Unleashed

APRIL 10, 2023

Overstocking became a necessary evil for many companies as they struggled to meet customer demand throughout the recent onslaught of supply chain disruptions. Cash flow 101: Back to basics The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruptions caused a great shift in the way product businesses now operate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As I work with companies, I often contrast the strategies, approaches and outcomes within a peer group. Both companies provide packaging materials to the food manufacturing industry. They were unclear on their supply chain strategy and the role of supply chain planning. Sonoco Products is a $4.5

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AIMMS

JULY 20, 2016

How will it impact your supply chain and your bottom line? This article discusses 5 key things supply chain leaders should consider post-Brexit. As Laurence Goasduff writes in a recent post , the Brexit is definitely causing supply chain disruption. How will taxes impact your supply chain structure?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights and perspectives regarding SAP SE’s 2023 annual Sapphire and North America ASUG customer conference held this week both as an in-person and live streamed event. Specific Messaging Themes and Implications We observed three specific themes with important implications.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Globally linked economies, tight competition, and emerging markets all force constant review of production goals, suppliers, and long-term strategies. The automotive industry sets some of the highest quality standards in manufacturing, driven by a need to ensure safety and a desire to control costs. In the past Toyota had to recall 2.9

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 9, 2021

” If manufacturers didn’t believe that truism before, they certainly believe now it — thanks to 2020. ” If manufacturers didn’t believe that truism before, they certainly believe now it — thanks to 2020. “Pilots were fruitful enough to convince manufacturers about the importance of data. .

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AIMMS

JULY 20, 2016

How will it impact your supply chain and your bottom line? This article discusses 5 key things supply chain leaders should consider post-Brexit. As Laurence Goasduff writes in a recent post , the Brexit is definitely causing supply chain disruption. How taxes will impact supply chain structure.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Supply Chain Can Teach Us Much About the Future of Professional Education Labor issues command a lot of attention right now, and notably the challenge of how to find enough talent to meet current and future market demands. The supply chain industry is no exception in this sense. Consequently, companies?—?and

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QAD

AUGUST 24, 2021

Disruption is the watchword for manufacturers these days – even without the global COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers constantly deal with supply chain interruptions, fluid customer demands, global economic pressures, and technology-driven competition, among other forces. Business Change Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

A researcher of sorts… When I started the work that I do at Supply Chain Insights, I termed myself an analyst; and while everyone wants to put me in the consulting bucket, I resist. I, on the other hand, am trying to figure out what defines supply chain excellence. Over time, it has morphed.

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RFgen

MAY 2, 2019

Aligning stakeholders to create a unified enterprise mobility strategy will maximize the success of the project. Creating a unifying strategy to accommodate the inevitable shift toward mobility in the warehouse and on the shop floor will help IT teams avoid a patchwork approach to mobile technologies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Suppliers provide components for products you manufacture and sell. At one point I was put in charge of a global manufacturing operations team. In that workshop I would explain our situation and enlist their support to help us with ideas and actions to turn the situation around.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 12, 2023

If you’re a product developer, manufacturer, or part of an engineering team, you know the excitement, challenge, and profitability that come from transforming an idea into an actual product. With over 25 years of quality expertise, Christine has worked with many top firms assisting, advising, and setting up their internal auditing strategies.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional. By Helen Armstong (Supply Chain Movement). It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2015

3PL Summit & Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum by EyeForTransport Chicago, IL June 16 -18. The 3PL Summit is North America’s largest and most high-level gathering of logistics executives and their manufacturer and retailer supply chain counterparts. Fleet Safety Conference Shaumberg, Illinois; July 13-15.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The atoms and electrons of the supply chain are changing. I am passionate about the topic of the digital supply chain, and I apologize in advance for the length of this article. The third Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over. It is an agenda designed by supply chain leaders for supply chain leaders.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. At the session, together through education, sharing case studies, and reviewing research, we will explore the opportunities to build a Network of Networks to improve B2B supply chain connectivity. Definitional Image.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 24, 2020

Today’s WSJ front page shares the important role of one of Apple’s top senior executives who runs much of the procurement and supply chain activity for Apple – Tony Blevins. Quicker, cheaper, better quality, better productivity every time and mostly all the same supply base over time is a better formula for success.”

