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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. For the supply chain leader it is not a game… The stake is business continuity. Gamers do well in the world of supply chain.

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. I jeopardized the release date of the book by taking an extra three months to finish the Supply Chain Index work. Since supply chain can be a bit boring, I made it into a narrative.

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Reflections on Hard Hats and Safety Shoes…

Supply Chain Shaman

Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Many of the partners in the room work on service part supply chains.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 22, 2019

Stord

The use of predictive analytics in supply chain operations rose by 76% from 2017 to 2019 , according to survey data. 30% of respondents said they were using this technology today, compared to just 17% two years ago. New capacity at the Port of Virginia helped boost volume last month , according to officials.

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Digitized Procurement: Your Setting-off Point to Autonomy

Jaggaer

They will have succeeded in transforming their procurement organizations to leverage artificial intelligence-based technologies to achieve autonomous procurement. Automated Procurement. All processes automated. Sourcing automation. Contract compliance automation. Requisition automation. Cognitive Automation.

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Warehousing News Roundup: February 18, 2019

Stord

Consequently, the company is focusing its supply chain on moving product to this key market before potential tariffs go into effect and raise prices. Ocado, the British warehouse automation and online grocery company, is dealing with fallout from a recent warehouse fire.

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With New Year Underway, Key Players Look Back On 2022

Intelligent Audit

Despite having navigated tense contractor conflicts in 2022, 2023 and its volume shortage are sure to bring new challenges to the parcel delivery giant, as Supply Chain Dive reports: “ …the company has shifted into a cost-cutting mode to shield itself from macroeconomic pressures as it waits for volumes to recover. ”.