Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 20, 2013
'When you get asked the same question over, and over again, it is time to take out the pen and write a blog post. Here it goes… Last week, when I was sharing the recent results of the Supply Chain Insights Sales and Operations Planning study with survey respondents and attendees to our public training , one question kept coming up. It was “How do the change management issues differ by level of S&OP maturity?
Demand Solutions
AUGUST 21, 2013
Have you heard about the new Wave 3 supply chain management solutions? Or are you mired in Wave 2? Or were you unaware that anybody measures supply chain technology in waves? I suspect that for most readers of this blog, supply chain management technology “is what it is.” That's understandable. The technology improves incrementally as vendors develop new features, add new modules, and work out bugs over the years.
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Supply Chain View from the Field
AUGUST 22, 2013
'A recent interview I conducted with a former Chief Procurement Officer who has worked for over 25 years in procurement in various industries captures what I believe is the true opportunity that exists for supply management executives. “The space occupied by procurement is not well understood by the CEO or the CFO in most companies, and in many cases is not well understood by the CPO themselves!
Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller
As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe
BlueYonder
AUGUST 20, 2013
'In anticipation of his presentation at JDA’s Innovation Forum in Chicago on September 10, Supply Chain Nation sat down with Rick Blasgen, president and CEO of CSCMP, as part of our Expert Insight series to get a preview of his presentation on the State of Supply Chain Management. Here are some highlights from that discussion. SCN: Supply Chain Management has undergone tremendous evolution in the 50 years CSCMP has been in existence.
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RFgen
AUGUST 23, 2013
As mobile devices become increasingly ubiquitous in warehouse settings for inventory management and other purposes, facilities managers need to make sure these tools are yielding the highest return on investment possible. While many enterprise mobile applications claim to be the best for warehouse management, few come close to the quality and reliability of RFgen’s Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World mobile applications.
Supply Chain View from the Field
AUGUST 18, 2013
'As we go into our 2013 fall semester, the SCRC team is pulling together the list of project summaries from our 15 corporate partners. This is indeed a busy time for everyone as we go into full project planning mode… Prior to the beginning of each semester, we work with a SCRC project liaison from each company to identify field-based student projects.
BlueYonder
AUGUST 22, 2013
'In anticipation of his presentation at JDA’s Innovation Day in Chicago on September 10, Supply Chain Nation sat down with Rick Blasgen, President and CEO of CSCMP, as part of our Expert Insight series to get a preview of his presentation on the State of Supply Chain Management. In part one of our conversation we covered the evolution of supply chain management, how supply chain practices vary around the world, and what has driven the near-shoring trend.
Tecsys
AUGUST 21, 2013
It has been said that you can't manage what you can't measure. In the world of analytics, this is our daily mantra. However, as succinct as the statement may be, you can't help wondering if it is missing something — a little something called perspective. The post Tecsys Analytics with WERC Benchmarks appeared first on Tecsys.
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RFgen
AUGUST 23, 2013
As mobile devices become increasingly ubiquitous in warehouse settings for inventory management and other purposes, facilities managers need to make sure these tools are yielding the highest return on investment possible. While many enterprise mobile applications claim to be the best for warehouse management, few come close to the quality and reliability of RFgen’s Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World mobile applications.
Talking Logistics
AUGUST 23, 2013
'I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. For all the talk about Big Data, omni-channel fulfillment, and other sexy technology, at the end of the day, bad data (and in many cases, store-level execution) remains the Achilles heel of supply chain management.
SCM Research
AUGUST 21, 2013
'In their seminal publication, The External Control of Organizations , Pfeffer and Salancik (1978) have postulated resource dependence theory. Basically, it argues “that organizations are constrained and affected by their environments and that they act to attempt to manage resource dependencies” by setting up different forms of interorganizational arrangements.
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RFgen
AUGUST 20, 2013
As manufacturers incorporate new components into their existing supply chain structures to meet growing demand, warehouse managers may find that maintaining oversight across their operations has become significantly more difficult. After a substantial uptick in production, manufacturers will have to contend with more inventory to track, employees, to manage, and shipments to monitor.
RFgen
AUGUST 20, 2013
Warehouse managers have a number of inventory management software solutions at their disposal to help them more effectively manage incoming and outgoing supplies. Of all the available data collection options, however, voice picking software may be one of the most powerful systems not utilized widely in the industry. Despite some misguided concerns a few businesses may have about a voice picking solution, it can offer enterprises a number of key benefits, including: Time savings – Writing
RFgen
AUGUST 20, 2013
Warehouse managers have a number of inventory management software solutions at their disposal to help them more effectively manage incoming and outgoing supplies. Of all the available data collection options, however, voice picking software may be one of the most powerful systems not utilized widely in the industry. Despite some misguided concerns a few businesses may have about a voice picking solution, it can offer enterprises a number of key benefits, including: Time savings – Writing
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AUGUST 20, 2013
As manufacturers incorporate new components into their existing supply chain structures to meet growing demand, warehouse managers may find that maintaining oversight across their operations has become significantly more difficult. After a substantial uptick in production, manufacturers will have to contend with more inventory to track, employees, to manage, and shipments to monitor.
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