The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

He is very passionate about developments in the Supply Chain arena and is always seeking excellence in his drive for efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain operations” – a quality that is very relevant to face up to the many Supply Chain challenges in our path! “I The silo mentality of traditional organizations must be broken.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider. They are primarily focused on cost management on new purchase decisions. Look at the purchase of materials as a buy-sell transaction. Published by Supply Chain Insights in January 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Popular Beliefs on Supply Chain Excellence Do Not Align With Results. . Overall, the industry is not aligned with the definition of supply chain excellence. During the presentation, I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 17, 2013

At Translog Connect Congress in Budapest (Hungary) on November 27, 2013 professor Sebastian Kummer announced Gebrüder Weiss and SMR AMT Hungary as the winners and handed out the awards at the Award ceremony.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

MARCH 13, 2014

You are right; the last one really is fiction in the context of 2013/14 and Mr. Moyes. In fact, not many years have passed since there were two main boards so how has planning excellence leveraged performance through S&OP and other initiatives? What slice of planning excellence will you choose to take away? Go on, check!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

All companies but two– Apple and L’Oreal– listed in the Gartner Top 25 underperform when compared against their industry peer group for 2013-2022. Demand latency is the time cycle to translate a channel purchase to an order.) A gap in the Gartner analysis is the lack of a sector or industry analysis.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The creation of a seamless multi-channel buying experience should always be balanced against the reasonable expectation for profit. Read also: How to achieve operational excellence with integrated retail planning. Capgemini Consulting (2013), It’s All About Them: Your Customers’ All-Channel Experience. External References: 1.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. ” The Key’s To Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Excellence over the Year. restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said.

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2015

.”* Gartner and Aberdeen have also indicated that S&OP innovation is a top priority for companies seeking to balance and align future demand and supply, predict capacity and material problems with enough time to do something about them, and understand the financial consequences of production and purchasing decisions.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Meanwhile, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, going from worst to first in one year — and then back to worst in 2014. Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. Fast and effective roll out.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In 2013, the company drove scale for finished goods. The total cost of ownership analyzes the total costs of the buying decision. The company had to ensure they were balancing everything appropriately, not only considering just purchase price variance or cost down but all the elements of the source-plan-make-deliver cycle. (In

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 29, 2015

Kinaxis , an early pioneer in the evolution of SaaS solutions committed to the model in 2005, and went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2013. E2open went public in July 2012 and in February 2015 participated in a private buy-out for $273M by Insight Venture Partners.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

As the evidence against Roman grows, he takes hostages to buy time while he investigates. The strength of excellent communication in high-stakes situations is demonstrated by Roman’s strong negotiating style and his capacity to establish relationships with both the hostages and his rival, Sabian.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

| Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. Guest Post By Bob Ferrari, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Matters blog. Online retail sales reached an all-time high in 2010.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

While there is work within SAP to rethink SNC and use the assets purchased with Ariba to build multi-tier capabilities, the progress is not encouraging. the company is owned today by 20 organizations representing manufacturers, distributors, hospitals and group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Marketplace Rebirth. Let me know.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

This commentary is an interim follow-up to this authors previous Infosys Limited guest commentary: Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. First, consumers have clearly stepped-up their preferences towards online channels as the preferred buying option.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

At the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Rick Sather , now VP of Supply Chain for Jack-O-links stated that “there should be an app for that.” Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for excellence.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2016

The empowered consumers of today are beginning to expect this option for all of their purchases. We have already seen Amazon move in that direction with their purchase of Colis Prive, rumors of acquiring an airport in Germany, buying up a fleet of 747s and more. Amazon Will Continue to Expand on “Operation Dragon Boat.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They excel in the four Ps of marketing. In contrast, a market-driven organization connects bidirectionally market-to-market to orchestrate the signals to shape demand and mitigate risk (buy-side to sell-side and back). We have built transactional buying relationships. Yes; someday it will happen, but not any time soon.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

