Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

The focus is on the platform; in each presentation, the company struggles to answer the question, “What problem do you solve? At the event, presentation after presentation focused on improving engines. The focus was driving efficiency improvements (reducing costs and improving customer service.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2024

Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries manufacture and distribute a wide range of consumer products, including bath tissue, paper towels, napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and building products. However, good customer service also demands quick answers to customers’ order inquiries.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has a high volume of products stored, and an urgent need to fill existing client orders to match ongoing consumer demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. The problem with supplier visibility is bookended into procurement processes that have gone back, not forward over the last decade. This year, the program included presentations from Dollar General, Sleep Number, and Western Digital.

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Unleashed

JUNE 15, 2021

Contract manufacturing is when a business outsources certain manufacturing requirements to another. It is often used by major companies requiring the mass production of goods that find it more financially viable to outsource the manufacturing. Who uses contract manufacturing? How does contract manufacturing work?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. For example, in manufacturing, the shift in focus is away from OEE to focus on first pass yield and schedule adherence.) Then take an inventory of all the sources of channel data in the organization.

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Logility

AUGUST 23, 2021

To ensure long-term growth and protect customer loyalty, businesses need to strive for the automation of supply chain planning – from anticipating emerging demand and optimizing manufacturing capacity to adjusting inventory allocations, minimizing costs, and increasing efficiency when required. Minimizing Manufacturing Changeovers.

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QAD

JULY 21, 2022

“Economists have blamed product shortages such as semiconductors and the present spike of inflation, to an extent, on the bullwhip effect,” reports a recent article from BusinessThink at the University of New South Wales. Price fluctuations and discounts resulting in increased purchases. Complete Customer Management.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We have Courses like S&OP deployment, Supply Chain Digitalization , , and Negotiation in Procurement. Professionals in this field often find themselves venturing into manufacturing, IT, technology, ERP systems, and even commercial roles. Eight core competencies stand out, encompassing crucial aspects of SCM.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. But Molex, a global electronics and connectivity solutions company, has been investing in their intelligent digital supply chain strategy to improve their supply chain agility and customer experience. It is part of Koch Industries.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Too little inventory also creates problems — for manufacturing, customer service, and maintenance. For a small manufacturing operation, with limited inventory items, a small storage area, and a few customer orders, a spreadsheet might manage inventory sufficiently. The role of inventory management.

Optimal Sourcing 111

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BlueYonder

APRIL 13, 2023

ICON 2023 is Blue Yonder’s annual customer conference and premier supply chain event, where practitioners and decision-makers exchange insights about their transformation journeys If you are in the manufacturing field, why should you attend this year’s event? And doing it with customer service in mind, as well as profitability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions. Cardinal Health, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical, surgical and laboratory products, is focused on continuous improvement of service.

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OptiProERP

JUNE 4, 2021

It’s more important than ever for manufacturers to find ways to effectively manage their operations in the face of Covid-19, supply chain disruptions, inflation concerns, glimpses of recovery, and the many dynamics impacting manufacturers’ bottom lines. Look for a modern manufacturing-focused ERP solution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 11, 2018

Jörg Schlager describing SKF's Integrated Planning (Source: Optilon). Digital transformation ” is tough for any firm, but when you are $9 billion industrial manufacturer, it is a sizable undertaking. Figure 1 Source: SKF. Figure 2 Source: SKF. Figure 3 Source: SKF. Figure 4 Source: SKF.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. There is also evidence it is working for customers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

M&M SBU has been able to increase service levels by 10%, reduce customer response times by 40%, and grow business revenue by 10%. The automotive and farm equipment manufacturing giant’s Spares Business Unit (SBU) witnessed lost sales revenues due to stockouts and tight working capital as a result of high inventory investment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Even before the emergence of COVID-19, next-day and same-day delivery promises from mega retailers, as well as new delivery models such as store pick-up, were driving increasing customer expectations — not just in retail, but in every industry. Deliver ecommerce-caliber service levels. A Top-Level Vision Is Key to Enabling Agility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Let me give you an example: Last week, I gave a presentation at a global supply chain team meeting of 175 professionals. The team was organized around the functional silos of source, make and deliver. As I cleared my throat, and pushed my toes deep into my shoes, I bounded up the stairs to start the presentation. I was wrong.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

