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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VF Corporation (VFC) is a global apparel, footwear and accessories company headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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Is the “Autonomous Supply Chain” a Pipe Dream?

Logistics Viewpoints

Aera Technology offers a solution they call “Aera Decision Cloud” A key challenge for manufacturers is connecting integrated business planning (IBP) – a longer term plan – to operational planning and execution – what needs to be done in the near term. These crawlers never stop working.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation.

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How to Mitigate the Lumber Supply Shortage!

Supply Chain Game Changer

It puts pressure on manufacturers to find alternative sources for materials that are readily available elsewhere. Unfortunately, that’s not an economically viable option for us right now,” says John Deely, professor of economics at the University of Denver. Manufacturing Custom-Tailored Boards. The Lumber Supply Shortage.

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The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of

Logistics Viewpoints

The company sources goods from 34,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. Process is a very big topic, but two sets of processes are worth mentioning in more detail are Ferguson’s sourcing and global trade compliance processes. Lead times expanded even for domestic manufacturers because they sourced raw materials from overseas.

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Are You Afraid that Stakeholders Will Think You Are a Dummy if You Ask Too Many Questions?

EC Sourcing Group

If you want stakeholders to buy in to your procurement process you may need to ask some “dumb” questions. Why would you fly to Denver to make a sales presentation when the participants are scattered across the US or the world? These companies contacted me about sourcing, workflow and contract management tools. Because it works.

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A Gartner Summit Just For The Supply Chain Planner

DynaSys

Its Workbench ties together the data from these sources for ease of use and access by their planning teams. It will be at the Gaylord again in Denver. Cisco and Gartner discussed how the diverse technology giant put together its own Integrated Fulfillment Workbench. Gartner’s 2020 Conference.