Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In these sessions, the technology providers share their rational for the investment and invite questions. Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8

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Kinaxis

MARCH 21, 2017

by Iman Niroomand Supply chain performance depends on the matching of product features with supply chain features. When a new product hits the market, the existing supply chain that is optimal for a given set of product lines will not stay optimal. Alternative sources for parts.

Supply and Demand 169

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

Each industry has its peculiarities, among the others, in the logistics, manufacturing, and supply. The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. A Better Scope Management. Feel no end of time!

Logistics Network Optimization Software 200

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As the Deloitte analysts note, “Technology to gather and analyze data can help provide insights that companies can use to pave their path to recovery and future growth. Data analytics and cognitive risk sensing are becoming increasingly important tools for organizations.” CPG industry and cognitive technologies.

Data 100

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers the implications of Amazon’s ongoing global and domestic operational and last mile fulfillment network. Amazon ’s aim in 2024 is to expand same-day delivery services globally to service more geographies with the goal of continuing to reduce the cost-to-serve metric.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

A researcher of sorts… When I started the work that I do at Supply Chain Insights, I termed myself an analyst; and while everyone wants to put me in the consulting bucket, I resist. To me a consultant works with a company on a project basis to implement processes or technology. Over time, it has morphed. It is weak.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Morgan Working Capital Index 2020 , there is significant capital trapped in the form of working capital that can become a vital source of additional liquidity for corporations. The cash conversion cycle (CCC), also called the net operating cycle, is a metric used to measure the efficiency of a company's cash management and liquidity.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 19, 2013

Now in their seventeenth year, these distinguished annual awards recognize the 50 most outstanding articles published by the top 300 management journals in the world, including, for example, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Finance, Strategic Management Journal, MIT Sloan Management Review, and McKinsey Quarterly.

Innovation 68

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

Material Savings 207

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 17, 2017

companies,” the Wall Street Journal reported. The ranking “is based on an analysis of 37 data inputs provided by 12 third-party sources. In the innovation category, metrics related to spending management, category management, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management. Jacobs et al.,

North Carolina 40

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RFgen

JULY 23, 2014

is due in large part to the nation’s robust information technology and software that helps factories achieve more accurate inventory management and data visibility. Technology Driving Efficiency. What Should Manufacturers Look for in a Data Collection Software Solution? Mobile and Wireless Technology.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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RFgen

JULY 23, 2014

is due in large part to the nation’s robust information technology and software that helps factories achieve more accurate inventory management and data visibility. Technology Driving Efficiency. What Should Manufacturers Look for in a Data Collection Software Solution? Mobile and Wireless Technology.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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RFgen

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Learn more about the struggles the coffee supply chain faces. As anyone in supply chain management understands, any product goes through a complex process that is often on a global scale. For many coffee brands, international issues, including violence, are causing problems in the supply chain.

Congo 52

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RFgen

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Learn more about the struggles the coffee supply chain faces. As anyone in supply chain management understands, any product goes through a complex process that is often on a global scale. For many coffee brands, international issues, including violence, are causing problems in the supply chain.

Congo 52

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Once again, the Drucker Institute has put together a list of the “Top 250 Best Managed Companies” , which was highlighted in the Wall Street Journal. For the record, the list of our “Top 10” companies in the supply management innovation category are as follows: 1. Dell Technologies. Microsoft. Ford Motor.

North Carolina 40

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2018

Companies across all industries are dealing with rising transportation costs and a key question many CEOs, CFOs, and supply chain executives are asking is, “What can we do to better manage and control our freight spend in today’s market?” Rising Freight Spend . So, what can you do outside that cycle?”. Data-driven Optimization.

Negotiating Skills 103

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. ” I smiled.

Material Savings 183

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 14, 2015

As organizations seek to drive supply chain integration across global business units and markets, billions of dollars have been invested in massive systems known as. Such systems are also instrumental in establishing aligned tactical and strategic performance metrics systems that drive improved economic outcomes (Bendoly et al.,

Manufacturing Procurement 60

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RFgen

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Managers need to reference a variety of data sources to create standards for an open position. Recently, supply chain logistic companies have gone through a hiring surge. The Wall Street Journal reported U.S. warehouse businesses added 5,100 jobs in October, 2015. Set Employee Standards Based on Hard Data.