As multi-industry supply chain management teams enter 2023, they will be presented with expected global economic themes, financial outlooks and overriding business sentiment that are likely to influence decision-making. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J. Prediction Background. a 30-month low. Prediction Implications.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Supply chain leaders are leaning on technologies to keep up with evolving customer behaviors– the top driver of supply chain digital transformation. It helps deliver high in-season customer service levels with limited late-season discounting that cuts into gross margins.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. In our monthly webinar last Wednesday, I presented these results.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 30, 2018

At the recent Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, analyst Marc Halpern clarified three key concepts about supply chain digital twins in his presentation “Busting the Myth of Digital Twins to Deliver Value.” The experience of our customer SKF, the world’s largest bearings manufacturer , bears this out.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 16, 2023

A backorder presents an opportunity for businesses to continue to make sales on products that are temporarily out of stock. Goods available to be purchased on backorder can mean the difference between a lost sale and a satisfied customer. Putting an item on backorder reserves future stock for a specific customer.

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QAD

APRIL 26, 2022

The supply chain expo MODEX 2022 held last month included a keynote presentation highlighting the 2022 MHI Annual Industry Report “Evolution to Revolution: Building the Supply Chains of Tomorrow.” Rhodes concludes that manufacturers cannot meet tomorrow’s challenges using yesterday’s technology. Improve disaster recovery and restart.

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Kinaxis

JULY 19, 2017

That in turn is changing how organizations are manufacturing and delivering goods. Taking things beyond just smart shelves and cameras, robots are already roaming the aisles of select stores, doing their part in ensuring quality and great customer service. In-store robotics. Automate manual processes.

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QAD

AUGUST 30, 2023

It is a “boundary spanning” activity that, in order to be effective, requires active engagement with cross-functional teams including sales, manufacturing, supplier management and business management. This multi-functional team is tasked with creating proactive solutions that help ensure optimized manufacturing planning.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. Our Rating: 5/5 4.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. I then finished a forty-minute presentation, and prepared for questions. What percentage of retail out-of-stocks could be prevented by the manufacturer in these industries?

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 15, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore how the platform is being used in the supply chain industry and the opportunities it presents. Read More: The Challenges and Opportunities of Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Procurement ] What is ChatGPT? If you are not familiar with ChatGPT, don’t worry!

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Precoro

JANUARY 30, 2023

From raw materials (wood for a furniture factory or vegetables for a restaurant) and finished goods (office or lab supplies) to services (software subscriptions), buyer-vendor relationships are at the core of every business. As a company slowly grows, purchase management becomes more and more complicated.

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Vinculum

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Diminished margins and a decrease in the number of customers willing to come into actual retail establishments to make purchases are two major causes behind this. Today, more and more businesses are looking towards D2C e-commerce to take control of the customer experience, reach out to more prospective consumers, and improve revenue.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 17, 2018

Products may shift between modes, and a large global manufacturing present exacerbates the complexity. The age of e-commerce also means an increased risk of purchasing counterfeit products, the so-called “gray market.” The complexity of modern supply chain is extensive.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

We’ve already listed the top 10 manufacturing blog posts and the top 10 supply chain blog posts last week. When a manufacturer’s product normally moves through the supply chain network, it is to reach the distributor or customer. If the product is defective, the customer would return the product.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Manufacturers increasingly turning to data and analytics, from an ERP system, to support business initiatives. Many manufacturers are data-rich but when it comes to using it they are insight-poor. It then becomes and question of how to present that information. Challenges to using data.

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