Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In this push, Oracle, SAP and INFOR became revenue market leaders in APS, but under-served the market in the delivery of innovation. As shown in Figure 2, fewer and fewer companies are innovators (38%) and the skill level in the consulting market is lower than the past decade. Sadly, it did not. The inverse occurred. The drivers?

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) is a new approach to managing the complex process of getting products from manufacturers to consumers. It involves outsourcing the entire supply chain function to a third-party provider who manages everything from sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products to customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?” Let’s take an example. Let me give you an example. Low volume inconsistent demand. Use this data to understand demand predictability. Then overlay the demand stream mapping on the customer service analysis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

A significant source of revenue for the company is maintenance renewals. In general, solution innovation lags the industry. Prior acquisitions include: Demand Management, (often termed Demand Solutions) supply chain planning for mid-market, 2004 for $9.5M I like simple, well-positioned innovative niche solutions.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Each node, however, is also a bottleneck, which creates a series of problems that hinder the flow of materials from source to consumer. Another approach is to begin to consider new and innovative ways to influence consumer demand in times of supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 14, 2013

F or example, o ne enterprise with which we spoke has moved to a dynamic bidding process wherein c ontracts only go out 180 days, and multiple , highly vetted , competing suppliers are given the opportunity to bid, partner and bundle groups of commodities among themselves to optimize costs through collaboration.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Innovation and Partnerships are the cornerstones of our growth. From a S&OP perspective this means to be able to quickly simulate product phase in and phase out, innovation gives us a bit more than 250 New Products per year, and we invest every year more than $200 billion for Research and Innovation.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 1, 2015

Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources. A major output of the first phase of the metrics development process is a set of functional strategic objectives, including business unit or supply chain management strategic objectives. Senior management must couple each objective with a specific goal that it can measure and act upon.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 16, 2016

We hear the words “innovation” as a source for growth in the economy over and over again. New ideas on how to manage business processes, digital technologies, ways of delivering value to customers, and supply chain linkages are all areas where we are likely to see new forms of innovation occurring.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 17, 2015

Andrew Cox’s new book “Sourcing Portfolio Analysis” represents the more traditional “power-based” view of procurement. In fact, the subtitle for the book, “Power Positioning Tools for Category Management and Strategic Sourcing” gives it all away. A good example of this type of relationship would be……what exactly?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Companies are sourcing materials from all over the world, and need to identify those regions which are most important, and which provide the greatest risk for disruptions. Teams need a single source of the truth that creates a seamless workflow, enabling immediate action.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The source of data for this blog comes from market triangulation. For example, there are very few planning pilots where Oracle or SAP beat the competition on capabilities. For example, Kinaxis is the best optimizer for material-centric supply chains with complex bill of materials. For example. Example of Data Analysis.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Having a single source of truth offers businesses an easy way to view how much inventory is coming in or going out, how many sales are being generated from each channel, and where any bottlenecks might be occurring. For example, let’s say you have one system tracking your online sales and another tracking retail sales.

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Logility

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Presented at our Connections customer conference, the SAILS Awards recognize companies who significantly improved their business processes, deployed an innovative solution to address their supply chain challenges, or demonstrated an on-going commitment and leadership role in the expansion of supply chain improvements.

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