Arkieva

MAY 20, 2020

An often-heard theme in supply chain management (SCM) and COVID-19 is “data-driven” – being data-driven is the path to success. For SCM demand or customer-driven replaces “science”. This blog will point out a few examples in the COVID-19 challenge demonstrating COVID-19 is an OM challenge.

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SCM Data Modeling Supply Chain Software 148

Arkieva

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This blog elaborates on “binary variables” which is the connecting technology between Sudoku and Supply Chain Management (SCM). Sudoku and SCM – the Binary Connection – a Path to Smarter Solutions was first posted on February 2, 2021 at 2:22 pm.

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SCM Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Optimization 158

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2025

Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of resources, goods, and services involved in creating one specific product or service. The main task in SCM is to find the most effective model for moving goods, transforming them into finished products, wand and then delivering them to the end consumers. What Is Supply Chain Management?

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Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Strategy 98

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

As if the plethora of point applications such as WMS, TMS, route optimization, or yard management software isnt enough to get your head around, there are the relative merits of ERP (enterprise resource planning), SCM (supply chain management), and APS (advance planning and scheduling) platforms to further complicate your quest.

Supply Chain Design Software 74

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Analytics Software 74

SCM Research

MAY 22, 2019

Another example, not mentioned by the editors, are the planetary boundaries identified by Steffen et al. Some of these AMJ editorials can certainly be an inspiration for SCM research. Following their emphasis, what could our discipline do to better understand and tackle societal grand challenges and maybe also in a more systematic way?

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SCM Research Journal Sustainability 22

RFgen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

RFgen mobile barcoding apps for Oracle SCM Cloud can augment ERP capabilities and preserve unique functionality to create a mobile supply chain. Oracle SCM Cloud provides the latest in next-gen ERP capabilities , including enhanced security measures, lower costs and supply chain functionalities. Mobile apps drive accuracy to 99.5%

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SCM Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Software Real-time Visibility 98

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2024

To help companies make sound decisions that favor their present and future financial health, it is essential to use advanced management techniques and methods, collectively known as supply chain management (SCM).

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Trends Modeling Supply Chain Software 289

Kinaxis

JULY 7, 2016

After about a decade, he took a different path and branched off from SCM. Here are some examples: a) 3-D printing is shifting manufacturing to the point of consumption. Rise of “Real-time ready” SCM technologies : The above trends are forcing the organizations to rethink the ERP and SCM technologies they put in place over the years.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software 189

Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Fashion SCM 1.0 Fashion SCM 2.0 We''ve identified 7 rules that we can learn from them as below, 7 Rules of Fashion SCM 1) Produce in small lot : small lot is the unique characteristics of lean manufacturing which is not the case here. In 1984, US Apparel Industry created the task force called " Crafted With Pride in the U.S.A.

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Supply Chain Design Software Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 229

Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 7, 2013

This article will explore the related works, show you the example how to apply six sigma to a supply chain project and something to consider about this methodology. One example is the article " Analyzing Mitigation of Container Security Risk Using Six Sigma DMAIC Approach in Supply Chain Design " by Kumar et al 2008. Literature Review.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Technology has clearly driven much change in Supply Chain Management (SCM). Some examples of some popular BPR tools are LEAN, Lean Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, etc. I admit both IT and BPR have – and remain – powerful agents of change in SCM. Customer Service: The Real Source of SCM Innovation. Not technology.

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Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Customer Service Logistics Network Optimization Software 173

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Supply Chain Insights ASCM defines resilience in the SCM Supply Chain Dictionary as the ability of a supply chain to anticipate, create plans to avoid or mitigate, and to recover from disruptions to supply chain functionality. Let me give you an example. Today, this is not the case. I cannot get a clear answer.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Software 397

Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

At that time, SCM was a pretty new term so this article did the excellent job to explain the important supply chain management principles in one shot. For example, in 2011 Amazon initiated a program called Amazon Prime (free 2-day shipping and discounted 1-day shipping). SCM-Operations is now SupplyChainOpz.

Supply Chain Design Software 257

Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design 257

Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Note: The following is an excerpt from “ Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights ,” based on research conducted by Adelante SCM and LEGACY Supply Chain Services with input from nearly 100 supply chain professionals from retail, manufacturing, and logistics service providers companies in the United States and Canada.

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Real-time Visibility Optimal Sourcing Inventory Logistics Network Optimization Software 177

Kinaxis

JANUARY 15, 2015

A new alternative is now possible for companies, especially those looking to gain a competitive advantage with their SCM operations. Is SCM a Core Competency? Many organizations with established SCM operations have been working with third-party logistics firms for decades, largely eliminating the use of in-house transportation fleets.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software SCM Supply Chain Software 100

Kinaxis

AUGUST 16, 2018

Take for example Volkswagen’s 2011 “People’s Car Project” in China for which the aim was to inspire the imagination of its followers by allowing them to design their own cars. Your supply chain management (SCM) software requires the skills of an employee who is trained to use it. But how could gamification be applied to a supply chain?

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

Everything about Apple Inc is the talk of the town, for example, the new Ipad, Iphone, Apple Map or even the environmental and labor issues at its suppliers facilities. Supply Chain Planning at Apple Inc is the classic example of New Product Development Process (NPD). SCM-Operations is now SupplyChainOpz. Case Studies.

