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The Third Act

Supply Chain Shaman

'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). .

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How do you become a preferred supplier?

DELMIA Quintiq

'By boosting your capacity planning. All other factors being equal, a manufacturer who delivers on time will be preferred over other suppliers. But if one of your customers called you right now with an order, could you give them a reliable delivery date? If you cannot give a confident ‘yes’ in answer to that question, then you need to improve your capacity planning.

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Mexico Back in the Supply Chain Spotlight

Talking Logistics

'It seems like we’ve come full circle with Mexico. A lot of companies set up operations and sourced from Mexico back in the 90s, then the focus shifted to China and other Asian countries, and now Mexico is back in the spotlight. What is it about Mexico that makes it an attractive trading partner again? I asked Troy Ryley, Managing Director of Transplace Mexico, that question in a recent episode of Talking Logistics , and here’s an excerpt of what he said: Asia was the buzzword for many years, an

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FMCG Boardroom Blame Tennis: What really causes lost/missed sales?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

'I witnessed an intense match of blame tennis recently in the board room of a popular FMCG multinational. The intensity and aggression on display presented a mental image of a tennis match with John McEnroe, Ilie Nastase, Goran Ivanisevic and Marat Safin all on court at the same time with each competing against three opponents in multiple, parallel games.

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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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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

'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,

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Challenges of global fast fashion supply chains (Part IV)

Supply Chain Movement

'Talent development. In this series on global fashion retail we have discussed about network design and inventory location in Chapter 1, stores replenishment in Chapter 2 and sourcing and manufacturing lead times in Chapter 3. In this final chapter of the series, we want to discuss about talent management, as it is a major current concern for global supply chains.

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Garmaise Appointed Dean of Full-Time MBA Program - UCLA.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

'UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog. Archives. July 2014. June 2014. May 2014. April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. More. Blogroll. Wall Street Journal. UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. UCLA Anderson Speaker Series. UCLA Anderson Homepage. UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. UCLA Anderson Forecast.

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Stasis

Supply Chain Shaman

'sta•sis (?ste? s?s, ?stæs ?s). n., pl. sta•ses (?ste? siz, ?stæs iz). the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal force. It was 1988. I was involved in early Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) pilots. In my work at Clorox we were starting to ship to Walmart using Retail Link. We were excited. It seemed like the start of a great thing.

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From Malls to Click-And-Collect: How Today’s Pace of Change Is Impacting Real Estate

Tompkins Blog

'By James A. Tompkins. CEO, Tompkins International. The rapid growth in online ordering and fulfillment is changing businesses and their supply chains. But can the pace of these changes affect the real estate industry in major ways? You bet it can. As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too.

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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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Mind Map for medtech supply chains 2014

Supply Chain Movement

'The healthcare market is an interesting one for suppliers of medical devices in view of the rapidly ageing population and new opportunities that are emerging all the time. On the flipside, the industry is facing ever-tighter legislation and regulation, combined with growing pressure on (public) healthcare spending. Together with logistics service provider DSV, Supply Chain Movement has created a mindmap outlining the route for the medical device supply chain, including road signs indicating po

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Ainslie Named Dean of University of Rochester's Simon Business.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

'UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog. Archives. July 2014. June 2014. May 2014. April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. More. Blogroll. Wall Street Journal. UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. UCLA Anderson Speaker Series. UCLA Anderson Homepage. UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. UCLA Anderson Forecast.

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Solving Franklin’s Freight Dilemma: Cure or Prevent Disruptions?

MIT Supply Chain

'Road to resilience. Walmart Stores and the MIT FreightLab have collaborated to create a tool that reduces truck transportation planning time and lowers costs. Benjamin Franklin advised that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This may be a great rule of thumb for life generally, but not necessarily for freight transportation. Here’s the dilemma.

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Live From JDA FOCUS 2014!

BlueYonder

'JDA FOCUS 2014 kicked off today in earnest from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with JDA CEO Hamish Brewer’s General Session Keynote highlighting the day’s activities. Speaking to a crowd of more than 2,200 attendees – the largest ever – from 32 countries, Brewer introduced some of JDA’s new solutions and suites, along with its vision and strategy. Brewer started off his keynote by reminding the crowd: You know that saying, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Bringing Visibility to the Supply Chain

RFgen

The shifts in demand that happen seasonally in every industry can often be predicted in advance, either because the patterns are well known and have to do with factors such as the weather, or from prior years of experience. In order to handle these changes, companies need to have a robust supply chain management system that is able to send products to the right places at the right time, ensuring that there are no surpluses or shortages of goods in the different markets where a company does busin

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Closing the Gap Between Supply Chain and Business Strategies

Tompkins Blog

'True or false: Supply chain is an enabler of an entire organization’s success. How would you answer? If I posed this question to a group of professionals, I suspect I would get mixed responses. Earlier this year, Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium wanted to find out the answer to this important question. Using its benchmarking and survey tools, the Consortium conducted a survey about aligning supply chain strategy with business strategy.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: What's your definition of.

Global Trade Management

'Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. International trade is the engine of global prosperity today. The size of global trade has nearly doubled since 1990. The healthy growth continues as world merchandise trade continues to grow with an average of 10% per year. By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high.

