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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

I observe that organizations are unclear on outcomes and the definition of supply chain excellence. The data outcome is open source and can be used to improve project outcomes. Supply chain excellence should be about driving value. Or the use of AI to improve supply chain planning. The reason? What should we do? Your next step?

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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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The State of Home Delivery: Plenty of Room for Improvement

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier in 2022, we conducted a survey of 8,000 consumers across North America and Europe to get a better sense of their ecommerce experience and how they were reacting to retailer performance. On one hand, consumers expect to increase their online purchases post-pandemic. Source: Descartes & SAPIO Research.

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Organizational Alignment: Overlooked, but So Important.

Supply Chain Shaman

” Followed by “How are you organized, and what defines functional excellence? And, how do you tie functional excellence to corporate value?” Companies became less clear on the definition of supply chain excellence and how to implement decision support technologies. This gap grew over the last decade.

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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

The survey was one of many, and I found the project relatively nondescript, bordering on boring. One of my lessons learned in completing survey-based research over the past twelve years, is that projects are full of surprises. In the survey, companies had over one hundred active continuous improvement programs.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. Survey existing suppliers, third-party logistics providers and customers. What Is Visibility?

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Getting Down to Brass Tacks: Can We Really Collaborate?

Supply Chain Shaman

Source Wikipedia. Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. …there is not substitute for an accurate PI signal in supply chain excellence. We would love your input as we close the survey. Definition: Brass tacks are a type of pin or nail. Additionally, get good at forecasting.