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The “Rights” and “Mores” of Supply Chain Execution

Talking Logistics

The Six “Rights” of Supply Chain Execution. Gary began our discussion by pointing out that the Amazon Effect, which he says had a critical turning point during the 2017 holiday season, has sped up supply chains for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, causing a greater emphasis on sourcing.

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Cardinal Health’s Perfect Implementation

Logistics Viewpoints

The Cardinal Health Supply Chain Cardinal Health’s medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products. If a planner stopped using the application, or used it less, that was apparent to supply chain executives and could be addressed and solved.

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Digital Transformation of the Supply Chain

Logility

Supply chain practitioners are asked to accomplish more with less, to be involved in more business processes and deliver more value-added capabilities while lowering costs and ensuring high customer service. Start with documenting the “As-Is” process capabilities and corresponding key performance metrics.

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Public Markets Reward Supply Chain Alignment

Supply Chain Shaman

As I sat at my kitchen table, I reviewed spreadsheet after spreadsheet of corporate performance data on supply chain financial ratios. The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation. Why did I care?

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Quick Start Guide to Using Machine Learning for Demand Planning

ToolsGroup

In fact, supply chain executives put demand forecasting and supply chain planning at the top of the list of how they initially plan to use AI. Without baseline metrics on what you want to improve on and why, how can you be confident your strategy is working? weather, social media).

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Profitable Agility and Resilience in Supply Chain Execution

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Supply chain execution is required to distinguish between the high runner purchases and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. Optimize supply chain execution and minimize both delivery time and costs.

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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on supply chain applications, the promise of an agile, flexible supply chain that can respond as the business changes seems like an illusion. This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.