborative platform to identify solutions and respond to events quickly.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Are you planning to implement enterprise resource planning software but have some concerns about budget overruns, project delays, and disruption of business processes? We have all heard horror stories about poorly implemented ERP solutions that take forever to see a return on investment or, even worse, never actually come to fruition.

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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. Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. Time horizon.

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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]. ”[2].

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

My goal in this blog post is to answer a series of questions I got from the audience when I spoke at a couple of conferences this week. Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. ” Leading in the Face of Change. Many feel overwhelmed.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

There are Labor Management Software systems that can help manage work in the warehouse. Productivity increases from wearable voice command tools can increase factory warehouse efficiencies up to 30 percent, according to an article in Supply Chain Management Review. . Focus on Labor Costs. Every project should focus on labor costs.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Manufacturers need to focus on their core in order to stay competitive, and technological tools, such as our Cerasis Rater, a transportation management system , allow for streamlined process in managing transportation, giving back precious time, money, and focus to our manufacturing customers. billion individuals join the consuming class.

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Kinaxis

JULY 19, 2017

Phillips, SVP of Customer Supply Chain & Global Go-To-Market for PepsiCo shared during his keynote presentation at the Gartner Executive Supply Chain Conference, this digital revolution presents enormous challenges and opportunities across the end-to-end consumer value chain. Provide transformational capabilities with remote expert tools.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory.

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Precoro

JANUARY 15, 2024

Every procurement professional faces a time when they have to make a purchase in unfamiliar territory. Typically, it starts when an employee creates a purchase requisition to notify the department manager of the need for new goods or services. That’s when RFQs and RFPs come into play. What is an RFP?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Jennifer Overstreet, Director of Digital Content at the National Retail Federation, reports Li & Fung, CEO Spencer Fung, told participants at a 2018 NRF conference, “The supply chain will become faster, digital and more innovative. Software as a Service (SaaS). Move now, or get left behind. Supply Chain 4.0 and much more.

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Unleashed

APRIL 1, 2020

Yet there are silver linings: firstly, with the cause of the downturn so obvious we may yet see a rapid rebound if and when a vaccine or other solution can be found. Review existing inventory management systems. Review existing inventory management systems. Focus on inventory management. Invest in technology.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

Many retailers were slow to invest in required technologies until 2020 when the COVID pandemic temporarily forced physical stores to close and/or limit hours of operation, e-commerce purchases jumped, and last-mile delivery providers struggled to deliver goods on time to consumers. Costco, for example, acquired Innovel Solutions in 2020.

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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. The CIO budget is hamstrung with system upgrades and software license payments. Let me explain.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 19, 2018

executive vice president and chief development officer at JDA Software, and Lee Gill, JDA’s head of retail strategy, outlined the challenges retailers are facing today: disruptive new advances in technology, generational and societal shifts in customers and competition from multiple fronts that’s impacting market share. Desikan Madhavanur, ?executive

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 19, 2018

executive vice president and chief development officer at JDA Software, and Lee Gill, JDA’s head of retail strategy, outlined the challenges retailers are facing today: disruptive new advances in technology, generational and societal shifts in customers and competition from multiple fronts that’s impacting market share. Desikan Madhavanur, ?executive

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

The cost of quality definition and enterprise quality management software—part 2, cost of quality both offer detailed descriptions of these metrics and insights on how to measure them. New products are often introduced in the market and are a source of competitive advantage in industries such as automotive and consumer electronics.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

After a couple of quick questions about the product that she had purchased, it was obvious to me that the product itself had the right features. She commented that the error seemed to be in the way that the software was implemented, and not in the base capability of the software. A methodology to pick the best fit method.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. When you think about the product lifecycle from cradle-to-cradle through the moments of truth of purchase, usage, and disposal, what are the opportunities to improve corporate social responsibility? I am not quite sure.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Hire any of them as your supply chain consultant and see the difference! Matías Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0

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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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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Below I will outline how a vendor managed inventory model, in conjunction with reverse marketing, value analysis, and collaboration will achieve supply chain cost reductions. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions. The distributor maintains the inventory plan. What is Reverse Marketing?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In fact, speakers at the December 2014 BIO conference noted that the level of VC funding was at a 4-year low! The global apparel sector’s effort resulted in the development of the Higg Index, a universally accepted LCA tool and life cycle inventory database. What will be required to attract investors to this market?

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Furthermore, ISZL is a member of the European Sports Conference (ECS) and the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS), and it encourages its students to explore various sports and arts outside of academics. In general, the process seemed to operate backward compared to the conventional purchasing flow.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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