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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. The solution was then fed right back into the source systems that the data was pulled from.

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Reimagining Logistics: Focusing on What’s Ahead, Not What Happened

Logistics Viewpoints

Across many of our industries, conventional wisdom about best practices for supply chain operations and logistical networks is being challenged. There are lively debates about the meaning and prioritization of scale, globalization, outsourcing, and inventory optimization.

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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

ZF Began their Digital Resilience Transformation 20 Years Ago! I interviewed John Sobeck, Vice President Material Management Services and Supply Chain 4.0 at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. Lean cuts inventory out of the supply chain.

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Lessons Learned from 2021 Peak Season for 2022 Planning

Intelligent Audit

“Demand was greater than available inventory” was a common theme in many retailers’ earnings announcements in early Q1 of 2022. After a strong start to the quarter in inventory receipts and product sell-through, we experienced unexpected inventory receipt slides in key categories due to extended port and transportation delays.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries. No financial details were disclosed in the announcement.

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

BlueYonder

Salim: Because resilience is not about just carrying boatloads of inventory, we advise these companies to design their network and stage inventory at the right places in the network to minimize working capital and cash flow. Terence: Are these supply chain transformations going full speed from the onset?

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Addressing the Inherent Challenges of Fostering a More Synchronized B2B Supply Chain Business Network

Supply Chain Matters

Timely Industry Example- Online Retail and E-Commerce With increased importance of online retail, E-Commerce or services-centric business models, enhanced coordination of customer focused fulfillment and inventory management has taken on special emphasis. and specifically increased demand for many forms of pandemic related consumer goods.