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Navy Awards Two Shipbuilding Contracts for New Submarines

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Discussion Questions: Read the following article carefully. What are the details of the contracts that that the Navy struck with General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls? Would not it have been better if the Navy had only awarded one contract? What are the trade-offs associated with one versus two submarine suppliers? Navy Shipbuilders Share $17.6 Billion Submarine Order.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Oil Sands Industry Relies on Four Supply Chains to Maintain Proper Inventory Control

RFgen

Extracting oil sands through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking from deep beneath the earth is a labor and equipment intensive operation. According to a Forbes Magazine article, there are actually four supply chains needed to run a successful operation and maintain proper inventory control. Removing the oil from the shale creates new supply chain headaches because the degradation of the wells is much quicker than traditional oil and gas operations.

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Free Shipping For Customers: When “Crazy” Makes Sense

The Logistics of Logistics

'Free Shipping For Customers: When “Crazy” Makes Sense. Major Australian fashion retailer The Iconic has broken their previous holiday season’s sales record, and is estimated to almost triple their previous profits by the end of the year. Remarkably, the reason for this success is not a revolutionary new business model, or a price-slashing sale. It’s because of one simple tweak to their fulfilment strategy: offering free express shipping through December 31st.

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Anderson Real Estate Students Spend a ?Day on the Job? in San.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

'UCLA Real Estate Wire. Search. Contact. For blog inquiries: julie.lindner@anderson.ucla.edu. For media inquiries: JackSkelley@JSPRLA.com. For general inquiries: ziman.center@anderson.ucla.edu. Links. Homepage. Alumni & Friends. News & Events. Research Briefs. Working Papers. Resources. Archives. June 2014. May 2014. April 2014. March 2014. February 2014.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 28 – May 2, 2014)

Talking Logistics

'“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.

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The Art of Consistent Perfect Order Delivery: Smart Order Fulfillment Through Orchestration

Shippers and logistics service providers are pressured to match the “Amazon effect” for fast and efficient service across multiple B2C, B2B, and D2C channels. Perfect order delivery - on-time and in-full at the lowest possible cost – is critical. However, recent surveys of supply chain stakeholders reveal that many don't have the technology necessary to achieve it.

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Data Collection Improves MRO Supply Chain Management

RFgen

Supply chains are not a set-it-and-forget-it business process. They must constantly adapt to changing consumer trends, government regulations and new best practices. The most versatile supply chains not only react to outside influences but also analyze internal data to determine how they can improve efficiency and productivity. This information can be used to mitigate the time and cost associated with maintenance, repair and operating (MRO).

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Retail and Sales: Understanding Order Fulfilment

The Logistics of Logistics

'Retail and Sales: Understanding Order Fulfilment. From home-based entrepreneurs to CEOs in big companies one rule is commonly kept close to heart: Keep your customers happy. To do this, one must either master the complicated process of order fulfilment (which could take up 90% of your time) or simply choose a fulfilment partner who can do it all for you.

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Best Practice for Recording in Studio - Part 2 - TechTips@Anderson

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

'TechTips@Anderson. Home. Archives. Profile. Subscribe. « Online Office Hours Has Never Been Easier | Main. | iPads / Tablets in the Classroom » 04/29/2014. Best Practice for Recording in Studio - Part 2. 3)      Make Eye Contact:  Be sure to look directly at the camera as much as possible given that the student’s point of view and the camera’s point view are the same.  The student will be able to connect more readily with you as the instruct

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Barry Callebaut integrates S&OP into the daily process

Supply Chain Movement

'“Involvement of the C-level is an important step in successfully integrating sales & operations planning into day-to-day business processes,” says Tom Declercq, supply chain director of Western Europe at Barry Callebaut, during his presentation at the Supply Chain Innovations event in Lint, Belgium, on 27 March. With a sales volume of 1.5 million tonnes and an annual turnover of four billion euro, the Swiss chocolate manufacturer offers its customers a broad spectrum of services relating to

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Accurate Data Collection Key to a Customer-Centric Supply Chain

RFgen

The supply chain was once a part of business that stopped at the large swinging doors in the back of a retail outlet. And that is the same place that customer service began. Storefronts were the customer-centric side of the business, and the supply chain just part of a number of business processes that ensured merchandise reached the brick-and-mortar locations of the organizations selling it.

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Toyota Consolidating Operations in Texas

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Discussion Questions: Carefully read the following article. What Toyota positions are being moved to Texas? Why is Toyota making this change? What are the incentives that Texas is offering Toyota? How significant are these to Toyota’s decision? What are the major risks to Toyota associated with this decision? Texas to Pay $10,000 for Each Toyota Job.

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Live From JDA FOCUS 2014 Day 2

BlueYonder

'The first day of JDA FOCUS 2014 ended with a festive Grand Party at the MGM Pool Deck last night. With the beautifully lit MGM Grand hotel as the backdrop, attendees enjoyed great weather, food, fun and live music. LoCash Cowboys, hailing from Nashville, performed on stage for the huge FOCUS crowd, and even received some on-stage assistance from a few lucky attendees.