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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

For six years in the evolution of the Supply Chains to Admire methodology, there were no winners in these two sectors. More supply chain innovation happens in contract manufacturing–look at Jabil’s results–in the Contract Manufacturing industry with a 6-8% margin than in these high margin sectors. (No

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What Kind of Reset Does the Supply Chain Need? Part Two

Enterra Insights

” Of course, companies also want to create value on the customer side of the chain. Burton and Vreeswijk conclude, “In the great supply chain reset, companies need to reconfigure from linear to segmented, rebalance from primarily offshore to multi-sourcing, and become more resilient by forming longer-term, mutual partnerships.

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FOCUS 2015: On Track for Innovation

BlueYonder

When I was asked to organize the Innovation and Thought Leadership track at FOCUS 2015 , I recognized that I would need to assemble some high-impact speakers who would get attendees thinking about the radical changes they need to make in their supply chains. Becoming Customer-Centric: Best Practices.

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3 Areas of Your Business that Benefit from Supply Chain Innovation

RFgen

This is particularly evident in the warehouse and supply chain segments, where companies that make improvements to underlying capabilities can empower other teams to work more efficiently. With all of this in mind, here are three non-warehouse lines of business that benefit from innovation in the supply chain: 1.

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3 Areas of Your Business that Benefit from Supply Chain Innovation

RFgen

This is particularly evident in the warehouse and supply chain segments, where companies that make improvements to underlying capabilities can empower other teams to work more efficiently. With all of this in mind, here are three non-warehouse lines of business that benefit from innovation in the supply chain: 1.

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Segmenting Supply Chain using Portfolio Matrix (2x2 Matrix)

Supply Chain Opz

Segmenting Supply Chain using Portfolio Matrix (2x2 Matrix). Supply Chain Segmentation is the planning process that links a corporate strategy to the executions. This article will show you how to use a simple 2x2 matrix system to segment supply chain with examples across various functions.

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Gartner Releases a New S&OP Magic Quadrant

ToolsGroup

At this level, companies run a “demand-driven, profitable supply response across an increasingly extended supply chain, taking into account internal and trading partner capabilities.” This stage sports “… full alignment between innovation and operational decision making.

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