SupplyPike

MAY 19, 2020

This can be collected from surveys or household items that track shopping habits. If the website does not provide important insights then it is not serving any purpose for either the manufacturer or the client. Walmart has selected Nielsen for its source of POS data. Panel Data: This refers to consumer-level data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Manufacturing is core to the middle class and a healthy economy. The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. Too few companies understand the differences between syndicated data sources and the use of channel data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

At the end of every presentation, one of my clients always says, “Let’s fix the basics.” 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. Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2015

Editor's Note: As a third party logistics company with a focus on better Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) freight management, we have several shippers who are in the manufacturing industry. We relay on guest bloggers and the expertise of others for manufacturing best practices. His 5 golden metrics center on performance management.

Manufacturing Procurement 120

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Manufacturers increasingly turning to data and analytics, from an ERP system, to support business initiatives. Many manufacturers are data-rich but when it comes to using it they are insight-poor. It then becomes and question of how to present that information. How data can be used to link business goals and metrics.

Analytics Software 111

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. If you see one of my presentations, I am sure that you remember the gnarly patterns of the orbit charts.) Check out their performance by plotting year-over-year metrics at the intersection of two ratios and look at the patterns.

Pharmaceutical 210

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 30, 2022

According to the staff at Scorpion Planogram, at the height of the pandemic, “Many [consumers went] to brick-and-mortar stores with specific purchases in mind, whether that meant a large, well-planned grocery trip or an expedition to find a good reusable mask.”[2] Planograms and the Pandemic. If they aren’t choosing my store, why?

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

The research, produced by Adelante SCM and presented by BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), was conducted to explore the links between supply chain management innovation, customer experience, technology adoption, and company performance. and 51.5%, respectively). and 37.2%, respectively). “To

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

” CFO of a major manufacturer. As a result, I invested in building qualitative survey capabilities and built a database of twenty years of supply chain ratio data (for more on this capability reference the research report, The Effective Frontier and check out our community ). It is in presentation after presentation.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Therefore, the challenge to establish the ranking method is to find a more economical data source and the unbiased metrics. Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite SCM books because most books present building block concepts and citations usually appear in the literature review section.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. As I sit on the back row, I hear platitudes (A number of concepts positioned at a high level without clarity on how to execute). ” Currently working on a series of surveys to help clients answer these two questions, I struggle with the current state. So, why did I ask SanDisk to present?

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Therefore, the challenge to establish ranking method is to find more economical data source and unbiased metric. Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite books because most books present building block concept in supply chain management and citations usually appear in the literature review section.

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Unleashed

APRIL 12, 2023

For wholesalers and manufacturers, the sheer size of customer orders can make B2B fulfillment a serious challenge: Product volumes directly impact storage and management costs, and increase the damage done whenever mistakes are made. B2B fulfillment presents unique challenges and benefits not found in standard B2C fulfillment processes.

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The Supply Chainer Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Acording to McKinsey Global Survey of challenges ahead for supply chain; Reducing Operating costs and Inventory levels , are the main goals for Supply Chain Top Management. Starting from your Suppliers, passing through the manufacturing process and finishing with your product arriving to Customers. What is Excess Inventory?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

Coincidentally, at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference yesterday, I attended a presentation by Justin Dillon, Founder and CEO of Made in a Free World , a nonprofit group that is “building a coalition of consumers, businesses, and governments to disrupt the system of slavery.” Check out the short video below for an overview.

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SupplyShift

MAY 19, 2023

Conducting global operations across multi-tier or even single-tier supply chains presents numerous sustainability-related risks and opportunities. However, human activities, such as unsustainable resource consumption and sourcing practices, have disrupted this delicate balance. Source: Living Planet Report 2020, WWF.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I have heard presentation after presentation on supply chain excellence, and I have heard industry leaders wax eloquently on how their supply chain objectives have improved value. However, we have found that only a few companies are improving the potential of their supply chain to balance supply chain metrics.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

As noted in this news cast on ABC , this research will proceed in three stages over three years, and will require significant collaboration with apparel manufacturers and brands along the way if it is to be successful. The EAI will provide a third-party metric to generate marketing media (e.g., 1] [link]. [2] 2] Templeton, J.

