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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper includes southern New Jersey’s only Level I trauma center (Cooper University Hospital), which is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region. Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I bought a shirt at Bloomingdales on Walnut Street in Philadelphia for 1$. Safety stock levels need to account for demand and supply variability but most built inventory policies only on demand data. To understand how variable lead times were in this period, In Figure 3, I share data from an automotive spare parts supplier.

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Building Outside-in Processes: Answering A Question From the Audience

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To make my point, I stressed that: New Forms of Data. Becoming outside in requires the use of new forms of data– sensor data, unstructured sentiment, rating/review data, return data, point of sale data, weather.

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I love photography, and mused as I walked into the shop on that rainy day in Philadelphia. ” I hate buzzwords and try to sidestep hype, but as I held my mug tight in my hand on a cold Philadelphia day, I thought more about the photo shop experience. Yet, within the supply chain, everyone waits for data and insights.

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Be Careful What You Ask For

Supply Chain Shaman

The solutions optimize source, make and deliver within silos, but lack the ability to drive alignment and improve agility. The most agile supply chains are outside-in using channel data. This includes postponement, common platforms, product formula simplification, alternate sourcing, and buffer strategies.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. This includes: Sensors coupled with data from the Internet of Things (IOT). Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka). The world is no longer just about rows and columns and transactional data.

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The Fight of the Titans

Supply Chain Shaman

The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. Consistent data is not available prior to 2006.) An orbit chart is the linking of data across years at the intersection of two metrics. The evolution sprung from chaos. Supply chain leaders are competitive.