Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 29, 2014
'Mush is a thick cornmeal pudding boiled in water or milk. It sits until the gel forms a semisolid state. In the United States, we lick it up with maple syrup or molasses, while in Eastern Europe it is served cold. It is a tasteless, innocuous food with little form or satisfaction. Mush in the Real World. Last week, the Gartner Top 25 was announced with great fanfare.
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Supply Chain Insights
MAY 5, 2014
'When you sit down to breakfast, and stare at the plate, you realize that the chicken contributed to the breakfast menu, but the pig committed. I, like the pig, am committed. Today, there is no good measure of supply chain excellence. This summer, during the countdown to our Global Summit, we will be releasing the work on the Supply Chain Index. It is new.
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 6, 2014
'What’s the best way to achieve and maintain excellent service levels? Improve vessel space utilization? Or optimize your inventory levels? Find out from industry leaders during the Quintiq World Tour. Interactive sessions. Thought-provoking presentations. Exchanging ideas with planning, optimization and industry experts. All under one roof. What more could you ask for?
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SCM Research
MAY 30, 2014
'Finding the right Master’s program can be a difficult exercise. In spite of their sometimes oversimplifying nature, rankings can provide a first indication to make this exercise a bit easier. One of such rankings is the 2013/2014 Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking, provided by SMBG, a French consulting company, and based on a global survey of recruiters, students and representatives of academic institutions.
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Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 6, 2014
'It is about the right balance of the carrot and the stick. Progress happens when you measure. Relationships happen faster when there is more carrot than a stick. Over the last decade, scorecards have become more of a stick than a carrot. Reflections. Some days, in my coverage of consumer value networks, it seems like we are making slow progress. So slow, that I often feel like I am watching paint dry.
Talking Logistics
MAY 2, 2014
'“This is the end of I love you,” my six year old daughter yelled from the bathroom, where she locked herself after being reprimanded for crumbling her chocolate cupcake all over the dining room table and (the bigger offense) rolling her eyes at her mother when told to stop. She yelled, and stomped, and cried in the bathroom for twenty minutes or so, and we just let her get all the fury out as we cleaned up after dinner.
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 20, 2014
'Optimization empowers you to make more effective decisions, based on insights on order volume, delivery times and resources available. A recent survey by Deloitte shows 75% of supply chain leaders utilizing optimization software in their business. Are you one of them? Imagine this: a machine breaks down so an order can’t be delivered on time. It’s a small order, so your typical optimization software might tell you that it’s okay to delay delivery.
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
SCM Research
MAY 22, 2014
'When we talk about supply chain management, we often intuitively take the perspective of the manufacturing industry. However, if the ultimate business objective of supply chain management is to satisfy the final consumer, it becomes clear that we should not forget about the special and major role the retail industry has in achieving this objective and, thus, consider their perspective.
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
MAY 14, 2014
'FMCG and Brewing producers amongst many others, carefully pack their products to meet exacting requirements for International Key Account (IKA) and Local Key Account (LKA) customers. Increasingly this includes specially collated and shrink-wrapped pallets which are cross-docked to specific stores via a retailer platform. Powerful retailers force Producers to operate to strict standards of service whether this is case fill, OTIF, CCFOT, fill level or some other agreed measure designed to ensure
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 2, 2014
'An antagonist (from Greek ???????????? – antagonist?s , “opponent, competitor, enemy, rival”, from anti- “against” + agonizesthai “to contend for a prize,”) is a character, group of characters, or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist , or main character, must contend. In other words, an antagonist is a person or a group of people who oppose the main character(s). .
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Talking Logistics
MAY 16, 2014
'Another crazy Friday morning, made worse by all this pollen in the air that’s turned my eyes into red fireballs. With no time to waste, and while I can still see, let’s go straight to the news… JDA Software Announces CEO Change to Drive Next Phase of Strategic Growth. Latest Versions of SAP® Transportation Management and SAP® Extended Warehouse Management Now Available.