Apparel 59

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . No Purchase Orders were used. We only paid for fasteners as we used them.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

Cloud and open source analytics are fueling new markets giving rise of new software providers in analytics with names like Board, Cloudera, EveryAngle, Enterra Solutions, FusionOps, Halo, Qlik, Spotfire, Transvoyant, Trifecta, and Trufa. There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics. New solutions offer great promise.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As legislation focuses ever more heavily on environmental protection though, and consumers increasingly consider sustainability in their purchasing decisions, all supply chain organisations will need to find the way forward. How to Develop a Sustainable Supply Chain. This is where technology can come to the rescue.

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Cognira

DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to a study conducted by Cone Communications: 87% of customers are confessing that they will purchase a product because a company advocated for an issue they cared about. 76% of customers will refuse to purchase a company’s products or services upon learning it supported an issue contrary to their beliefs. Product Packaging.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. If you see one of my presentations, I am sure that you remember the gnarly patterns of the orbit charts.) Check out their performance by plotting year-over-year metrics at the intersection of two ratios and look at the patterns.

Pharmaceutical 110

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Similarly, meeting customer demands builds customer satisfaction and loyalty, increases the likelihood of repeat purchases, and usually leads to more sales. Procurement and manufacturing. Treat procurement and manufacturing as part of your logistics network , as opposed to a silo. Logistical Process. Planning tips.

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

This blog post is in response to recent results from the APICS/Logility Survey, Consumer Goods S&OP research, and ChainLink’s end-user research. I recently read a very good survey by Consumer Goods Technology , focused on S&OP. All that brain power and no way to scale their discussion, analysis, and decisions!

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ShipBob

JULY 2, 2023

You begin drawing up sketches, doing manufacturer research, and brainstorming catchy names for your brand new product. Will customers complete repeat purchases? There’s such a thing as launching a product that is too niche where only a small subset of people are interested in purchasing. Will customers refer it to others?

Purchasing Skills 59

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Yesterday, I presented to 700 global attendees on an APICS webinar. In the presentation, I shared data on the evolution of supply chain planning and the results on user satisfaction. Using quantitative surveys, we collected the data in Figure 1 in 2014. The research is a study of large manufacturers. Background.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A leading electronics manufacturer represented at the roundtable achieved productivity increases of 30–40% by using RPA to automate last-mile delivery processes. Another manufacturer has deployed eight bots in areas such as procurement planning. Others at the roundtable were not as advanced in their RPA journeys.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The next-gen supply chain model is a networked ecosystem – suppliers, partners, manufacturers, distributors and retailers will all have access to relevant cloud-based data to make the best decisions based on real-time signals.” China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As legislation focuses ever more heavily on environmental protection though, and consumers increasingly consider sustainability in their purchasing decisions, all supply chain organisations will need to find the way forward. How to Develop a Sustainable Supply Chain. This is where technology can come to the rescue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. I am a manufacturing gal by training. Include the supplier’s warehouse and manufacturing locations. It is clear to me that an evolution is not sufficient.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 18, 2022

On the other hand, if you are in procurement at the same company and are responsible for buying milk from dairy farms, the item/store/daily forecast is more detail than you need. The table below shows forecast and actual values and then the calculated mean absolute percent error (MAPE), the most common forecast accuracy metric.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The top cybersecurity threats in 2017 for small and mid-sized industrial manufacturers were identified as phishing attacks, IP theft and third-party security breaches. The top cybersecurity threats in 2017 for small and mid-sized industrial manufacturers were identified as phishing attacks, IP theft and third-party security breaches.

Manufacturing Procurement 46

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our survey on Revenue and Trade Promotion Management is closing soon; and we will have some pretty strong research to pass along on this topic; but you and I both know it is going to tell us that nearly half of the trade promotions continue to produce less than planned ROI. Oh heck, why not just tackle the big one right away? 3 Deductions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 95

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. Potential Sources of Disruption. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story.

Pharmaceutical 94

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SupplyShift

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These are sophisticated global networks, external of the business itself, comprised of manufacturers, logistics enterprises, and third-party suppliers. Procurement is emerging as a particularly helpful and strategic function to sustainability efforts and setting supply chain sustainability goals.

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SupplyShift

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These are sophisticated global networks, external of the business itself, comprised of manufacturers, logistics enterprises, and third-party suppliers. Procurement is emerging as a particularly helpful and strategic function to sustainability efforts and setting supply chain sustainability goals. Setting Goals and KPIs. .

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