Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The team was organized around the functional silos of source, make and deliver. Their career paths, their identities, and their comfort zones were steeped in the traditional definitions. Most companies think that they know what this means; but, to be actionable they need definition. It had been this way for over two decades.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The first definition of Demand-driven Supply Chains was pushed into the market by AMR Research (now part of the Gartner Group) in 2004. We will show how the adoption of these practices have improved market capitalization in our webinar on April 25 th. The acronyms keep coming…. Details matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Manufacturing is designed and planned in isolation. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together. Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. Medical Device Manufacturer. The focus has been on sourcing and managed costs. They are primarily focused on cost management on new purchase decisions.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 14, 2020

First, develop contracts with manufacturers of healthcare supplies. These have to be firm contracts – asking Manufacturers to “reserve” capacity/quantities of material to supplement the SNS is not going to happen. Our manufacturers most often rely upon foreign supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Buyers beware of the use of the name without meeting the definition. The SAP acquisition of Ariba slowed innovation and the purchase, and then the failed promise of investment in Crossgate was disappointing to SAP supply chain business users. In Figure 1, we share a conceptual and definitional image. Definitional Image.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

For clarity, the definitions are: -Strategic Planning: The frequency is either monthly or quarterly and the focus is on long-term planning. It combines decisions across sell, deliver, make and source processes to drive value based outcomes. Many are not. This includes optimization and discrete event simulation. Metrics Alignment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 18, 2017

Let’s take a look at the world of the chemical manufacturer. The confluence of new technologies–additive manufacturing, blockchain, cloud computing, cognitive computing, Internet of Things, open source analytics, robotics, sensors, and wearables– along with process possibilities is driving a new call to action.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Let me start with a true confession: I am a manufacturing gal. I relished the sound of a manufacturing line when I opened the door of the factory in the morning, and I liked managing inputs so that we could maximize outputs. Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. It is now part of my DNA.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

Offshoring is basically when a company moves manufacturing to a foreign country in an attempt to save money. For a time, this model of manufacturing seemed to be the paragon of effective business. Yet, understanding these concepts requires a bit more than this simple definition. Take a moment to think about offshoring.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 27, 2016

Reusable and recyclable are different terms with different definitions. It is purchased, used and thrown out. Less packaging has to be manufactured which reduces the amount of energy that is required to produce packaging which in turn reduces the number of greenhouse gases that are expelled during the process.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 22, 2015

Editor’s Note: Almost 14 months ago we wrote one of our most popular posts entitled, “ The History of Supply Chain and Logistics Management ” contained a bit of history, definitions, and a great infographic visually going through the history of supply chain and logistics management. What is a Logistics Framework?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

Because he had reduced his buffers—both inventory and manufacturing—and had built a push-based supply chain using a forecasted demand signal, he was failing in many markets. How can you drive innovation if you hamstring yourself to only take a step to try a project with a definitive ROI? It is not a Big Bang project like ERP.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

Category management is a procurement strategy that involves grouping similar products or services together into categories and managing them as a single unit. This approach can help organizations streamline their procurement processes, negotiate better deals with suppliers, and ultimately save money.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. The Gartner Top 25 methodology, by definition, is biased to reward the high-tech and electronics industry. They will be digitally shared through Amazon, iTunes and other sources.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

Starting With Definitions. To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes. In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The definition: an adaptive network focused on a well-defined value-based outcomes. Definition of Outside-In Processes. The Building Blocks.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 2, 2012

Acquisitions of Emptoris and Demandtec expanded sourcing and pricing portfolios while the new version of IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE further enhances supply chain network capabilities. Matrix Commerce extends beyond the sales and customer focus to include management and optimization of supporting sourcing and supply chain facets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2021

The EDI Vans lack multi-tier process canonical (agreed multi-party definitions). We cannot confuse data sharing with the process definition. SAP Ariba started as an indirect procurement network and lagged the market in developing multi-tier process definition.) No network crosses over the source, make, deliver processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. High-velocity or streaming data requires different architectures built on non-relational, cloud-based architectures using open source tools like Apache Spark. Let’s start by addressing the barriers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

As I picked it up , I saw a twitter alert welcoming people to the APICS webinar with @lcecere on Agility that afternoon. As we went live with the webinar, I laughed. When I think of the definition of the word agility, I think of Gumby, pictured here. In this blog post, I publically answer the questions from the webinar.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Manufacturing Operations Management Community. Manufacturing Process Intelligence – Skills Management can do more! New Source, Transform and Sink for Virtual Commissioning. A new source & sink functionality is now available in the Robot Virtual Commissioning apps. Watch the replays in the Community.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 21, 2020

JAGGAER’s Amenallah Reghimi and Mic h ael Roesch recently partnered with Philip Ideson , founder and managing directo r at Art of Procurement , to bring procurement professionals a presentation on response tactics for the current global crisis. I think this will also help procurement teams learn to be agile.

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Jaggaer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At what point in an organization’s journey is it time to make the shift from reactive purchasing by non-practitioners to hiring and developing seasoned specialists who are able to look at spend holistically and create strategies that help an organization transform towards value management? Short-Term Pain Means Long-Term Gain.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Introducing Intelligent IBP Let’s start with a definition. This definition should become clear once you go through the principles. See below slide from one of my webinars. The launch of a Decision Intelligence (DI) definition by Gartner later in 2022 further cemented my believe that this new discipline will become mainstream.

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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. He can lead your company through the complex procuretech industry because of his specialization on procurement technology.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 5, 2022

If you are running pop-up blocking software, you will need to disable that to view the webinar. This webinar technology allows you to resize the presentation by clicking the maximize icon in the upper right corner to enlarge the window. We had to scramble and find additional exact matching sources. Let’s be honest.

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Unleashed

MARCH 22, 2022

Here we get inside the NoLo industry boom – from what’s behind it, to how brewers and beverage manufacturers are taking advantage of it, to what the future looks like. beer & wine) that traditionally include alcohol, but are manufactured so that alcohol is either eliminated or reduced significantly. What is NoLo alcohol?

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 8, 2024

So, creating Yook and the vision that we have with it is to empower manufacturers to effortlessly track and reduce their product carbon footprint just came naturally from that understanding that we need a different way to enable this for organizations and to really leverage data to drive decarbonization. On to next. Kate Kröger Sure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. Similarly, industries like beverages, contract manufacturing, food, oil & gas, restaurants and fast food, and retail apparel have finalists, but no winners. For details check out the full report on Supply Chain Insights.

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ShipBob

APRIL 17, 2020

As long as the COVID-19 pandemic is in effect, ShipBob is hosting a weekly “Moving Your Business Forward” webinar series. Being able to connect with them has helped keep our customers purchasing.” subscription discounts, bundles, or large supplies at a discount) for people who are engaging in ecommerce COVID-19 shopping to purchase.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Manufacturing Operations Management Community. Watch NOW: Engineering and Manufacturing Collaboration with DELMIA & ENOVIA. Following the webinar about the New User Interface (recording and presentation available in the wiki), here two videos on a simple scenario to compare the old and new UI. Read about it in the Community.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. Similarly, industries like beverages, contract manufacturing, food, oil & gas, restaurants and fast food, and retail apparel have finalists, but no winners. For details check out the full report on Supply Chain Insights.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Very good to have you with us for this webinar, on Four Ways SaaS PLM Transforms New Product Introduction. And so, as I said, working quite some time in that space, that universal challenge that Will has put on screen for sure is one thing that definitely can be addressed, on the one hand, for sure, with PLM. My name is Will Corlass.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 23, 2016

For example, additional insurance may be purchased to cover individual trucks and occupants if the truck driver is at fault or if another driver’s insurance does not pay for damages when the driver of the passenger vehicle is at fault. Essentially, how well customer feedback is handled helps shippers recognize when an audit may be needed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Manufacturing is core to the middle class and a healthy economy. The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. Too few companies understand the differences between syndicated data sources and the use of channel data.

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Lastly, we aired our first educational webinars last year, and that is something we will continue to do to bring awareness of our product and value to different industries and players in the space. . These primitives will enable us to begin documenting and tracking supply chain interactions before a purchase has even occurred.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

Meanwhile, turbulence is the norm for manufacturing supply chains. The chemical industry is the first to feel a recession, and the early travel freezes is a definite caution flag. The term end-to-end planning (E2E) is frequently used—bandied about like popcorn at a movie theatre–but, lacks a common definition. My forecast?

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