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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The sad fact is that most planners spend six to seven hours a day in meetings and struggle to get timely information. This week, I was at Informs Analytics Conference. Can we build collaborative platforms for role-based discussions across commercial (sales and marketing) and operations (manufacturing, logistics, and purchasing) teams?

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Necessity is the Mother of Innovation

Logility

The Coca-Cola Company and Georgia Institute of Technology are working together to turn plastic sheeting into more than 50,000 plastic surgical shields. In a much broader context, the byproduct of this work will be lasting innovation that informs design, production and distribution excellence for years. That requires focus.

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The Importance of Customer Experience

OptiProERP

With cloud ERP you have easy access to the exact information you need to give an accurate and rapid reply, knowing the material you have on hand, machine availability, impact on downstream scheduling, and so on. Read our comprehensive guide, Achieve Manufacturing Excellence with Cloud ERP: A Guide for Small and Midsize Manufacturers.

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Why Continuous Improvement Is as Important as Ever

USC Consulting Group

Panic buying lays bare inefficiencies. But due to a surge in panic buying – prompted by erroneous fears that grocery and corner stores would suddenly close – shelves were bare for weeks on end. That was then used to inform a series of “if” and “else” statements. Contact us today to learn more.

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China’s Regime is Coming to a Company Near You

MIT Supply Chain

Convictions for other transgressions involve police action and/or information from informants. When a person’s social rating falls below a certain level, he or she is disqualified from travel by air or on certain train lines and cannot buy property or take out a loan.

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Time to Rethink Sourcing Rare Earth Elements

Supply Chain Game Changer

As an extension to the co-operative, electronic buy-sell exchanges should be set-up for commercial transactions among its members and non-members. These exchanges should be created using similar concepts as the Health Information Exchanges. Imagine concocting precious and valuable commodities, from all things… achem… fertilizer!

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Logistics Negotiation Study

The Logistics of Logistics

Well forget all the negotiating myths you might have heard and read this excellent research on logistics negotiations by my friend, Heather Monteiro. Heather is a Logistics instructor at Georgia Southern University and a researcher at the Georgia Center for Innovation in Logistics. Logistics Negotiation Study.