In the United States alone, 3PL gross revenue increased 3.2% (a rate greater than our GDP) from 2012 to 2013 to $146.4 For example, a 3PL can combine the freight of 30, 40 or 50 clients to give shippers far more buying power than they would command “going it alone” in these trying times. Excellence ? billion (U.S.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

« Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season | Main | Fraud vs Customer Centricity - III » Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Layaway: • The customer selects the product that she wants to buy. Not all products may be eligible for BNPL). •

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 15, 2015

the route to Consumer programme brings together the product flow from plant to retailer to consumer activities at point of purchase, all to service the consumer experience Diageo is trying to create. Ivanka Janssen, Director Global Sales Operational Excellence, Diageo. “We

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. Our current processes and dependencies on Excel spreadsheets cannot get us to our goal. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. This purchase increases E2open’s capabilities for visibility into the processes of the outsourced semiconductor network of foundries.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. GT Nexus began operations in 1998 using the name Tradiant. While many will compare you to SAP, it is not a comparison.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

19 average) and 3 times better ROIC for the period (33% versus P&G’s 11%), note that none of these three household products companies made progress on supply chain excellence in the period of 2013-2015. Supplier relationships in household products are more buy/sell. While Colgate posted better margin (.21

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The fashion industry is an excellent example of this. Since as early as 2013 Best Buy has been integrating sustainability into its procurement processes. Best Buy is continuously ranked in the top list of sustainable companies and now operates America’s largest e-recycling program.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The fashion industry is an excellent example of this. Since as early as 2013 Best Buy has been integrating sustainability into its procurement processes. Best Buy is continuously ranked in the top list of sustainable companies and now operates America’s largest e-recycling program. Wrapping It Up.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 17, 2012

We are busy combing twenty-five years of financial balance sheet data and combining it with quantitative research studies to try to help the world understand the true value of supply chain excellence. We will mine this rating data and launch evaluative frameworks called the “ Voice of the Supply Chain” in 2013.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Maybe at the start of the S&OP project executives buy in and employees are still eager. He called his idea ‘the world simplest idea’ and introduced that ‘people buy why you do things not what you do’. These potential S&OP outcomes, are among the most impactful employee engagement drivers (HBR, 2013).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. But do we purchase grocery online (excluding the perishables) in India. All questions asked do we really need to purchase grocery online when we can get it in a nearby supermarket. I dont think so.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

But as I wrote back in April 2013 , “If you look closely, Amazon’s real advantage comes from its logistics assets — the 89 distribution centers it [had at the time], including 20 opened [in 2012], with more scheduled to open in the months ahead. With operational excellence a given, IT and talent become greater value propositions for 3PLs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. But, we can’t begin our journey towards the future of procurement excellence in a ’93 Escort. Source: Accenture 2013. “An Source: Accenture 2013. Say I purchase a car. Let me explain….

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 12, 2015

Head judge Jack van der Veen (Nyenrode Business University) explained that important selection criteria included authenticity, presentation skills, excellence in one’s own context and the ability to look beyond cultural borders. 2013 Allison Thomas, Supply Chain Director Benelux, PepsiCo Nederland. Previous winners.

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Elementum

JUNE 9, 2015

Farmers and agricultural leaders can purchase the system for $500 per year to receive insights into planting practices. In 2013, Monsanto acquired Climate Corp, which also provides agricultural insights using technology. Ultimately, tech and food make an excellent pairing – for farmers and foodies alike.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In buying coffee, should I focus on it being “certified organic”, should I look for a “Fairtrade” label, or for the Rainforest Alliance Certification? When buying household cleaning products, should I look for the Cradle-to-Cradle logo, or the Green Seal? 1] ISEAL (2013). ISEAL credibility principles. London: ISEAL Alliance. [2]

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

» The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. As we approach the latter stages of the 2011 holiday buying season, the uptick in online buying has indeed occurred. Guest Post by.

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