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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) is clustered around five major regions: North America; Latin America; EMEAR, including Russia; South Asia and East Asia. I split this off from global sourcing because we had plenty of buyers but not enough planning and logistics so service and documentation was failing.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Over 93% of companies use Excel Spreadsheets to develop their plans. My response is “Hogwash.”

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

When the appropriate tools are in place for managing uncertainty and ensuring accessibility, institutions have excellent chances to continually generate productivity improvements, increase customer satisfaction and improve financial performance. The ideal sourcing location will be a balance in terms of cost, quality and logistics cost.