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Avoiding Dead-end Streets As We Build the Future of Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, I spoke at a University of Wisconsin event on responsiveness and ASCM on the future of supply chain planning. The problem is the lack of trained planners.) Using better math to build an inventory plan for raw materials is a good idea. I am writing this post from a hotel room in Chicago. Real-time Planning.

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Rockwell Automation: Supply Chains to Admire Winner

Supply Chain Shaman

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The company also taught them to understand the basics of negotiation and risk management.

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Rockwell Automation: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The company also taught them to understand the basics of negotiation and risk management.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

The ripple effects of the conflict in Ukraine will further drive up US food prices. Signet expects to hold the line on diamond prices despite Russia war. And while the price he is paid for his grain will rise, too, “prices will reach a point where no one can afford to purchase them.”.