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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. When a company undergoes a digital transformation, the transformation should be based on an understanding of what they want to achieve. It’s just a set of numbers.

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Strategy. Strategy. Wherefore Art Thou Strategy?

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes digital supply chain transformation and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) upgrades. We find that companies with an analytics center of excellence drove progress faster than those with a supply chain center of excellence. The operating strategy defines the flows of the supply chain.

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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

ZF Began their Digital Resilience Transformation 20 Years Ago! I interviewed John Sobeck, Vice President Material Management Services and Supply Chain 4.0 at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. The ZF supply chain is complex. How many parts do we need?

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Target’s Margins Improve Even As Digital Sales Explode: How Is That Even Possible?

Logistics Viewpoints

Arthur Valdez, Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer at Target, spoke about the mega-retailer’s supply chain transformation at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) online forum in September. A buyer now “purchases for one business.”

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Lessons Learned from 2021 Peak Season for 2022 Planning

Intelligent Audit

After a strong start to the quarter in inventory receipts and product sell-through, we experienced unexpected inventory receipt slides in key categories due to extended port and transportation delays. billion were impacted by more constrained inventory than expected, including some high-demand holiday items…,” Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said.

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Provoking the Industry to Move Past Incrementalism

Supply Chain Shaman

Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. Sometimes, even the definition of a supply chain is not clear. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible.

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How BT is Building a Connected Supply Chain Amidst Ongoing Transformation

AIMMS

The other part of my role is supporting the inventory management functions within BT Group, driving decision-making around what we buy, when we buy, and where from. Our inventory managers work with demand and supply forecasting across our business. Until recently, BT Supply Chain was an internal cost center.