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Sustainable Product Packaging Impacts Supply Chain Transformation

QAD

For many well-known products, the manufacturing has the packaging shapes, sizes and colors copyrighted so no other product can look like theirs. In today’s rapidly evolving consumer landscape, the way products are packaged plays a pivotal role in the success of consumer goods manufacturing and the overall supply chain.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. Mr. Rodríguez is the operations strategic planning manager and he leads a team focused on the company’s supply chain design.

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Supply Chain Transformation, Part One: The Transformation Imperative

Enterra Insights

He writes, “Global supply chains were clearly in trouble before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, but when it did, the weakness of our time-honored strategies for procurement, production and delivery became shockingly evident. ”[2] He insists supply chain innovation today is not a choice, but an imperative.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

In the face of variability, this is two-to-six weeks too long to make allocation or procurement decisions. Over the past three years, supply chain cycles shifted. Order cycles–the requested time from order to delivery–decreased while supply cycles –the time to procure materials– increased.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project. Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. The problem with supplier visibility is bookended into procurement processes that have gone back, not forward over the last decade.

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Supply Chain Matters Book Review: Profit From The Source

Supply Chain Matters

From time-to-time the Supply Chain Matters blog features book reviews which we believe would be of value and a learning asset to our extended global supply chain management community of readers. One of the statements is: “ In many companies, if not most, procurement is an unglamorous, unloved part of the business.

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Rev Group Partners with Consus Global to Drive Supply Chain Efficiencies

ivalua

The partnership accelerates procurement digital transformation with Ivalua. REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments.