Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 11, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Most manufacturers still rely on traditional methods to promote their business. Word-of-mouth referrals, networking events, and trade shows are still preferred by those in the manufacturing industry for a good reason they still work. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Taulia

JULY 24, 2023

Supply chains are trending in the direction of complexity. While this shift has brought many benefits for companies, including the globalization of consumer demand, the increasing complexity of supply chains has also exposed new vulnerabilities. And it’s increasingly applicable throughout the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. I am also busy this Saturday writing reports for our Tuesday newsletter. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). Interview of a Supply Chain Leader: Redesigning for Value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. 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. We are managing the supply chain in the Pandemic in phases.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Let me start with a true confession: I am a manufacturing gal. I relished the sound of a manufacturing line when I opened the door of the factory in the morning, and I liked managing inputs so that we could maximize outputs. Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. Let me explain.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. How could Stagflation impact Supply Chain?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Their goals were lofty, but their understanding of supply chain planning was hazy. In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Tactical Supply. Manufacturing is designed and planned in isolation. Supply Chain Design. Frequent and systemic supply chain design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I share insights, based on research, for the supply chain leader. I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. The autonomous supply chain is a vision, but it is not today’s reality. Stay tuned. Background. They did it.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a published report indicating that Mexico is increasingly benefiting from a rethink of prior globally extended supply networks. Most of such product business and strategies are predicated on a focus toward major geographic market needing support. percent on a year-over-year basis to $52.9

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Savi

MAY 28, 2020

As the CEO of a supply chain visibility technology company, I am well aware of the irony of my own firm becoming a victim of supply chain disruption. But as the world deals with the immense and unprecedented impact of the coronavirus, even Savi was not able to avoid supply chain issues. And it was tough.

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Oracle SCM

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A modern supply chain demands the support of digital technology—yet many companies are still using outdated supply chain applications and processes that lock them into archaic ways of doing business. —By Margaret Harrist, Oracle Director of Content Strategy. " Want more cloud strategy insights?

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 10, 2021

President Biden’s July 9th Executive Order , Promoting Competition in the American Economy, created quite a stir in the supply chain community regarding the potential impact on the ocean freight and railroad markets. Often times we’ve utilized third-party repair shops or sent our items to manufacturers for repairs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 11, 2014

“This is not a supply chain process. In 2013, 80% of supply chain leaders had a material supply chain disruption. Yet, in a study that we just completed, when asked about business pain, supply chain risk rates low. Unfortunately, too many supply chains are reactive.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights published findings from a recent survey conducted among U.S. based companies doing business within, or sourcing supply chain materials and production within China. Bloomberg noted in its report that 2022 was the worst year for foreign based manufacturers in China over the past 20 years.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation. Media Type.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value. Supply Chain Organizations By The Numbers. A Look at History.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 11, 2016

Supply Chain Insights is now four years old. At our core we are actively trying to redefine the analyst model to be friendlier, more insightful, and complete for the supply chain leader. Help us to make manufacturers, distributors, and retailers more effective. The Focus of Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Yesterday, I finished a post on supply chain planning maturity. A client had asked me, “How do I know if we have a mature supply chain planning organization?” Excellence in supply chain planning is a cultural shift. The average supply chain leader has five distinct supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2014

It is the adoption of new forms of B2B networks for supply chains. As background for the new reader, I have been an analyst in the supply chain management market for 12 years. This was followed by a short stint at Altimeter Group which led to starting-up my new company Supply Chain Insights.

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Elementum

AUGUST 24, 2015

We examine the manufacturing and supply chain implications of the Dow's fall. The global supply chain’s future hinges in a large part on Chinese imports and exports, both of which have suffered as the nation sees its markets weakening. Economists are pointing to a slump in Chinese manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 13, 2022

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

Then it is off to Dallas to speak on Supply Chain Metrics That Matter at the Dallas CSCMP roundtable and complete some more client work. Life is busy on the road, but I am deep in thought about the wild things, the beasts at work that are undermining supply chain progress. Figure 2: Supply Chain Effective Frontier.

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Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

We founded Supply Chain Insights on February 9th, 2012. Supply Chain Insights is a true bootstrap startup. We also built a database of twenty years of supply chain financial ratios that we mine daily for companies to understand where they are on the Supply Chain Effective Frontier against their peer group.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

This was WBR’s first event in the United States targeted for the Medical Device Supply Chain Leader. Today, managing a medical device supply chain is tougher. This is why I think that the industry needs to get serious about supply chain management. This value chain needs a supply chain leader.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2014

We talked furiously about the design of the End-to-End Supply Chain (E2E). Ironically, while it is connected to the outside world, it is not well-connected to the manufacturer’s enterprise systems. At Supply Chain Insights, we are in the process of completing a study on VMI that will publish in our May Newsletter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

Supply chain leaders are competitive and they want to measure their success. In many businesses, assets are a core part of the supply chain. The more work that I do on trying to understand corporate balance sheet information and the connection to supply chain excellence, the more I realize how unqualified I was to vote.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

In supply chain strategy documents, terms like alignment, agility, responsiveness, and flexibility dot the page. The average supply chain organization is fifteen years old, and the practice of supply chain management is just thirty years old. How can we move forward if we cannot align?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In the supply chain, the questions do not change; but the answers do. Quote from a Supply Chain Leader at a Conference in Europe. Yesterday, Peter Bolstorff, Executive Director, APICS Supply Chain Council, called to discuss the use of the Supply Chain Index by APICS to measure supply chain improvement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I have worked for Gartner Group, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and now my own company, Supply Chain Insights. I have now been an industry analyst in the supply chain management space for ten years. This month, I am proud that the Supply Chain Insights team will announce the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2013

I am currently writing an article on supply chain excellence. The time off the road is allowing me to think more critically about the path that got us here, and about what drives supply chain excellence (or more importantly, what does not drive improvement). Consider the case of food manufacturing. I laughed. (I

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. This trend spawned chains like Trader Joes, Walmart, Whole Foods, etc. The supply chain needs it. …there is not substitute for an accurate PI signal in supply chain excellence.

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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. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. ” I smiled.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

This is the third birthday of the Supply Chain Shaman. When I went to Altimeter group, my friends Charlene Li and Jeremiah Owyang said that I should be like a “shaman” and help supply chain leaders embrace new technologies. I quickly did a search for Supply Chain Shaman…and voila, the new blog was born.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 30, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Manufacturing Technology. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Some of these include liking your content, watching your online videos, subscribing to your monthly newsletter, or signing up. So, even if a business manufacturer and sells products directly to consumers, it’ll require to source raw materials from other companies.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Analysts point to the steep decline in orders for new transportation equipment as evidence that manufacturers are seeing weakness. In reality, it may not be softening demand at the root of manufacturers’ slowdown in the bookings for new trucks, trailers and other equipment. On one hand, new orders for U.S. Be Sociable, Share!

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The upshot from a supply chain perspective is that the new generation of factory robots makes production systems more agile and helps companies to compete in fast-changing markets. However, robots are now being deployed in areas that were once the exclusive preserve of humans, raising new challenges for manufacturers. “In

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