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Case Study Study Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning Software 279

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey. No surprise that SCM World named these problems “new worries” because they’re very different from those faced by companies a decade ago. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Risk Management Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning 205

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 3, 2021

According to Adelante SCM’s recent research , 63 percent of organizations that use value-added services consider it a “very significant” business function. Types of Value-Added Service for Logistics and SCM. Examples of the value-added logistics and supply chain services are: – Packaging. – Sorting.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 98

Logistics Network Optimization Software SCM Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 98

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

TMS is most important for increased capability When asked what features were needed to increase SCM capability, 92 percent of respondents named transportation management as either critical or important. For more information on choosing a supply chain management solution, check out SelectHub’s SCM Software Buyer’s Guide.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 224

Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Here is an example he gave: Philips lighting is now providing “Light as a service” to the Amsterdam Schipol airport (which happens to be one of the best lit airports that I had been to!). Without going into details on each of these, I will just take one example and elaborate based on what I am seeing in having worked with many organizations.

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Gartner Pharmaceutical Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Execution 118

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 4, 2023

At the center of everything is the need to select the right supply chain management (SCM) platform. For example, it’s critical to identify where to focus advertising and how to allocate it for specific products across countries. Getting past disparate systems and centralizing data was critical.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Analytics Software Forecasting Software 310

Supply Chain Opz

JULY 1, 2014

So people are led to believe that SCM is a "function" which it''s not. Let''s see the example of this through the simplified version of bullwhip effect as below, When demand data is not shared, each player in the same supply chain must make some sort of speculation. So, working as a "chain" is the real world practice.

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Cost Reduction Strategies Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Strategy 271

Logility

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

There are many examples where companies have turned challenges into new opportunity (see the recent article in Supply Chain Dive , From visibility software to pallet picks: How Tillamook planned inventory as demand soared ). Supply chain is now a household term.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 23, 2014

5 Amazingly Educational Supply Chain Infographics Covering the SCM, Logistics, Transportation, Distribution and 3PLs: In some intriguing yet minimalistic way, infographics provide the basic explanation of a topic or a trend. Read the Full Blog Post. You can find the infographic at the bottom of this post.

Supply Chain Planning Software 310

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 7, 2013

For example, when company like Toyota chose to cut cost during the product design stage, the result is a faulty car and the legendary JIT manufacturing cant save them for this catastrophe. For example, cosmetics company, The Body Shop, develops the "Against Animal Testing" campaign to attract the new customer and it works!

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Expense Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Strategy 255

SCM Research

MARCH 14, 2018

Many SCM researchers feel that the ABS list undervalues the journals of our discipline. Many SCM researchers feel that the ABS list undervalues the journals of our discipline. I am very curious whether AJG 2018 will finally give SCM journals the ranks they deserve. AJG 2015 has thus become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

Before we get into blockchain’s potential entry points into the supply chain ecosystem, let’s take a look at the two current trends in SCM *(Supply Chain Management): Dynamism SCM has evolved to become a huge, global ecosystem. Download white paper.

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Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Optimal Sourcing 267

ToolsGroup

APRIL 4, 2023

Take airlines as an example. For example, an airline (our CPG here) may be going through a certain quantity of ginger ales. Planners have to plan across different regions, climates, and cultural expectations. There is also the added complexity in terms of partnerships and parties involved. Ginger ale may seem like a safe stocking bet.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 25, 2017

Just recently, I was talking to a youngster studying industrial engineering with specialization in SCM. For example, physicians have CME (Continuing Medical Education) credits they need to earn and report to the regulatory agencies as an ongoing requirement to practice their profession. Follow her on Linkedin as well.

Supply Chain Software 203

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Logistics Network Optimization Software Analytics Software 203

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 1, 2024

billion by using CRM and SCM in a new multichannel market strategy. More granular or finer information about customer buying behaviour would help even more.chains on top of one physical one, for example) helps to address unprofitable parts of a company’s product and customer portfolio. What is CRM in Supply Chain Management?

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 75

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

Volvo’s POD in Sweden is a great example. Jon is also group vice president of product strategy for Oracle’s supply chain management (SCM) applications and leads the team responsible for driving the business requirements and product roadmaps for these applications. So when we talk a lot about Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Disruption Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Sustainability 342

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

When I started looking for data to back up bathroom line observation at Kinexions, I was surprised at how much women are represented in SCM, considering that the bias towards women in the HRMS world was never at play in SCM. So why are there so many women in supply chain roles?

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Strategy 252

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Oracle has announced new role-based agents that are being embedded into the Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM and Manufacturing software applications suite. For example, the agent can provide insight into procurement policies, share product recommendations, and identify specific information needed to complete a purchase requisition.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Manufacturing Procurement 52

Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 20, 2013

You may also need to conduct a sensitivity analysis, for example, what if facility costs at home increase by 5% each year. SCM-Operations is now SupplyChainOpz. Is that it? Comparing cost between reshoring and offshoring is just the first step. Noob Guide to Supply Chain Management Definition. The Anatomy of Supply Chain Strategy.

Cost Reduction Strategies 242

Cost Reduction Strategies Vendor Strategies Price Mitigation Strategies Case Study 242

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Gartner acquired SCM World a few years ago and has been folding its events into their calendar. At the highest Supply Chain leadership positions sits the SCM Leaders Forum , held in London in July the last few years. Kudos to Gartner for having approximately 650 attendees at this year’s Denver Summit. Pretty cool. Conclusions.

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Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning 41

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

For example, companies can use project management software to track supplier performance, monitor inventory fluctuations, and automate alerts for potential risks. Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory models, for example, rely on precise demand forecasting and ensure companies maintain optimal stock levels without unnecessary storage costs.

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