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JDA software

MAY 13, 2019

According to research, executives are investing in new cloud-based AI and cognitive analytics capabilities that will provide them with end-to-end visibility and traceability across their extended supply networks, starting them on the road to autonomous supply chains. They are starting the Autonomous Supply Chain journey.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 15, 2013

Developed by a Harvard Business school academic, Michael Porter, in his seminal book Competitive Strategy , published in 1980, the framework has proven to be one of the most important tools in the category management toolbox. It is also a helpful educational tool to lead stakeholders to understand current supply market conditions.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2014

Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional. In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Marion Kohlmeier is responsible for the supply chain design of new projects.

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DynaSys

MARCH 3, 2020

IBP represents the ‘coming-of-age’ of S&OP, maturing from its production planning roots into a fully integrated management and supply chain process. It allows organisations to deploy their strategy and constantly evolve and adapt plans, harnessing resources to meet customer demand in the most profitable way.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

In a prior post on 2018 supply chain predictions, I shared how NC State’s Poole College of Management engages directly with industry through student-led projects. And everyone I know has issues and challenges with their supply chains! This project is the e xtension of an executive workshop we ran last fall.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 3, 2017

We’d like to know what you believe your managers and staff need from a supply chain education program. … Well… As you may know, we have an education division in our group called Supply Chain Leaders Academy, and every so often we like to make sure our program is still up-to-date and relevant.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. Let me explain.

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Accelogix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Accelogix, a leading provider of supply chain software consulting, ranks #1970 on Inc. For the second consecutive year, Accelogix, a leading consulting services provider for Supply Chain Execution Systems, has been recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. Magazine’s Inc. The 2017 Inc.

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2019

According to research, executives are investing in new cloud-based AI and cognitive analytics capabilities that will provide them with end-to-end visibility and traceability across their extended supply networks, starting them on the road to autonomous supply chains. They are starting the Autonomous Supply Chain journey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

As I spent the time reflecting over the last three weeks, the number of articles streaming into my feed on supply chain implications was high, but most of them were wrong. Some stated that the war marks the end of the global supply chain. By definition, this requires a global supply chain.

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 18, 2019

Kaizen and lean manufacturing occupy the same theoretical orbit. This approach reduced error occurrence and wastage and boosted efficiency, helping Toyota evolve into the biggest vehicle manufacturer on Earth. However, these sessions do not share identical frameworks — the strategy allows for variation.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Voice Technology in the Supply Chain. They are about technology as it relates to corporate strategy and the bottom line. The biggest question that keeps the strategic IT executive awake at night is: How can I use technology to boost productivity, make the supply chain more efficient, and maximize ROI? Real Results.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Rob Handfield has over 30 years of experience in supply chain as an educator, researcher, consultant, and author. He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Moreover, the supply cycles of manufacturers who are very far away can be quite long. This issue is at the heart of our strategy and of our success.”.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Supply Chain Management.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 24, 2017

In an effort to better understand this issue, the NC State Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held a one-day executive summit, to discuss these issues in an open forum. One of the first topics identified in the workshop is that both procurement and sales put one another into a “box”, through their segmentation analysis.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

significant further contributions to supply chain success. Dan Albright, Vice President and North American Supply Chain Leader at Capgemini Consulting. Government investment in infrastructure will contribute to attracting global manufacturers and 3PLs to do. supply chain.”. “As supply chain.”.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Supply chain transparency. By carefully optimising your strategies, picking the right channels and using data to back up your decisions (see trend #6), you should be able to grow your customer base, increase the lifetime value of existing customers, and announce new services with gusto. Data sharing among third-parties.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders.

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