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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? The reason?

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Ferguson’s Commitment to Supply Chain Excellence Drives Customer Satisfaction

Logistics Viewpoints

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferguson PLC In 2022, I wrote an article called The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of. Ferguson has an extensive and complex supply chain. We also opened one in Toronto and we have one opening up in the next several months in Nashville.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. The Sam’s Club and Costco shortages of water, toilet paper and laundry products signals one thing for me: the spread of the virus will disrupt every supply chain. The problem?

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Smart Software to Present at Epicor Insights 2022

The Smart Software

Smart Software CEO will present at this year's Epicor Insights event in Nashville. If you plan to attend this year, please join us at booth #9 and #705, and learn more about Epicor Smart Inventory Planning and Optimization. The post Smart Software to Present at Epicor Insights 2022 appeared first on Smart Software.

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Singing the inventory blues

Cathy Roberson

(All photos credited to Depositphotos.com) Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Some retailers may have seen these signs but could not pivot quickly enough because of supply chain delays.

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Do You Want Real-time Visibility? IT is the Enemy

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain managers need real-time data to effectively manage operations. While supply chain software companies offer solutions that come with analytic solutions, the data used for the analytics is usually archived data. There is a new technology that can provide real-time visibility.

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Kinexions Supply Chain Conference Breakout Sessions

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Kinexions ’16 Supply Chain Conference Lineup Hits All the Right Notes. Our annual supply chain conference, Kinexions , is right around the corner, and we’re thrilled to be bringing our attendees some stellar supply chain content. Preparing for the Future. Achieving Value. on Monday, Oct.