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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022. My reply to my friend is that “The supply chain is a complex non-linear system.

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Crucial MRP Metrics Every Supply Chain Pro Should Know

SCMDOJO

This blog explains The Key MRP Metrics in Supply Chain whcih every supply chain professional in Manufacturing or Distribution Businesses. This is a fundamental principle of supply chain management, it constitutes a juggling act that is at the heart of any well-orchestrated manufacturing process.

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Logility Wins IDC’s SaaS CSAT Award for Supply Chain Management Customer Satisfaction

Logility

automating the digital transformation of supply chain optimization and advanced retail planning, is honored to be a winner of IDC’s 2020 SaaS CSAT Award for Supply Chain Management for Customer Satisfaction. Logility is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. ATLANTA – January 14, 2020 – Logility, Inc., NASDAQ: AMSWA).

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Supply Chain Planning Software Vendor Selection: What they Won’t Tell You

Logility

Selecting a new enterprise technology or supply chain planning software provider can be wrought with challenge and risk. Specifically: people have lost their jobs over poor technology selections and failed implementation projects. This is especially true in supply chain planning & management platforms. (but we will!)

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Making Supply Chain Planning Agile With Modular Planning Technologies

Logistics Viewpoints

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes. This is how composable systems work.

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Manufacturers, Technology, and the Digital Age

Enterra Insights

Manufacturers have historically found themselves at the cutting edge of technological advances. It’s surprising, then, to read stories encouraging manufacturers to jump aboard the Digital Age technology bandwagon. ” Technology and Industry 4.0. You wouldn’t think encouragement would be required.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team.