Supply Chains Rock

MAY 9, 2012

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Predictive Analytics 174

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Supply Chains Rock

APRIL 3, 2012

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Supply Chain 133

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Supply Chains Rock

AUGUST 17, 2012

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Supply Chain Strategy 127

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Supply Chains Rock

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

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Global 113

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Supply Chains Rock

AUGUST 2, 2012

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Supply Chain 113

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Supply Chains Rock

AUGUST 31, 2012

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Resource Reduction 113

Resource Reduction Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain SCM 113

Supply Chains Rock

MARCH 14, 2012

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Supply Chain Design Software 113

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Supply Chains Rock

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

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Supply Chain Software 113

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Among them, a range of new disclosures are part of the revamped “Organizational Profile” section and ask to report on three main supply chain-related elements: 1) types of materials, products and services used for the final product or service; 2) recent changes in organization’s structure including the supply chain; 3) number of suppliers and their (..)

Supply Chain Design 40

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Supply Chains Rock

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

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Video 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

As shown in figure 2 below, the greatest challenge is supply chain planning. The pain is high and growing higher. Sixty percent of companies surveyed have open positions. The ability to recruit, train and develop employees is growing more difficult. There is more demand than supply. Ease or Difficulty Filling Supply Chain Positions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 248

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 16, 2012

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Supply Chain 74

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 7, 2012

« Leveraging Social Media for Improving Forecast Reliability | Main | Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 3 (Last Day) » Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 2. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Suddenly woke up at 3 AM and could not sleep further. Finished some work, emails.

Supply Chain Planning Software 24

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Logility

MARCH 16, 2012

Rule 2: Never have too much. Rule 3: Never let Rule 2 overrule Rule 1. Bryan Ball, vice president and principal analyst, supply chain management, Aberdeen Group, has outlined three rules to follow in his latest report, “ Inventory Optimization - Impact of a Multi-Echelon Approach.” ” Rule 1: Always have enough.

Inventory Reduction 100

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Logility

MARCH 16, 2012

Rule 2: Never have too much. Rule 3: Never let Rule 2 overrule Rule 1. Bryan Ball, vice president and principal analyst, supply chain management, Aberdeen Group, has outlined three rules to follow in his latest report, “ Inventory Optimization - Impact of a Multi-Echelon Approach.” ” Rule 1: Always have enough.

Inventory Reduction 100

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 12, 2012

strategic procurement, sales and operations planning and research and development); (5) Companies in emerging markets should introduce differentiating processes; (6) Companies are increasingly interested in next-generation technologies and sustainable supply chains.

Survey 125

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SCM Research

MAY 22, 2012

The authors find that the following topics are the key business drivers for 2012: (1) market/demand volatility, (2) economic downturn, (3) meeting (changing) customer, (4) develop emerging markets, and (5) increased material/service costs. Capgemini has published the results of its annual international supply chain survey.

Supply Chain Strategy 125

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SCM Research

AUGUST 16, 2012

A natural resource scarcity typology: Theoretical foundations and strategic implications for supply chain management Journal of Business Logistics, 33 (2), 158-166 DOI: 10.1111/j.0000-0000.2012.01048.x. Mollenkopf, & LaDonna M. Thornton (2012). 0000-0000.2012.01048.x.

Resource Reduction 110

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 16, 2012

An incredibly insightful article by Provan et al. Egocentric theories often focus on the “embeddedness” of an organization in a network and on dyadic relationships.

Analysis 111

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Supply Chain Cowboy

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

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How To 40

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Supply Chain Network

AUGUST 28, 2012

In my last post , I shared some surprising stats about the lack of a systems-based approach for logistics procurement. Here are four critical steps for improving the process, optimizing resources and uncovering savings: Ride the automation wave.

Optimal Sourcing 94

Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Price Mitigation Strategies Resource Reduction 94

Logility

JULY 23, 2012

Clue #2: The commitment to the customer was inside the total lead time. The earnest young man showed me how most of the production components were delivered on milk runs by the vendors pulled into the assembly line with a 2 bin system. Where was the inventory? Upon further discovery we found a couple more clues.

Inventory 100

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Logility

JULY 23, 2012

Clue #2: The commitment to the customer was inside the total lead time. The earnest young man showed me how most of the production components were delivered on milk runs by the vendors pulled into the assembly line with a 2 bin system. Where was the inventory? Upon further discovery we found a couple more clues.

Inventory 100

Inventory Manufacturing Procurement Forecasting Purchasing Skills 100

Supply Chain Insights

MAY 11, 2012

2) Analysis. Abby Mayer is leading this effort and will be writing on the blog Supply Chain Index. She has collected twenty years of balance sheet data from ten industries and continues to collect the rest. Our next step is to take this data and run analysis and develop core analytics.

Industrial 125

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Mature supply chains have the behavior of Colgate and P&G in figure 2. The transactional nature of procurement and sales is a barrier to redesigning for higher value. Please hear my plea: give the supply chain group the opportunity to redesign the value chain from end to end. Own the entire supply chain.

Pricing Training 262

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Chapter 2: Florence which is one type of clusters are examined. Dr. Sheffi suggests that there are 2 types of relationship and there are ways to improve the relationship between companies who share the same location.

Sourcing Strategies 100

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Supply Chain Network

AUGUST 31, 2012

” They said, “It’s at 98%” While not being the brightest bulb in the box I realized that’s only 2%, or 2% of their orders are going out incorrect. .” I said, “Oh really? How good is really good?” “How many cases do you ship out a day?”

Distribution 68

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 31, 2012

2) Before arranging shipment, check the age or year built of vessel. Then, please check out 6 things you should consider about cargo insurance as below, 1) Indicate clearly that you want “Warehouse to warehouse” insurance so that the loss or damage happened via the land transportation can be included.

Case Study 124

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 25, 2012

It has been 2 ½ months, and I am happy to report that we are making progress against our goals. Starting a business, writing a book and launching a new business model is a tall order. We are committed to redefining the analyst model one step at a time.

Supply Chain Design Software 110

Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software Gartner 110

Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Staples has more than 50 all-electric trucks on the road with more being deployed and there are 10 solar sites and 2 fuel cell sites within the network. A speed reduction program has saved over five million gallons of fuel and 35,000 tons of CO2 since 2006.

SCM 79

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