Logility

JANUARY 20, 2021

However, major sustained turmoil — like that caused by COVID-19 — quickly separates companies into bankruptcies, survivors, and thrivers. This is much more than a product roadmap exercise or a debate about agile versus waterfall project management methods. We must never let the platform interfere with your success.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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QAD

AUGUST 26, 2021

Because manufacturers are constantly pressured to increase productivity, deliver quality products, delight customers and achieve greater profitability and sustainability, they are turning to new technologies such as artificial intelligence. To remain competitive, the time for such digital transformation is now.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 18, 2021

There is a lot of information floating around in the media about the environment, climate change, sustainability, pollution, nature preservation and more. The science and facts prove that action must be taken in order to reverse our impact on nature, positively impact climate change and create a sustainable environment.

Supply Chain Design Software 64

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crisp

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reporting for organizations emitting over 25,000 metric tons of GHGs per year, and those in specific industries like vehicle manufacturing and industrial gas. This allows for easy retrieval and analysis alongside other business metrics.

Procurement Analytics 52

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? What metrics do others (in my industry) use? Where do I begin?

Vendor Strategies 55

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Pivot88

JULY 13, 2022

We have seen this in the US with the NY State Fashion Act and the UFLPA as well as in the EU with the Circular Economy Package, with proposed rules on making sustainable products the norm. This is not a simple exercise. Vendors can add consumption values to each component related to a product to better track sustainability goals.

Procurement Analytics 52

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

Additionally, an evolving requirement across many product sectors is incorporating a particular business or industry’s sustainability needs and commitments as a factor in planning production and material resource levels. Refocusing on Operational Excellence In the previous section, we identified a number of drivers for operational efficiency.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When the pandemic hit, most people expected sustainability efforts to take a back-seat role. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. Revisit your commitments and goals Your sustainability commitments and goals should be a guidepost for your work.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When the pandemic hit, most people expected sustainability efforts to take a back-seat role. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. Your sustainability commitments and goals should be a guidepost for your work. Revisit your commitments and goals.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Enterra Insights

JULY 16, 2018

”[1] The report focused on four key metrics: supplier criticality, supplier financial risk, global sourcing risk, and foreign exchange risk. If you are an upstream supplier or a downstream retailer, different metrics must also be considered. Having a risk management plan in place and exercising it are essential.

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

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ThroughPut

MAY 2, 2024

Thanks to the increasing competition in today’s global markets, growing customer expectations, and the rising demand for products with shorter life cycles, most businesses have been forced to sharply focus their attention on accurate demand sensing – and planning for it – to stay profitable and sustainable.

Supply and Demand 52

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 18, 2019

However, few manage to facilitate such sustained advancement. Yes, reinforcing continuous improvement through everyday exercises is essential to success. Both formalized and impromptu ideation and root-cause analysis exercises are key to achieving these outcomes. Embracing the Kaizen methodology ranks among the best options.

Waste Reduction 67

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Instead, we’re going to look at KPI characteristics and the relationship between different metrics to help you identify KPIs that are “right” for your company’s situation and circumstances. The Right KPI Mix: Cost and Service-Centric Metrics. The Right KPIs Are Metrics You Can Act Upon.

Benchmarking 67

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 16, 2024

More importantly, the report refers to various forms of sustainable, innovative, flexible off-the-shelf acquisition reforms, and changing acquisition mindsets, mechanisms, policies, and processes, but does not provide any clear examples of what such changes entail.

Sourcing Strategies 72

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2021

So we made sure that these suppliers could sustain themselves.”. Any company that has a long-term vision will make sure that the supplier network is sustainable.”. We have clear metrics that talk about payments on time to suppliers, or, if they raise an issue, how quickly is that getting resolved. Starting with sustainability.

Procurement Analytics 52

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

At that point, managers likely engage in narrowly focused manual replanning exercises that only consider the outcomes for their own function, instead of the entire supply chain. In the transportation function, optimization engines similarly replan labor resources and reassign fleet assets.

Supply Chain Planning Software 85

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 2, 2018

Inventory Optimization requires an organization to sustain and maintain the right mix of cost versus service. While on the surface it is true to say that in most organizations inventory is a highly visible dimension of Supply Chain performance impacting company accounts and a key reportable metric of business performance.

Optimal Sourcing 100

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The index will rely on existing data that illustrate factory conditions, producing a simple and objective indicator, allowing consumers to exercise informed ethical buying behavior in the apparel market. The EAI will provide a third-party metric to generate marketing media (e.g.,

Apparel 59

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

It will also show you the metrics at which those companies excel along with their actual results, giving you the ability to set a new, higher target. By doing so, you will be able to identify metrics highlighting where and how the best supply chains excel, and use those same metrics to measure your own supply chain improvement.

