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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. It is clear.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 23-27, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Several reports have been published in recent years underscoring the growing importance of supply chain risk management. The last shutdown occurred in the fall of 2002, as retailers were preparing for the Christmas holiday period. It lasted 10 days and cost the U.S. April 2014 North American Freight Numbers.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. Slowly the company built a supporting supply chain to support 400 retail stores by 2002.

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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . Exhaust-data analyses (OTD, pallet volume, transport, suppliers, returns, etc.) One of the most common bottlenecks in supply chain management and burdensome processes (purchasing, procurement, preparation, etc.)

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Autonomous Supply Chain: Desirable Vision or Silly Daydream?

Enterra Insights

Some examples include gestural interfaces, machine-aided purchases, facial recognition, autonomous cars, miniature drones, ubiquitous advertising, and electronic surveillance. Load the part onto a transportation system. Transport to the delivery point. Key elements of such a system include the ability to: Interpret the request.

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

Sadly, I find each to have a limited view of supply chain analytics. Since most companies invested in the automation of the enterprise, not the value network, visibility within the company and the transportation network is a strength. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders).