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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

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Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. Before you react, here are some definitions. The audience assumes that the presenting company is outperforming. While companies talk digital, the projects follow traditional supply-centric paths.

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6 Essential Procurement Training Courses for Professionals: How To Begin and Advance Your Career in Procurement

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In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. Procurement professionals play a vital role in driving operational efficiency, cost savings, and strategic decision-making. But how do you get started? Do not worry!

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s start with definitions: Self Service Planning: Decision support technologies designed for business leaders to use analytic techniques on a collaborative platform to improve business planning. Replatforming Current Planning Solutions. At the event, presentation after presentation focused on improving engines.

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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

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IBM purchased Sterling Commerce. GXS purchased Inovis, OpenText purchased GXS, Descartes Systems Group purchased numerous assets to form the GLN (Global Logistics Network), and TrueCommerce purchased Datalliance. Start With Definitions. Definitions. Avoid slick presentations. Use standards.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

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Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Allyson’s presentation was just that. ” “Oops!,”

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Fuzzy definitions. Recent releases of Advanced Planning Solutions (APS) refined but did not transform initial software concepts. While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

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However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. End-to-End Definition Implementation of enterprise data architectures to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.