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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In today’s architectures and functional metrics, value optimization does not exist. And, when procurement and tactical planning operate in isolation, there is no decision support framework to guide the trade-offs especially when the functions are tethered to different and conflicting metrics. You are right. What should we do?

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Supply Chain Efficiency: A Deep Dive into the Core Drivers

RFgen

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. Healthcare providers are leveraging efficient supply chains to ensure critical supplies reach patients when needed most.

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Patterns Tell the Story of Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

The use of orbit charts allowed me to see the patterns of performance at the intersection of metrics over time. We purchase data from Y charts. (A This data source synchronizes corporate reporting across global markets while tracking restatements, name changes, and currency shifts.) Consider Lenovo in Figure 1.

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Strategic Sourcing + Smart Solutions: The Unbeatable Duo for Procurement Success

SCMDOJO

Strategic sourcing and innovative solutions are often viewed as two distinct procurement tools, but they should not be seen in isolation. Think of them as apples and gearseach essential and effective on its own, yet when combined; they create a formidable mechanism for achieving procurement excellence. Click here!

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Organizational Alignment: Overlooked, but So Important.

Supply Chain Shaman

When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often see statements like “move from a functional-silo’d focus to a drive a more holistic response.” ” Followed by “How are you organized, and what defines functional excellence? And, how do you tie functional excellence to corporate value?”

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History Repeats Itself Without Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Shaman

Ed argued that instead of buying new packaging equipment that we should work with R&D to have a base flavor and add the color and flavoring at the head of the machine. The high-efficiency machine project was approved by Fred, the Corporate Controller. Efficient supply chains may not be the most effective.

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Machine Learning in Demand Planning: How to Boost Forecasting

ToolsGroup

Enhanced Promotions and Events Analysis Promotions, advertising campaigns, and trade events are vital components of marketing strategy, but accurately measuring their impact on demand remains challenging. Five Ways Advanced Machine Learning in Demand Planning Is Improving Forecasting 1.