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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 46-50

QAD

That’s the funny thing about Lean manufacturing; it’s been around for decades, or even hundreds of years depending on who you ask, and can have a profound impact on operational excellence, yet its true meaning tends to get buried and lost in jargon. We like simple definitions that everyone on your team can get behind!

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Swimsuits and dresses for weddings—you never buy just one,” says Joanie Demer, co-founder of Krazy Coupon Lady. People who buy portable generators during weather emergencies use them until the emergencies have ended, and then those go back too. Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases.

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Getting Down to Brass Tacks: Can We Really Collaborate?

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition: Brass tacks are a type of pin or nail. Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. …there is not substitute for an accurate PI signal in supply chain excellence. Source Wikipedia. In the 1990s suppliers had channel power. The formula for success seemed foolproof.

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Writing: Working on My Book

Supply Chain Shaman

Prior to joining Starbucks, he worked at the executive leadership level in Europe, Latin America and North America at ICI, a global chemical company. Which metrics do you think matter to supply chain excellence? Market-Driven customer service mattel Metrics That Matter peter gibbons Supply chain excellence'

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The Top Two Enterprise Mobility Issues Facing Supply Chain Managers Today

RFgen

Andrew Brown, Executive Director of Enterprise Research at Strategy Analytics, said that when it comes to mobile technology North America and Western Europe are leading the way. Android’s superior extensibility makes it an excellent operating system for building mobile applications that suit a variety of devices.

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The Top Two Enterprise Mobility Issues Facing Supply Chain Managers Today

RFgen

Andrew Brown, Executive Director of Enterprise Research at Strategy Analytics, said that when it comes to mobile technology North America and Western Europe are leading the way. Android’s superior extensibility makes it an excellent operating system for building mobile applications that suit a variety of devices.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

By definition, this requires a global supply chain. The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. The journey needs to start with clear definitions. My response is “Hogwash.”

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