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7 Elements of Seamless Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Opz

'Seamless supply chain integration is a myth or reality? This articles will show you more about the theoretical background , related concepts and 7 elements you need to achieve this goal. Literature Review Supply chain integration has been around as early as 1989. Graham C. Stevens who was a senior managing consultants at Peat Marwick McLintock in London published the article called " Integrating the Supply Chain " in International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.

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Supply Chain Management and Corporate Social Responsibility

SCM Research

'Two recent disasters in the garment industry, the Tazreen Fashions fire (2012) and the Rana Plaza building collapse (2013), have caused outrage over the lack of social responsibility across global supply chains. In our new article, The Socially Responsible Supply Chain: An Imperative for Global Corporations (available via EBSCOhost ), Robert Handfield and I discuss three core principles that are essential for ensuring socially responsible business practices and successfully managing the extende

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From Reactive to Proactive: Supply Chain Performance Management

Logility

Connect. Share. Learn. I always hear people say (and I’m guilty of saying it myself), “it isn’t the technology that provides benefits in a supply chain project; it’s changing the business process.” Yes, however there is a beautiful thing that happens when technology enables the business process change. The symmetry of technology and purpose is why we love working in Supply Chain.

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Tapping the Power of Social Supply Chain Management

Demand Solutions

Remember John Smith and Roy Green from my previous post, “ The Power of the Cloud ”? They run a small, up-and-coming, entirely fictional manufacturer called XYZ Corporation (I think they’re working on a new name, but their branding agency hasn’t gotten back to them). Well, XYZ has been live on Demand Solutions for a while, and things are going well.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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

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7 Factors of Solid Supply Chain Network Design

Supply Chain Opz

'Due to the rapid acceleration of modern computing, supply chain optimization has become more prevalent than ever before. What''s is supply chain optimization anyway? This article will explain the fundamental concept, its application in supply chain network design and factors you should consider in this type of project. Background Many supply chain practitioners use the word "optimization" as the synonym for "improvement" or "enhancement".

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From Reactive to Proactive: Supply Chain Performance Management

Logility

Connect. Share. Learn. I always hear people say (and I’m guilty of saying it myself), “it isn’t the technology that provides benefits in a supply chain project; it’s changing the business process.” Yes, however there is a beautiful thing that happens when technology enables the business process change. The symmetry of technology and purpose is why we love working in Supply Chain.

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Corporate supply chain social responsibility in the news

Supply Chain View from the Field

'Today’s New York Times has a front-page story on how supply chain inspections of factories have become a vital link in the supply chain of overseas production. An extensive examination by the authors reveals how the “inspection system intended to protect workers and ensure manufacturing quality is riddled with flaws. The inspections are often so superficial that they omit the most fundamental workplace safeguards like fire escapes.

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7 Elements of Seamless Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Opz

'Seamless supply chain integration is a myth or reality? This articles will show you more about the theoretical background , related concepts and 7 elements you need to achieve this goal. Literature Review Supply chain integration has been around as early as 1989. Graham C. Stevens who was a senior managing consultants at Peat Marwick McLintock in London published the article called " Integrating the Supply Chain " in International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.

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Retail 20/20: A Vision for the Digital Age, Part II

BlueYonder

'The retail industry is currently undergoing a massive transformation driven by digital technology innovations that are fundamentally changing the way retailers interact with consumers. This shift is forcing retailers to rethink and transform their approach to how they do business going forward. In my first blog post on this topic I explored the nature of that change, the new Millennial shopper who is driving it, and how retailers must evolve to survive and thrive in this new environment.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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7 Laws of Successful Supply Chain Alliances - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

'NAVIGATE. Home. Basics. Case Studies. Graphics. All Posts. About. Copyright. Privacy. Blogroll. 7 Laws of Successful Supply Chain Alliances. In order to increase the efficiency of the whole supply chain, modern businesses relies on the stronger and closer relationship with their trading partners. In this article, the basic supply chain alliances concept together with the critical success factors will be presented.

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Retail 20/20: A Vision for the Digital Age

BlueYonder

'The retail industry is currently undergoing a massive transformation driven by digital technology innovations that are fundamentally changing the way retailers interact with consumers. This shift is forcing retailers to rethink and transform their approach to how they do business going forward. In this blog post I will explore the nature of that change, the new Millennial shopper who is driving it, and how retailers must evolve to survive and thrive in this new environment.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Trust Drives Virtual Team Performance

MIT Supply Chain

'Face time. Virtual teams benefit from opportunities to meet colleagues in person. In today’s globalized workplace a major challenge is how to get the most out of teams that are scattered across multiple countries. Research being carried out by the MIT SCALE (Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence) Network suggests that the single most important teamwork attribute affecting the performance of a virtual team is the level of trust between individuals.

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7 Factors of Solid Supply Chain Network Design

Supply Chain Opz

'Due to the rapid acceleration of modern computing, supply chain optimization has become more prevalent than ever before. What''s is supply chain optimization anyway? This article will explain the fundamental concept, its application in supply chain network design and factors you should consider in this type of project. Background Many supply chain practitioners use the word "optimization" as the synonym for "improvement" or "enhancement".

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7 Lessons from Amazon Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

'As a start-up company in the garage, Amazon Supply Chain has made a giant leap that revolutionized many aspects of overall supply chain management. With more than 130 million stocking keeping units to manage and millions of transactions to control, this article will show you how they make it. Background We''ve previously covered supply chain issues of the world''s leading companies including Amazon in the article " How world''s leading companies manage supply chain ?