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A Supply Chain Executive Asks: Is Supply Chain Technology Making a Difference?

Talking Logistics

Kevin O’Meara, Vice President, Integrated Supply Chain at Shaw Industries, posted the following question on Twitter last Friday: “Have the billions of dollars invested in supply chain technology really made a significant difference in the outcomes? For example], we have no lack. [For For example], we have no lack.

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Watch: What Do Supply Chain Executives Want From Marketers?

Supply Chain Brain

Randy McClary, lead solutions architect with grocery supercenter chain Meijer, shares tips on how marketers of supply chain services can successfully convey their message to buyers.

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Top 6 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Executives in 2022

SCMDOJO

COVID-19 was nothing short of a Black Swan event for supply chains, causing rippling disruptions that continue to affect global markets. While some of these struggles will play themselves out over time, others are more permanent, signaling a paradigm shift in the way we think about supply chains of the future.

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Are Supply Chain Executives Prepared For a Supply Chain Talent Crisis?

GlobalTranz

The supply chain talent crisis is a significant problem that will cause widespread disruption in the industry. However, demand for more products, faster and at lower costs is increasing, so supply chain executives need to start.read More. appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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How to Prepare Your Supply Chain for Future Shortages

This infographic outlines the global chip shortage crisis in an easy-to-read format, perfectly suited for busy supply chain executives. Read this infographic to learn: The lasting impact of chip shortages. What caused this sudden chip shortage issue. How to better understand the chip industry.

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How to Improve Risk Prioritization in Supply Chain Execution

IT Supply Chain

The post How to Improve Risk Prioritization in Supply Chain Execution appeared first on IT Supply Chain. By Richard Lebovitz (pictured). CEO of LeanDNA.

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What Is Demand Sensing and Why Supply Chain Executives Need to Know More

GlobalTranz

Understanding more about the needs and wants of customers can help supply chain leaders make informed decisions, improve inventory management, and increase profitability. In recent months, conversations about how to improve forecasting in the supply chain have focused on a subject: demand sensing.

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8 Questions to Rate Supply Chain Platform Needs and Capabilities

Based on more than 25 years of our experience in supply chain technology, TadaNow has created some critical questions for manufacturing leaders to ask while evaluating supply chain platforms: What is the business outcome you’re trying to deliver? Download ' A Buyer’s Guide for Supply Chain Executives’ by TadaNow.

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How Chip Shortages Impacted Supply Chain and Solutions to Fix This

This infographic outlines the global chip shortage crisis in an easy-to-read format, perfectly suited for busy supply chain executives. Read this infographic to learn: The lasting impact of chip shortages. What caused this sudden chip shortage issue. How to better understand the chip industry.

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S&OP Reimagined: Overcoming the New Normal with a Revamped S&OP Process

Speaker: Fernando Penteado, CPSM - Supply Chain and Logistics Executive, Global Markets Expert, and International Speaker

Now, as a variety of disruptive events cause supply chain challenges, companies are contemplating bold moves to keep business moving, including moving sourcing and manufacturing closer to home markets and maintaining a larger reserve stock to help manage the fluctuations in supply and demand.

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TMS+: Go Beyond Transport to Optimize Cost, Service, & Resiliency

In the aftermath of the pandemic, supply chain inadequacies have been revealed in a new and stark light. Most found themselves ill-prepared for the magnitude of disruption in supply and demand, followed soon after by political unrest, labor and material shortages, and sharp inflation.