Resource Reduction 52

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RFgen

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Managers need to reference a variety of data sources to create standards for an open position. Recently, supply chain logistic companies have gone through a hiring surge. The Wall Street Journal reported U.S. warehouse businesses added 5,100 jobs in October, 2015. Set Employee Standards Based on Hard Data.

Resource Reduction 52

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 10, 2015

As part of this effort, I also shared some of the insights from a recent paper I published in the newly minted Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation Management. What are the opportunities in the sourcing process to improve planning? What improvements in technology can enable these to occur?

Negotiating Skills 60

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ). This is also another example of how the lines between 3PLs and technology companies continue to blur. This is also another example of how the lines between 3PLs and technology companies continue to blur.

Optimal Sourcing 100

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Turvo

JULY 27, 2021

Of all the components that make up the modern supply logistics and shipping network, the one that can significantly impact operational efficiency is visibility into the supply chain. Keeping this focus continues to be essential for the management of the supply chain. . Order visibility. Shipment visibility.

Real-time Visibility 90

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Technology Services. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Every year about this time, the Wall Street Journal reveals its list of the Management Top 250 firms , which lists America’s Best-Run Companies. NC State’s Supply Chain Resource Cooperative has played an important role in the development of these ratings, since the early days of its development.

North Carolina 15

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. I strongly feel that if I am going to cover the global supply chain that I need to experience it. A Personal Reflection.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. One of the most popular articles we’ve ever done is our look at analyst group Gartner’s annual ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chains.

Gartner 81

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

If this sounds like it would be a fun and meaningful personal challenge for you (with the added benefits of meeting other supply chain and logistics professionals and raising money for a good cause), then sign up to join our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team! Check out the highlights and photos from our 2016 , 2017 , and 2018 rides.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

And the average American family spends nearly $1900 a year on food they don’t eat, per one paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.” ” Everyone is a Stakeholder in the Food Waste Problem From growers to consumers, everyone in the food supply chain can help prevent food waste. UN’s FAO, U.S.

Waste Reduction 130

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Unleashed

AUGUST 28, 2023

The cost of sales is an inventory accounting metric that measures the accumulated costs in getting finished goods to market. Cost of sales is the accrued total of all the costs of supplying a product. It represents your true cost of creating and selling a product. What is cost of sales? It only relates to those products you have sold.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy and sell-side markets) bi-directionally with near-real time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Today’s supply chain processes are inside-out with a focus on orders and shipments.

Supply Chain Network Software 154

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

The major sources of risk in Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries start at the top, where the contracts are awarded, and flow downwards to the subcontracting suppliers. Managing the supply chain [7]. Risk: Managing the supply chain [7]. Managing and retaining talent [7].

Aerospace 40

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Robinson Reports 2018 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results TPG Capital to sell Transporeon Group to Hg BluJay Hires Andrew Kirkwood as Chief Executive Officer Tool Company Claims IPS Worldwide ‘Misappropriated’ Millions (WSJ – sub. It means that carriers and drivers are more empowered today thanks to technology and data transparency.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

However, the real key to their success is the application of new digital technologies that help accelerate innovation. GETTING OUT OF THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT RUT Whether it’s due to insufficient budgets, lack of resources, or limited performance metrics—some organizations surrender to the old way of doing things.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

In my work with clients, customers bandy about the term “customer-centric supply chain.” Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. A customer-centric supply chain is easier to say than implement.

Customer Service 287

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IQMS

MAY 1, 2018

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are reaching a new level of results in 2018 because they have clearer, more actionable insights based on real-time manufacturing and quality metrics than ever before. Quality Metrics Enable Customer-Driven Manufacturing Networks. Quality Metrics Defining the Future of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing Procurement 56

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

As with most complex business challenges, the ability to accommodate increasingly complicated supply chains is heavily dependent on technology. Time is running out to adopt the technology your organization will need to remain competitive.

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