Supply Chain Movement
MAY 22, 2014
'[This article is brought to you by ASML]. The ASML supply chain seems to be without boundaries. The company, one of the Dutch stars within the field of discrete manufacturing, offers supply chain professionals a chance to work every day on new advanced models that are highly needed to maintain its position as market leader. `The smaller the chip structures, the more complex our machines are.
SCM Research
MAY 9, 2014
'It can be very insightful to see how supply chains are viewed in other research fields. Gereffi, Humphrey and Sturgeon (2005) take a transaction-based political economy perspective to explain The Governance of Global Value Chains. To do so, three variables (complexity of transactions, ability to codify transactions, capabilities in the supply base) are identified, and combinations of the values of these variables constitute the structure of global value chains, leading to five types of governan
Supply Chain Network
MAY 4, 2014
'Millions of pallets are built and used in the supply chains of Canada every year and so any innovation around these pallets can have a significantly positive and far reaching impact on overall logistics and supply chain performance. The introduction of composite pallets is just such an innovation and in my humble opinion they are poised to be a major catalyst for supply chain improvements in logistic cost, service and supply chain sustainability.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 1, 2014
'This week, as the east coast of the United States was deluged with rain, I basked in beautiful San Diego sun while attending the Logimed USA event. This was WBR’s first event in the United States targeted for the Medical Device Supply Chain Leader. I had not been to a medical device event and I wanted to listen. When I finished my presentation on “past practices,” that I cannot call “best practices,” and outlined the methodology for the upcoming Supply Chain Index,
Supply Chain View from the Field
MAY 13, 2014
'Gerard Chick and I are working on a new book, that is effectively questioning whether procurement, as we know it, is on the right track, and if not, what it will take to get it back on track. There is certainly a lot of work to be done, and this exciting project that we’ve been traveling through will I believe provide some provoking ideas to drive the profession of procurement to new heights.
Logility
MAY 20, 2014
We are at Gartner's 2014 Executive Supply Chain Conference this week and the opening keynote just wrapped up. Noha Tohamy, research vice president, and Debra Hofman, research vice president, discussed where the supply chain is headed by taking a retrospective look at where we have been. The presentation began by asking the audience to think back to 2004 - when MySpace was still king and the supply chain really focused on logistics.
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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MAY 12, 2014
'Parker CMC Networking. About UCLA Parker CMC. The UCLA Anderson Parker Career Management Center is comprised of Career Coaches and Executives-in-Residence, who partner with students to define, pursue and achieve their post-MBA career goals, and the Campus Recruiting Team, which cultivates relationships with companies to connect them with the right MBA talent.
ivalua
MAY 28, 2014
In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. Another significant theme was the need to act on what Gartner calls the Nexus of Forces: the cloud, social, mobile, and information. It’s the convergence of these forces that Gartner predicts will drive the business of the future.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 31, 2014
'Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Unfortunately, few have worn hard hats, safety shoes and calibrated a machine to run within spec. I feel lucky that I have.
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Supply Chain Movement
MAY 20, 2014
'What is the scope, nature and performance of your sustainability goals? How aligned are your sustainability and supply chain programs? Supply Chain Insights are conducting a second wave of their Green Supply Chain survey, to see how things have changed. The objective of this survey is to understand the alignment between companies’ corporate social responsibility and sustainability goals with their supply chain programs. >> Click here to take this survey.
Logility
MAY 20, 2014
We are at Gartner's 2014 Executive Supply Chain Conference this week and the opening keynote just wrapped up. Noha Tohamy, research vice president, and Debra Hofman, research vice president, discussed where the supply chain is headed by taking a retrospective look at where we have been. The presentation began by asking the audience to think back to 2004 - when MySpace was still king and the supply chain really focused on logistics.
MIT Supply Chain
MAY 8, 2014
'Delivering efficiencies. Amazon’s grocery service shows that the company can support a competitive trucking operation. Recent reports that Amazon.com is testing its own truck network for the delivery of orders to consumers’ doorsteps surmise, not surprisingly, that the move represents a threat to parcel carriers such as FedEx and UPS. As is often the case when complex competitive strategies hit the headlines, however, there may be more to this story than meets the eye.
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