Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Scenario and simulation based planning methods that quantify and weight various short and longer term impacts of global events toward key business metrics.

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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. I, on the other hand, am trying to figure out what defines supply chain excellence. Over time, it has morphed. It is weak.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Revolution: Innovative Sourcing and Logistics for a Fiercely Competitive World Pros: This book will show you how to plan and execute sourcing strategies like the world's leading companies. Cons: It focuses heavily on sourcing or purchasing which is one function under integrated logistics management.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 130

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

YOY in 2022, a metric due partly to its robust sales of mid-size pickups, according to CNBC. In this blog, we’ll take a look at the supply chain trends that shaped the automotive industry in 2022. ESG Concerns About Battery Minerals Major ESG questions also loom over the sourcing of critical battery minerals.

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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 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.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Introduction I was recently in a conversation about forecasting with a client team, and one individual, whose background was not in supply chain, asked what the value of demand forecasting is. The answer may seem obvious to supply chain professionals, but it’s worth taking a step back and thinking about how to answer this.

Forecasting 52

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Unleashed

JUNE 15, 2023

It’s an important inventory accounting metric for any company selling physical goods as it directly impacts profit margins and product pricing. It’s possible to reduce Cost of Goods Sold by buying in bulk or when a discount is available, negotiating with or changing suppliers, and sourcing cheaper labour. What is cost of goods sold?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 27, 2022

Image source: APA. For example, as of March 2022, 81% of Americans say the supply chain is a significant source of stress. As Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management, shared in PBS , “It’s been the hardest year for logistics and supply chain managers,” Pafford said. Image source.

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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

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. Microsoft. Alphabet Inc. Colgate-Palmolive.

North Carolina 40

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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. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 200

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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.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 15, 2022

I was recently in a conversation about forecasting with a client team, and one individual, whose background was not in supply chain, asked what the value of demand forecasting is. The answer may seem obvious to supply chain professionals, but it’s worth taking a step back and thinking about how to answer this.

Forecasting 52

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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 185

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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 Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

The most significant for the supply chain market are assets from Baan, Formation Systems, Fygir, Intentia, Lawson, MAPICS, Mercia, and SSA Global. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

He explains, “Big data essentially has three sources: social data, machine data and transactional data. Unfortunately, these sources are limited in providing any meaningful insight into the $760-billion consumer packaged goods market. Social data is comprised of a consumer’s online behavior. Footnotes. [1] 5] Michael C.

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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. They have been touted as the key to manufacturing excellence and supply chain integration… But what is the real ROI on ERP system implementation?

Manufacturing Procurement 60

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2015

I had the opportunity to host a good colleague of mine, Kevin Fronk, in my supply chain relationships class this week. This conversation was further clarified in my mind when I spoke with a journalist, from the Mexican journal Manufactura, about the importance of procurement in Mexico.

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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? This growth also requires that suppliers be ready to drive improvements going forward.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ). Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail. 20 Years of Highway Data Shows Roads and Bridges Aren’t Crumbling ( Reason.org ).

Optimal Sourcing 100

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RFgen

JULY 23, 2014

In an interview with Mark Muro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, The Wall Street Journal highlighted the fact that manufacturing in particular is undergoing a significant change because of innovation. At the same time, not all supply chain solutions are equal. Technology Driving Efficiency. Real-time Performance.

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RFgen

JULY 23, 2014

In an interview with Mark Muro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, The Wall Street Journal highlighted the fact that manufacturing in particular is undergoing a significant change because of innovation. At the same time, not all supply chain solutions are equal. Technology Driving Efficiency. Real-time Performance.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

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

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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.

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.

Resource Reduction 52

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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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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. . Narrow Visibility Leaves Money on the Table.

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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.

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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.

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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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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]. Supply chain management.

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