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Supply Chain Matters
JUNE 29, 2023
Background Within our research arm’s January 2023 published advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains , we included a prediction that manufacturers would seek more direct control and added resiliency of their component or outsourced production supply networks in 2023. percent on a year-over-year basis to $52.9
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 14, 2016
The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. It had been a long night. However, I had little time to be tired. ” I smiled.
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Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
” Here is an excerpt from the article: “…it isn’t by becoming more efficient that the supply chains of Wal-Mart, Dell, and Amazon have given those companies an edge over their competitors. Second, they adapt over time as market structures and strategies evolve. First, great supply chains are agile. What did we find?
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. The question is, “Why?”
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 1, 2023
based companies doing business within, or sourcing supply chain materials and production within China. Specially related to China , Apple alone experienced multiple days of production shortfalls involving Foxconn’s Zhengzhou “ iPhone City ” manufacturing complex resulting in a revenue shortfall for iPhone14 holiday orders.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 18, 2015
In supply chain strategy documents, terms like alignment, agility, responsiveness, and flexibility dot the page. In meetings, groups nod their heads that the strategy is correct. However, at a practical level, companies struggle with the implementation of strategy due to a lack of definition. The goal was efficiency.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 23, 2020
I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. Most of the optimization focus in the traditional software solution focuses within a function of source, make or deliver. Over 40% of the manufacturing is outsourced, and we have not automated networks.
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