Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Defining the New Normal in Supply Chain! Get Our EBOOK HERE. As everyone in Supply Chain Management knows today, the field has come a long way. For the majority of Supply Chain’s history, this evolution has been driven by a knack for finding efficiency.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This thing called research in the supply chain market has many arms and legs. I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one. In a nutshell, the research states there is a correlation between cost, inventory, and forecast performance.

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QAD

JULY 8, 2021

In our blog last month, we discussed how the automotive industry must learn this time from yet another semiconductor shortage by improving management of essential supply chain processes or we will find ourselves in another shortage crisis. Why does it take so long for information to move down the supply chain today?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 23, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Is Your Supply Chain A Cost Centre or a Value Creator? GET our EBOOK HERE. Supply Chain responsibilities are vast in any organization. This can be analogous to the work done in Supply Chain. So let’s explore the Supply Chain Workload iceberg!

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Talking Logistics

JULY 24, 2015

There was a lot of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to it. Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. LEGACY Supply Chain Services Launches Grader Tool and eBook to Evaluate Supply Chain Performance.

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QAD

JUNE 8, 2021

The Guardian stated : “The technology industry faces a growing shortage of semiconductors and other high-tech components following a failure to invest in new manufacturing facilities during the recession, experts have warned.” As a result, automotive OEMs were not able to ramp-up demand requirements fast enough back up the supply chain.

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AFFLINK

JULY 13, 2016

This flip from profit to loss can be avoided if the tools are in place to monitor proper product usage that determines spend and provide your company with measurement standards across the broad spectrum. Here, we’ll answer four of the most commonly asked questions about the indirect supply chain. Office supplies: paper and pens.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. GET our EBOOK HERE. Freight sourcing and procurement is a critical component of the whole supply chain and is crucial to the success of the business. In ocean freight procurement, benchmarking gives you a clear analysis on both port to port and door to door rates.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

They helped launch the personal computer, or PC, as a viable business tool. This eventually led to the term “spread sheet” which stuck, became spreadsheet, and then was applied to software applications that had rows and columns for data. A poor procurement choice based on stale data can lead to a decline in profits.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

We believe that supply chain excellence helps a company to better balance demand and supply. We also believe that it helps companies to be more resilient: weathering demand and supply volatility while maximizing opportunities and mitigating risks. What does the future of supply chain excellence look like?”

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

For more than a decade, I have implemented inventory optimization solutions for some of the world’s largest companies in industries ranging from life sciences to chemicals, from consumer goods to high-tech, and more. These “boom-to-bust” cycles are caused by latencies in the supply chain.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 28, 2017

We have discussed a variety of implications to the supply chain required to provide scale and service, while effectively managing inventory and value add processes. The disciplines of interest will include supply management, efficient order fulfillment, transportation and workforce.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 28, 2017

We have discussed a variety of implications to the supply chain required to provide scale and service, while effectively managing inventory and value add processes. The disciplines of interest will include supply management, efficient order fulfillment, transportation and workforce.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Effective supply chain management is essential for success in the dynamism and connectivity of modern companies. To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 12, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. GET our EBOOK HERE. So let’s discuss Supply Chain scams and fraud. Vulnerable Areas in Supply Chain. For anyone inspired to act fraudulently in accordance with the Fraud Triangle, Supply Chain holds innumerable opportunities to perpetrate a scam or fraud.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 2, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! Get Our EBook here. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that the importance of supply chain management cannot be understated. Supply Chain Is Essential for Business Success. Subscribe Here!

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Logility

JUNE 26, 2017

However, supply chain professionals from thousands of different companies supplying consumable and non-consumable products have to consider past demand trends and predict their products’ demand for the upcoming holiday. Procurement and manufacturing plans need to be created and executed based on forecasts.

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AFFLINK

JULY 19, 2016

Your indirect supply chain is a treasure trove of hidden extraneous spend. This “hiding-in-plain-sight” aspect of indirect supply chain spend, is most likely having a significant negative impact on your bottom line. Here are you four tips for simplifying and cutting extraneous indirect supply chain spending.

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