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Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This trend is also better known as the evolution of halal or when applied to an organisation: the corporate halal maturity. The answers to these Muslim consumer needs and wants are in the alignment of the corporate halal maturity with these halal market trends and embracing more advanced halal standards by brand owners.

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

PWC’s Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey reports that 83% of manufacturers say that supply chain technologies have not delivered the expected results. The trend is clear. Which gets me to the question, “What is supply chain management? This is not sufficient to maximize opportunity and mitigate risks.

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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Make-to-Order (MTO) manufacturing is the production of specialized or unique one-off products in quantities ranging from one to small production runs. Usually, the final product is a combination of custom manufactured components and standard components. MTO operations bring their own set of unique challenges.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. A Focus On Risk. Is this success? Learning Stalled.

Gartner 365
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Procurement Experiences, Trends and the Future!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Out of more than $100 million under spend, 3 people are supposed to manage this, including the Director of Purchasing. In other words, they did not want to manage their own servers, computers, network, and data going forward.

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Supply Chain Department – A Typical Structure

SCMDOJO

This might involve optimizing inventory levels, negotiating better deals with suppliers, or implementing just-in-time manufacturing techniques. Risk Management The department can proactively identify and address potential risks in the supply chain, such as material shortages, natural disasters, or political instability.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

Supply chain processes are not immune to this trend. … Consumer purchases and decisions will increasingly be voice-driven and machine-augmented, with companies’ relationship with customers machine-to-machine, values-based and digital-first.” Wong and Steinberg report, “Change in consumer demand is accelerating.