Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. The winners include Apple, AbbVie Inc.,

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2012

The conference format and size were just right to allow comfortable sharing of ideas and lessons learned about various topics from S&OP and supply chain planning, to inventory optimization and transportation. It was the general consensus of the group that there is value to be delivered from supply chain segmentation.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2015

In Part II I explained how seeking inspiration from retailers can help manufacturing companies move beyond supply chain segmentation to embrace customer-centricity. This post will explore the three capabilities essential to supply chain redesign.

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RFgen

JUNE 29, 2017

Inventory management improvements can lead to operational gains across multiple lines of business. Operations in the manufacturing sector are tightly linked. A change to production demands has implications all the way through to the supply chain, and vice versa.

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RFgen

JUNE 29, 2017

Inventory management improvements can lead to operational gains across multiple lines of business. Operations in the manufacturing sector are tightly linked. A change to production demands has implications all the way through to the supply chain, and vice versa.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 26, 2017

The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity. About three hundred supply chain professionals from various pockets of the world representing manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and technology vendors took part in the summit.

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BlueYonder

JULY 2, 2015

Omni-channel profitability for retailers and other value chain participants will increasingly depend on a matrix of available-to-promise possibilities across the various supply chain entities that make, move, and store inventory.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2015

Today is the right time to take a fresh look at these strategic pillars and to explore their full potential as part of your supply chain strategy. Figure 1: A fresh look at the Five Tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains. These efforts put the emphasis on network design, inventory optimization and scenario-planning.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

Automate Manufacturing to Use Independent Demand. Translate independent demand into a product segmentation strategy. Understand the length of your product tail, and use this insight to design the supply chain segmentation strategy to manage manufacturing processes (outsourced or insourced).

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BlueYonder

JULY 16, 2012

As such, the latest issue offers stories on a cross section of international companies who are impacting real change in their companies through the use of supply chain solutions. Let us know what you think, contact me directly to suggest future stories, or start a conversation by sharing your commentary below.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the project: Project goal: SanDisk’s goal was to operate a responsive, best-in-class supply chain for flash memory products that would achieve optimal balance between service level and inventory turns across scenarios to create a better experience for its commercial and retail partners and customers.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

At LogiChem, attendees interacted through roundtables and panel discussions on topics that identified best practices around inventory and supply chain metrics, third party logistics provider (3PL) management, rail logistics strategy to combat the driver shortage dilemma, and a host of other topics. Supply chain segmentation.

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CHAINalytics

APRIL 21, 2020

Food and consumer goods manufacturers along with their retail counterparts are dealing with unprecedented highs across consumer channels, while “non-essential” companies are being plagued with historical lows. Almost every company is currently experiencing demand disruption.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2015

In Part I of my Supply Chain Strategy series, I explained why the five tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains remain a great starting point to build your supply chain strategy. In Part II , we saw how seeking inspiration from retailers can help manufacturing companies to embrace customer-centricity.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 22, 2013

In part one of our conversation we covered the evolution of supply chain management, how supply chain practices vary around the world, and what has driven the near-shoring trend. SCN: Supply chain segmentation is a hot topic right now. This mitigates theft and other inventory problems.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Warehouse segmentation helps track diverse inventory. Many organizations respond to new obstacles by segmenting their supply chain. If a business doesn’t provide inventory for Internet sales channels it could lose customers to digital competitors. An expanding consumer audience will have diverse needs.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Warehouse segmentation helps track diverse inventory. Many organizations respond to new obstacles by segmenting their supply chain. If a business doesn’t provide inventory for Internet sales channels it could lose customers to digital competitors. An expanding consumer audience will have diverse needs.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Industry professionals have put in tireless hours and taken strategic measures to keep the supply chain moving and meet customer demand. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For example, a survey of 100 organizations found that only 8% of manufacturers had achieved an advanced segmentation capability. Can supply chain segmentation underpin competitive advantage in the emerging age of micro-segmentation and a one-to-one paradigm? What is supply chain segmentation?

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 4, 2014

There are tons of articles, white papers and blogs about today’s supply chain challenges: globalization, off-shore manufacturing, supply chain segmentation, big data, mobility, social media, price optimization, warehouse throughput, labor scheduling and in-store picking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As shown in Figure 1, the company now has sales of 6.1B$, manufacturers 40+ brands in 24 countries while selling products in 100 countries. In this period, Clorox was acquiring products with significantly higher margins and lower inventory turns. A strong factor in success was the supply chain strategy work led by Dave and Mark.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

Based on a company’s supply chain segmentation goals and business objectives, a CoE can be designed to support any portion of a company and the fulfillment needs of its product portfolio,” Lewis says. “It It extends well beyond visibility to give users integrated global logistics and trade compliance services. Source: GEODIS.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Growth agendas with the spiraling demand require cash, supplier shortages necessitate the shortening of payables, and the longer/more variable transport lead times decrease inventory turns increasing the need for cash. To make the point, let us start with a discussion on Consumer Products manufacturing. The answer? The how is tricky.

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