Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

I feel that topic of supply chain management is analogous to the downward cycle of the news channels. What Drives Supply Chain Excellence? I analyze supply chain management. The broader the definition of end-to-end strategy and the alignment of supply chain processes drives value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

The traditional supply chain leader focused only on cost reduction. Financial reengineering focuses on the optimization of short-term results that are usually based on a functional analysis of source, make, or deliver. Few consultants understand the interrelationships between source, make and deliver. Think again.

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2024

AI has presented challenges and opportunities for business leaders seeking to leverage its potential across their organizations to improve efficiency and increase profitability. Capabilities of GenAI show the user the data source that corresponds to the answer for each question the user asks.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

We believe that a key pillar of this transformation is the supply chain. With such growth comes supply chain complexity. Shift towards self-contracting and self-distribution: With health systems gaining significant scale and wanting more control over their supply chain, this shift is accelerating.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The overarching rule that all actions taken are meant to meet the needs of the present society without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs, is a key driver. The global supply chain industry has by default, a large environmental impact, through its carbon footprint. pandemic response.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

This morning, we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. Selfishly, we need standard for our research, but we also want to help supply chain leaders gain new insights from a deep data-driven analysis. There is no agreed standard for supply chain excellence. Why do we do it?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

Driver shortages have become even more of a reality in the supply chain industry for a number of reasons, chief among them being the sharp rise in demand. Capturing it, cleaning it, screening it and analyzing it to determine better routes, better prices, and better sources is foundational to smart logistics operations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 13, 2023

No one knows, but in my discussions, business leaders agree that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here, and the projected impact on supply chain technology looms large sending the industry into very different gyrations. My first digital supply chain presentation was in Milan at an SAP Insider conference in 2012.)

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Logility

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The foundation of supply chain analytics is the desire to let objective, relevant information drive action – in other words, to empower and enlighten employees about data and to make decisions after they’ve looked carefully at “just the facts,” with the help of well-designed supply chain dashboards.

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Supply Chain Opz

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

At the beginning of each year, many supply chain blogs/sites publish the articles about their most popular contents of the year or make the predictions for things that might happen in the coming year. For SupplyChainOpz, we will do something a bit different, we will uncover the most outstanding supply chain blogs and their contents.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Social media has been adopted by supply chain management professionals as a mechanism to express opinions and disseminate knowledge. Then, this article will show how the influencers in supply chain management can be identified. In short, level of influence is associated with a number of retweets not a number of followers.

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Logility

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Just to level set, the Brundtland Commission defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Better supply chain planning saves money but also reduces greenhouse gases and decreases your company’s carbon footprint.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. The design of the supply chain is fundamental to making this happen. In our interview of the Supply Chains to Admire Winners, we found a unique approach at Carter’s. Supply Chain Index.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health’s senior vice president of global logistics, said of their implementation of the Kinaxis’ supply chain planning (SCP) solution, “I was scared! Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 16, 2024

” The NDIS focuses on four key elements: supply chain resilience, workforce readiness, flexible acquisition, and economic deterrents. While these are certainly worthwhile objectives, the report is long on presenting problems the US faces in each of these areas, but falls short of providing basic or actionable recommendations.

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Taulia

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global supply chains are more complex than ever. At the same time, companies are paying more attention to the importance of ESG and sustainability objectives in supply chain management, and the role that automation and efficiency can play in minimizing the need for time and resource intensive processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Time For A Supply Chain Check-Up? When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service. To complete a supply chain diagnostic, I take these four steps: Step One. ” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?”

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Taulia

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog Expert Advice 8 min read 26 Jun 2023 By Taulia Share: Share via linkedin Share via twitter Share via facebook Share via email Copied Copy page URL to clipboard The supply chain process: Step by step The supply chain process influences how effectively you manage costs, mitigate risks, and meet customer expectations.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Who would have thought that measuring the performance of supply chain processes like warehousing, procurement, or logistics could be so troublesome? Well, we know a few supply chain managers who, having made some of the mistakes covered by this article, would attest to the potential for difficulty.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 4, 2019

by Bill DuBois The life sciences supply chain starts with a miracle. Everything we talk about in supply chain starts with discovering that product you can market and sell. From a supply chain perspective, it reminds me of variable lead times. Is there a more challenging industry than life sciences?

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply chains shift and evolve continually. A best practice supply chain management process today looks very different from even a few short years ago–each of the elements of supply chain management must be agile and adaptable to changing environmental, logistical, and sector-specific conditions.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I still recall my first introduction to the concept of the supply chain. One arrow showed the flow of customer demand from the source to the supplier, while the other showed the flow of goods from the supplier to the customer. In order to be effective, the supply chain needs to orchestrate around customer demand.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Supply chain management books that are praised by supply chain executives, consultants and supply chain management professionals at all levels. Background In dynamic supply chain management environment, people have to make the quick and decisive actions against various issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Technology’s place in supply chain operations is well established and much appreciated, as it helps improve accuracy, visibility, and efficiency from orders coming in and shipments moving out. Lastly, this single source of truth for all parties positively impacts customer relationships. But can technology do more?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

So, with labor day approaching, I am penning a blog on supply chain talent. Labor day also signals the end of summer, and for many supply chain leaders the beginning of 2017 strategy discussions and intense S&OP debates to finalize Q3 and Q4 planning. Figure 1: Supply Chain Talent Shortage. I was wrong.

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Resilinc

APRIL 13, 2021

You may be part of an organization whose leaders understand that supply chain risk management (SCRM) is a strategic imperative, and your SCRM may already be mature and delivering a return on investment. 4) The supply chain organization’s operational review includes evaluation by the corporate risk team.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Supply chain analytics combines powerful algorithms, data, and the latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to address the most elusive challenges in the supply chain right now – visibility and control. And that’s precisely what’s on the horizon for supply chain analytics.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 1, 2015

Many people are talking about Key Performance Indicators, Metrics, Analytics, and other indicators of performance. The importance of selecting the right metrics or “measures” as I prefer to call them, is critical as we all know that metrics drive behaviors. Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources.

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American Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Supply chain management plays a crucial role in the success of businesses across industries. This article explores the importance of innovation in supply chain management and highlights key areas where innovation can revolutionize traditional practices. Recycling and reuse lend themselves to innovation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain processes. In the words of a supply chain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. When I first met Nick, he was driving a supply chain transformation at VTech Communications. Price to Tangible Book Value.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

This morning we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. Selfishly, we need a standard for our research, but we also want to help supply chain leaders gain new insights from a deep data-driven analysis. There is no agreed-upon standard for supply chain excellence. The answer?

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Why Supply Chain Efficiency and Resilience are Critical to Business Success? No matter how rapidly your business is growing, ongoing supply chain efficiency springs from the core ability of your business to leverage its resources, skills, technology and capabilities to exceed revenue while minimizing costs.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In case the term is new to you, glocal, in a supply chain context, is the blending of global integration with local responsiveness. I first heard the term only a few months ago during Zoltan Pekar’s presentation at our annual training and user conference, Kinexions. But what are the supply chain implications of glocalization?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This is my 440th blog post and the tenth anniversary Supply Chain Shaman. My friends would tell me to relax and get my Groove on b ut, I find myself deep into a presentation for a client’s design thinking session next week. It is for this reason, that I use COV analysis to type logical supply chain flows.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. Labor is an important input with 50-60% of employees of the company reporting through supply chain organizations. Supply chain processes are relatively new. What defines supply chain excellence?

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