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The Role of Blockchain in SCM, with Examples

SCMDOJO

Integration of supply chains is widely helpful in lowering costs and increasing quality. What is a supply chain management system (SCM)? When talking about SCM, we can elaborate it as integrating all dependent business activities, including resources and actors, to smoothen the workflow.

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Improve Forecast Quality and Reliability with Value-add Forecasting (Part 1)

Logility

In fact, demand forecasts are used throughout the supply chain including supply chain design, purchasing, operations, inventory, and sales and marketing. Value-add forecasting is one way companies are now realizing incremental improvements in their forecast quality and reliability. Organizational alignment. Price optimization.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

More recently, with the rise of interconnected systems, the analytics to derive value from those systems seems, and decreased costs, RFID is resurrecting as a solution for increasing supply chain management (SCM), visibility into processes, and reducing inventory tracking costs. Active Versus Passive RFID Tags in SCM.

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The Importance of Value-Added Services in Logistics and SCM!

Supply Chain Game Changer

According to Adelante SCM’s recent research , 63 percent of organizations that use value-added services consider it a “very significant” business function. Types of Value-Added Service for Logistics and SCM. – Inventory Management. The post The Importance of Value-Added Services in Logistics and SCM!

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Themes from the 2018 SCM World Leaders Forum

Kinaxis

I just returned from a very inspiring 2018 SCM World Leaders Forum in London. While I attend several supply chain conferences in any given year, SCM World is a favorite of mine for a couple of reasons. Supply chain data in most organizations is either of questionable quality or is full of holes. Content vs context. What vs why.

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

The ability of an organization to deliver reliable and consistent results for revenue, margin, customer service, and quality in the face of demand and supply variability. I am currently doing research on inventory management. In the research, I ask inventory planners to define resilience. Today, this is not the case.

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Mobile Inventory Management Solutions for Microsoft Dynamics 365

RFgen

Next-gen ERPs, like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (D365), need high-quality data collection to function optimally. Mobile inventory solutions for D365 boost data accuracy, increase workflow efficiency and support digital transformation with barcode software. Microsoft Mobile Inventory Case Study.