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Lessons From the Operating Curve for the Dual Government COVID19 Objectives: Reopen the Economy and Eliminate COVID19

Arkieva

Lessons From the Operating Curve for the Dual Government COVID19 Objectives: Reopen the Economy and Eliminate COVID19 was first posted on April 8, 2020 at 8:38 am. The purpose of this is to pull from experiences in the trenches in shifting OPCURVE to provide some guidance on actions to take to help the nation achieve both critical goals.

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Will the Internet of Things (IoT) Help Eliminate Information Latency and Deficiency in Supply Planning?

Kinaxis

Mary Barra, GM’s CEO, announced a partnership for the development of a 125 mile long corridor of Intelligent and Connected Infrastructure in collaboration with academia, government and industry. Demand management General News Inventory management Sales and operations planning (S&OP) Supply chain management'

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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

I do believe in demand planning, but most companies overstate forecast improvements. I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies. At that time, the demand processes were largely regional. Here I share my world view. The Problems.

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Inflation in 2022: Is the Bullwhip Effect to Blame for Retail Inventory Glut

Logistics Viewpoints

This statement indicates that Target attributes the slowdown to a rapid shift in demand patterns and an overall softening of demand from discontinued government stimulus payments.

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The Supply Chain Construct for New and Growing Businesses!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Suppliers for all materials and services have to be found, vetted, negotiated with, qualified, ramped up, tracked, managed, kept competitive and governed. Cash is king and cash flow management is the source of life, or the cause of death, of any company. Let’s start with product or service development.

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Seven Benefits of Unifying Demand and Supply Management

Vanguard Software

As a result, there’s an increasing need to sense market demand and quickly translate the requirements into supply chain responses. Companies need a holistic end-to-end process that considers organizational design, process design, and data governance to address trends, including specialization, globalization, and regional demands.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

SCMDOJO

Furthermore, industries such as food, hospitality, construction, infrastructure, and even government sectors are gradually adopting SCaaS for improved outcomes. Components of SCaaS For efficient management, all the crucial nodes of the supply chain network are outsourced, constituting the essential components of SCaaS.