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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

I was on my way to Peru. Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. Let’s take the case of Cisco Systems. During the mid to late 1990s, due to their relative market capitalizations, Cisco Systems, Dell, Intel, and Microsoft were known as “ the Four Horsemen of the NASDAQ.”

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

While most supply chain teams think of these processes one by one –an example is improving the S&OP in isolation of the larger system– it is a system. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. Definition of Horizontal Processes. Evolution of Horizontal Processes.

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Supply Chain Secrets Going Global – But Where Should we Share Them?

Logistics Bureau

Supply chain technology, systems, and solutions. Peru – Lima. Procurement and purchasing. Career development in supply chain and logistics. Understanding customers and their needs. Inventory management and optimisation. Benchmarking and KPI development. So… Where Should We Go? New Zealand – Auckland, Hamilton. Germany – Hamburg.

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil is located in Eastern South America and borders the Atlantic Ocean as well as the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S., percent in 2017.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. With each link, there also needs to be a system of record for agreements and collaborative workflow to drive feasible outcomes. A network system of record is required to manage bifurcated trade, scorecards and deductions.

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. So imagine the billions of cacao trees worldwide required just to feed our Halloween habit!

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. At another client there are 80 ERP systems, and the supply chain team cannot see across instances. The use of GPS, telematics, and cognitive learning to build logistics systems that sense and adapt.)