Benchmarking 40

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They can smile and support the need for change on one hand and then exercise tremendous power through their formal authority to undermine and discredit the change and the change effort. Communication was key and foundational to any successful, and sustaining, change effort. Metrics and Credit. They can’t be ignored.

Supply Chain Design Software 86

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Taulia

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

He goes further to say that companies are focused less solely on P&L as a key metric, and more increasingly on the Balance Sheet in an understanding that in the modern world, the strength of a company’s cash position is critical in enabling it to compete effectively.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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HICX Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It is frequently widening to include providing certificates or documents; or responding to surveys relating to areas such as sustainability, diversity, child labor, conflict minerals, circular economy, working conditions, modern slavery, cybersecurity and many more. Second, what does the company do with this type of data?”.

Procurement Analytics 52

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

” Because of this, no one can really predict what he will do next, but that it would be possible to invest time in exercises and modeling for future state situations that could lead to some unexpected and interesting conclusions.

Supply Chain Software 40

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EcoVadis

APRIL 18, 2017

In the recently released EcoVadis/HEC Sustainable Procurement Barometer , 97% of organizations surveyed consider sustainable procurement important or critically important. It is clear that mass adoption of sustainable procurement has arrived. This sounds great until you think about this model’s ability to scale.

Survey 40

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2020

Within each of these two flows there should be a small number of high impact business processes or metrics that you need to address, holistically, in order to make meaningful and significant improvements in your cash position. If you are looking to improve dozens of processes and metrics you will get stuck in the weeds.

Expense Reduction 85

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Only 22% of companies are actively managing the end-to-end value chain to deliver on corporate sustainability goals. When this happens, there is greater balance between metric trade-offs and resiliency in year-over-year improvements in corporate performance. It should be then, and only then that the business processes can be defined.

Supply Chain Network Software 223

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Take into account elements like the length of the course, the mode of delivery (in-person, online, or mixed), the presence of interactive exercises or case studies, and the availability of opportunities for hands-on practice. Effective learning requires a well-structured curriculum that has a healthy mix of theory and practical practice.

Purchasing Training 79

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 27, 2014

Students will learn core processes around initial exploration and assessment of supply chain relationships, establishing metrics/expectations for the relationship, crafting and managing contracts, and sustaining continuous performance improvement in sourcing, logistics and operations.

Negotiating Skills 68

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2023

The most important consideration in this exercise is identifying, remediating and rationalizing constraints where they have the most influence toward overall plan performance. Manufacturing and supply chain sustainability needs and objectives are increasingly being tied to having a context toward avoiding carbon and resource waste.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Requis

OCTOBER 16, 2020

You must be able to tell a story buttressed by clear metrics and a sound scalability plan, because there’s always that risk involved. Do you have any observations about circularity and sustainability , because they’re inevitably tied to supply chains and they’re hot topics for investors right now?

Supply Chain Design Software 52

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

We believe more than 90% of the world’s population can benefit from the additional freed up capital to enable 100% literacy, sustainable development, and a higher global quality of living through software. At best theoretical, the exercises helped me understand how better throughput was a prerequisite for additional output.

Resource Reduction 40

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

We believe more than 90% of the world’s population can benefit from the additional freed up capital to enable 100% literacy, sustainable development, and a higher global quality of living through software. At best theoretical, the exercises helped me understand how better throughput was a prerequisite for additional output.

Resource Reduction 40

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

And this is where supply chain professionals, along with sustainability professionals, the sales teams, and new-product development, now need to come together and to evaluate what the market looks like, what downstream impact is going to have on their customers and on their suppliers, and their supplier’s supplier.”

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

Sustainability Services. Following are some of the key considerations which I think an organization should make to reap benefits from an optimization exercise in Asset management. Companys managements view of Asset management as a mere liability creating exercise needs to change. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Public Sector.

Optimal Sourcing 25

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o9 Solutions

MARCH 8, 2023

We are all familiar with how a well-planned workday that fits in good habits like eating well and exercising positively affects how well the rest of the work week goes. Not only is creating systems like this more motivating for employees, but it also creates a machine that can sustain success over a longer time period.

Forecasting Software 52

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It is essential to determine reasons for the poor performance; this valuable exercise is a systematic, methodical evaluation that leads to an actionable strategy to yield improved employee performance outcomes. The best training strategy in the world can’t fix operational issues. It can also measure the clearness and relevancy of the content.

Buyer Training 40

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EMERGE App

MAY 20, 2023

With Facebook advertising metrics, one can also monitor performance and know what exactly works and what does not to help you plan appropriately for next time. But your enterprise does not need to be worth millions of dollars for you to undertake this exercise.

Pricing Training 52

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