Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. From whom are we buying?

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

. <Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. Let’s face a hard fact: the supply chain planning market is a mess. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. Allyson’s presentation was just that.

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Synovos

AUGUST 9, 2023

RS Integrated Supply’s Costanza Campi to speak at World Procurement Excellence Summit WARRINGTON, UK / RADNOR, PA 8 AUGUST 2023 – Costanza Campi, Senior Vice President of Global Procurement for RS Integrated Supply, has been selected to present at the upcoming World Procurement Excellence Summit in Cologne, Germany.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Many major challenges of 2021—capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortage—are rolling over into 2022 and, in addition, the environment and machine learning are becoming more important for logistics and supply chain professionals. Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the dynamic world of manufacturing, the quest for operational excellence is unending. QAD’s Industrial Transformation Platform At the heart of QAD’s solution portfolio is the Industrial Transformation Platform , designed to empower manufacturing and supply chain enterprises to become Adaptive Enterprises.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We have this today in most supply chain planning solutions. The problem with supply chain planning is that it is, by definition, not repetitive work. Many supply chain leaders are action-oriented and want to drive action. The supply chain benefits through the use of market data at the speed of markets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Second, the pandemic kicked online buying and home delivery into “high gear” as many consumers embraced its convenience and dramatically expanded the scope of their online purchasing. Consumers are making purchasing decisions based upon environmental impact. So, how are these two trends mutually beneficial?

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Supply chain software is changing. So should the purchasing process. . As someone who has worked in supply chain for over 20 years, I’m very familiar with Requests For Information (RFIs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs). There is valuable time and effort put in by both the supplier and the purchasing party.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. The design of the supply chain is fundamental to making this happen. In our interview of the Supply Chains to Admire Winners, we found a unique approach at Carter’s. Supply Chain Index.

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Logility

JULY 21, 2022

During this year’s Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, Hamish Scrimgeour, Global Director of Planning and S&OP at Johnson Controls, shared how his team is perfecting its ability to plan by converging and integrating business systems to orchestrate the supply chain across multiple global sites. ” . .

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 27, 2024

The world of supply chain management is fast-paced. It is also a means to maintain a competitive edge and operational excellence. Performance for Supply Chain Management Software on Mac Have you ever run sophisticated supply chain management software on Mac? However, it goes beyond mere listings.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2024

Accomplished procurement veteran and author Tom Linton provides valuable insights into the supply chain risk management landscape in 2024 in this exclusive Q&A. As we move into the new year, there are many questions on our minds about the future of the supply chain. Tom: Supply chains are about time.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 10, 2022

Several factors contribute to customer loyalty, but providing excellent customer service—and a top-notch experience–is one of the most important in driving retention. 6 Examples of Excellent Customer Experiences. When making purchase decisions, brands who demonstrate care for others can offer a competitive advantage.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. Still, there are several technologies that are transforming supply chains for the organizations that adopt them.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2022

I am always thinking about how supply chain planning architectures can change. Recently, I presented at the Informs Analytics Conference in Houston and challenged companies to “ think out of the box” and define outside-in processes in Supply Chain Planning. Existing Supply Chain Planning Taxonomy.

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SCM Research

JANUARY 12, 2015

Like every year ( see my previous post ), Emerald rewards authors of exceptional papers covered in its extensive Emerald Management Reviews database with a Citation of Excellence Award (full list). I went through the latest list of the Citations of Excellence Top 50 papers. Ferrin, D., & Rao, H.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

You’ll note in the headline I use the preposition “of” instead of “to” when describing the “journey of Supply Chain Excellence.” The key objective for the majority of companies I work with is to significantly improve their supply chain capabilities and performance.

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QAD

MARCH 14, 2024

Welcome to the latest episode wrap-up of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, where Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I unravel the complexities and unveil the insights driving innovation in the automotive supply chain. A big thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way!

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2017

We talk a lot about the importance of agility and flexibility in supply chain management and that is certainly true when it comes to project logistics. The process generally involves placing a purchase order with a supplier that says ‘Please deliver to us a cooling system to the attached specification’,” explained Ms.

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Logility

MAY 22, 2020

User adoption is a challenge that often arises during the rollout of supply chain analytics solutions. Users are accustomed to building everything in Excel and manipulating the data as needed for their own particular use, typically using static reports or spreadsheets that are siloed in specific departmental needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a continuation of a supply chain technology thought leadership education series developed in collaboration with Replan. Such an environment requires manufacturing and supply chain processes to be able to more proactively sense, pivot and respond to market changes.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Shahzaib Khan discusses Resilinc’s journey toward AI-driven supply chain excellence From its early inception in the 60s’ to its increasingly available public access, artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way. Yet, numerous global supply chains today still struggle with mapping their global suppliers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 2, 2020

Supply chains were ill-prepared for the pandemic. The design of the global supply chain at the start of the pandemic assumed frictionless borders, availability of transportation resources, and supply with few constraints. As supply chain professionals, we have never managed the supply chain through a pandemic.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2021

Selecting and implementing a new supply chain solution is a risky career move for any supply chain manager. In my last post, I talked about why a proof of concept (POC) is a good alternative to using an RFI as the basis for your supply chain software selection. Choose SKUs with variability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Supply chain shortages abound. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this fast-changing world, if you are a supply chain professional looking to stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, podcasts are the best way to do so. Here we have compiled a list of must-listen supply chain podcasts for people who are interested in knowing everything about the industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The cheese on the puffs stains my hands like I feel that mis-guided past practices have indelibly colored supply chain practices. The presentation is on slideshare.) In most value networks, downstream partners have progressively pushed costs and waste backwards in the extended supply chain. ” Figure 3.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The global economy has encountered a rock bottom , raising inflation and negatively influencing the end user in various supply chains. Other than the purchasing power, Covid has also shifted our buying behaviors, turning upside down what used to be typical when purchasing goods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

I struggled to manage myself as I settled in elbow-to-elbow with the group to listen to the presentation. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. During the presentation, I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat. The reason? The result?

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

With visibility as the key driver for an effective supply chain improvement strategy, businesses today must rely on building collaborative relationships in their extended supply chains to gain visibility from end-to-end. Today’s technologies are allowing all the stakeholders in the supply chain to share a single network.

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Locus

OCTOBER 7, 2022

However, should a business invest their capital in building and maintaining their solution from scratch, or simply purchase an off-the-shelf solution? Below are key takeaways from the session “ Buy vs Build? Building your own solution presents a valid case, if the requirements are unique to your organization.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Is this true for the supply chain industry? What seems to be clear by now is that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities and risks of today’s global supply chain networks. This is also true for states and research institutes through advanced supply chain design and management expertise and capabilities.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Previously I''ve covered about the classic and new supply chain management books that SCM professionals should check out. In this article, I will show you top 5 books that every supply chain executive should have on their bookshelf. At the end of each chapter, a comprehensive case study is provided.

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