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Network Investment. Defining the ROI.

Supply Chain Shaman

Approximately 32% of manufacturing, across industries, is outsourced. In addition, a purchase order changes three-to-four times and there is a black hole (data is caught between email systems of trading partners for one-to-two days). Purchase order data, while not as important, has the smallest gap.

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Improve cross-government data sharing and analyze resilience. So, my question for the President’s task force is, “If the industry is not clear, and you don’t have a definition, how can you deliver your mission?” Maximize the value of the purchase order flow data already in the existing networks. (A

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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

At the Supply Chain Global Summit 2018 , Francois discussed the impact of digitalization, Industry 4.0, The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. The continued focus on functional metrics like Purchase Price Variance (PPV), manufacturing costs, Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), and transportation costs throws the supply chain out of balance. Focus on IT standardization.

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Industry 4.0 was Delayed, not Cancelled, by the Pandemic

Enterra Insights

Industry 4.0 ”[1] The “digital transformation” to which Fretty refers is often called “Industry 4.0” ” — the moniker the German government gave to the fourth industrial revolution spawned by digitization. This has already been witnessed in the previous three industrial revolutions.

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Do Digital Your Way. Sidestep the Supply Chain Conquistadors

Supply Chain Shaman

In the process, there is a fine line between marketing hype and overpromising, making buying difficult. The key is that an excellent digital supply chain strategy starts with a clear goal rather than a list of technologies. But, as companies deploy these models, how will they define the governance to use the models? Conclusion.

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Is it time to say goodbye to RFIs?

AIMMS

So should the purchasing process. . RFIs tend to work well for certain industries (like government) or for purchasing equipment and industrial assets, bu t t hey often fall short in helping supply chain teams select a new software vendor. It turns the whole buying process into something very valuable.