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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Protecting profit margins from ALC inflation ALC (Average Landed Cost) is a crucial metric in demand forecasting and inventory valuation. John Toon explains that there are risk mitigation strategies you can put in place from a contractual point of view. And the local brewers were experiencing much the same.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

Management and planning of the entire network against a value network strategy. Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Recognition of asset strategies in go-to-market plans. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Focus on the level of inventory.

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

QAD

Today, manufacturers view sustainability as a required corporate strategy for long-term business viability and success. In other examples, you’ll find ERP provides the necessary insights and metrics, like OEE , to enhance production execution. Consider the effects of excess inventory and unnecessary shipments.

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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards. The trade-offs are easier and the value network strategies more straightforward. We enjoy writing them!

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News Round-Up: 3 Businesses Prioritizing a Green Supply Chain

RFgen

Eco-friendly initiatives have gone from marketing tactics to strategies for improving supply chain efficiency and benefiting from cleaner technologies. metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming in 2015. Mining operations use green equipment to preserve the natural environment.

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News Round-Up: 3 Businesses Prioritizing a Green Supply Chain

RFgen

Eco-friendly initiatives have gone from marketing tactics to strategies for improving supply chain efficiency and benefiting from cleaner technologies. metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming in 2015. Mining operations use green equipment to preserve the natural environment.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. Then list all of the potential risks in the supply chain and outline potential risk mitigation strategies.