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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Allyson’s presentation was just that. ” “Oops!,”

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, there are no authoritative identifiers to track and trace for containers, warehouse locations, trucks or manufacturing plants. Currently, 32% of process-based supply chain organizations report through a manufacturing organization, and there is a need to change functional thinking dramatically. The 2022 event is in Washington.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The demand latency for a semiconductor manufacturer is 180-220 days, while a chemical manufacturer has a latency of 150-280 days.

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The American Revolution and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The Declaration laments, “The present King of Great Britain [King George III] … combined with others to subject [the colonies] to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation.” ”[3]. did, however, have helpful allies.

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Thanksgiving 2022

Enterra Insights

From a behavioral perspective, he was correct — society’s cumulative actions landed us in our present condition. Don’t forget the manufacturers who produced the stove you cook on or the serving ware. ” The Washington Post, 4 November 2021. [2] Nevertheless, understanding society’s cumulative actions (i.e.,

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Welcome to the Supply Chain where the Risks Never Stop Coming

Enterra Insights

2018 challenged them in new ways, and 2019 is shaping up to present continued uncertainty as long-standing trade relationships are reconfigured.” ” With both parties already gearing up for next year’s election, dysfunction will remain the operative word in Washington. ” The year ahead. Weather disruptions.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

data backups) taken in the present can payoff immensely in the long run. Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, drug manufacturing plants were faced with production delays, fueling nationwide shortages of basic medicines. Case Studies. Hurricane Maria Disrupts the Pharma Industry.