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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Outside-in Planning: Modeling based on channel and supply network signals. Currently, supply chain planners are the least satisfied employees in the supply chain.

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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. Don’t panic.

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Why Continuous Improvement Is as Important as Ever

USC Consulting Group

However, as many companies are discovering, processes that seemed to be working could have used some fine-tuning after all, given the difficulties they’ve since experienced in the midst of economic shutdowns and supply chain disruptions. Panic buying lays bare inefficiencies.

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The Importance of Customer Experience

OptiProERP

It lowers cycle times, offers a 360-degree view of the entire supply chain, and delivers real-time status updates of machines and resources. Industry-specific ERP creates an automatic document trail of every change made within the system, saving time and money during compliance audits. Customer Story.

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

“Work smart, not hard…” Utilize your warehouse space with clever design. Robert Rebitski is a member of the team over at Predictable Surgical Technologies , a medical supply store. These systems have quick install times and require no IT or modifications. Nate Masterson. MapleHolistics. Robert Rebitski.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action? ? An Interview with Joe Carson, CEO Spend Strategies, LLC!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action â„¢” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Five Predictions (About Prediction) that Every Procurement Professional Should Consider

Supply Chain View from the Field

I am speaking at the Zycus Horizons conference this week, being held at the Reynolds Plantation in Georgia. Other indicators included data pulled from the Federal Reserve economic database, the Producer Price Index, the Purchasing Managers Index, as well as internal metrics such as the size of the company’s own sales force.