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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? I observe that organizations are unclear on outcomes and the definition of supply chain excellence. Supply chain excellence should be about driving value.

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Step Past AI Hype Drive Real Value

Supply Chain Shaman

Most of the business networks were hollowed out by venture capitalists or purchased by opportunists. On December 5th, Supply Chain Insights is hosting a small event at Georgia Tech to share the results of a two-year research effort to connect financial metrics by industry to supply chain performance to drive value.

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Reflection: The Journey to be Market Driven

Supply Chain Shaman

Based on the modeling completed with help from the IYSE group at Georgia Tech, we found that while a focus on operating margin, revenue/employee and ROCE can drive 73% of market capitalization/employee, while a focus on cost of goods reduces value. The range of bullwhip from the order to planned orders for manufacturing was 2.5-4.0.

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Trends 2025: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Supply chain journalist Georgia Collins reports, “AI and machine learning have the potential to automate complex decision-making processes, enabling predictive maintenance and personalized logistics. .”[6] Thousands of brick-and-mortar stores continue to close as consumers opt to make more purchases online. 9] Neuffer, op.

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Preparing to Run Supply Chains at the End of the Second Global Economy

Supply Chain Shaman

In parallel, PE/venture capitalists purchased/consolidated network solutions, slashing R&D and delaying investment, reducing industry capabilities. If you, like most, are running your supply chain based on ERP and Excel spreadsheet data, you are not prepared. This course is limited to retailers and manufacturers. What to do?

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Can we build collaborative platforms for role-based discussions across commercial (sales and marketing) and operations (manufacturing, logistics, and purchasing) teams? Through work with Georgia Tech, the supply chain team can affect 70% of market capitalization in the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. He has an MBA from UCLA. Our Rating: 5/5 4.