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Turn Off the Fog Machine: Move Past Groupthink to Drive A Positive, Data-Driven Narrative

Supply Chain Shaman

The goal of the report series is well-defined and strong in terms of ‘what’, but, in my opinion, the report lacks a clear ‘so what’ Here are some data points: The 2002 report states that in 2021, the United States’ business logistics costs increased by 22.4 percent to $1.85 End-to-End Planning.

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The Fallacy of the Self-driving Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

So, I smile, catch my dinner partner’s eye and ask, “In our prior conversations, you mentioned the lack of clarity on the definition of supply chain excellence in your current deployments and how this is a barrier to implementing supply chain planning properly. As I returned to my hotel room, I thought about this dilemma.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost. The Emergence of Logistics as Constraint. Over time, this changed.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

It is Labor Day weekend in the United States, and the plane is full. Cycle stock is the management of stock required to cycle through production runs and procurement buys effectively. More and more companies purchasing inventory technologies, but failing to give planners time to plan.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The second is, Why are companies focused on traditional risk management investments primarily focused on supply/procurement when the more significant opportunity is balancing risk and opportunity in an increasingly complex world? When he speaks of the supply chain, he means procurement. This is his world.

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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Myers Industries (NYSE: MYE) is headquartered in Akron, Ohio in the United States. In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company.

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Preparing to Run Supply Chains at the End of the Second Global Economy

Supply Chain Shaman

The tariffs under the act, excluding duty-free imports, were the second highest in United States history, exceeded by only the Tariff of 1828. In parallel, PE/venture capitalists purchased/consolidated network solutions, slashing R&D and delaying investment, reducing industry capabilities. No one knows. What to do?