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What Remains the Same?

Supply Chain Shaman

On Wednesday morning, when I finished speaking at the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing in Fort Lauderdale, an executive from J&J pulled me aside and said, “Our strengths, are now our vulnerabilities.” ” A supply chain leader from GE at another conference said, “Yesterday, we called it big data.

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I love photography, and mused as I walked into the shop on that rainy day in Philadelphia. The digital supply chain is about SO much more than gadgets.” ” I hate buzzwords and try to sidestep hype, but as I held my mug tight in my hand on a cold Philadelphia day, I thought more about the photo shop experience.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka). We are witnessing the redefinition of supply chain practices and technologies. Localized manufacturing. 3D Printing.

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American Software Reports Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

As we head into our seasonally stronger second half, we expect to build upon our momentum as we execute against our growing pipeline and as enterprises increasingly adopt cloud-based supply chain transformation solutions.”. Company and Technology.

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Five Reflections From Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking

Supply Chain Shaman

In most ‘benchmarking activities’, self-reported data is the most common source. It is for this reason, that I discount the reporting by APQC, Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) and Grocery Manufacturing Association (GMA) benchmarking data. Figure 4: Supply Chain Planner’s View of Planning Effectiveness. __. —for

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? More companies will start addressing one of the weakest links in their supply chain transformation journey: Workforce Planning. s Victoria’s Secret chain are doing away with the erratic scheduling.”