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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The hyper-focus on meeting customer expectations is also creating pressures upstream in the supply chain, as manufacturers extend visibility and collaboration beyond their own walls to avoid any disruptions. There are Also Commercial Reasons.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. Coupa also offers a robust, market share leading, supply chain design solution. Here are my top take-aways from Coupa Inspire. That has recently changed.

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Should We Celebrate this Marriage?

Supply Chain Shaman

How Do We Connect Supply Chain Planning Architectures to Transportation Planning? The software planning footprints are reminiscent of the work done in the 1990s when we struggled with insufficient memory using 32-bit hardware. The groups of supply planning, procurement and logistics operate within silos.

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Welcome Puff, The Magic Dragon, to Your Team

Supply Chain Shaman

Their questions were could the supply chain help? The company sold on Amazon, operated its own website, managed outlet stores, and could purchase end-aisle displays in major retail chains. Historically, the design of the data model drove software market positioning. Early solutions were not scalable.).

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Demand Driven: Can We Sidestep Religious Arguments?

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s face it, the definition of demand-driven is evolving. There is no single definition. Today’s processes are supply driven. The base definitions of the SCOR model are inside-out, and supply-centric. The Definition of the Supply Chain Long Tail. Demand-Driven Definitions.

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Agility and Resilience in Supply Chain Execution: Imperatives in an Unpredictable World, Part 1

BlueYonder

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. Going Digital to Interact with Your Ecosystem. blockchain), and video-based collaboration/content sharing.

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Are You Active in the Digital Transformation Drinking Game?

Supply Chain Shaman

Market-driven is a more mature definition of demand-driven. No one makes better software than SAP when they are clear on the business problem. The 1610 SAP S/4 HANA release includes advancements in response management (allocation, ATP and order management) and procurement tracking and collaboration of purchase order workflows.