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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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The End of a Fairy Tale

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes the automation of path-to-purchase for consumer products, active shaping of demand through price, channel incentives and promotions, eCouponing and mobile commerce for retail, and product proliferation for all. With the rising costs of commodities and transportation, reducing ROA can often increase operating margin.

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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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Lean and Green Supply Chain Initiatives Can Be Complimentary

ModusLink Corporation

Procter and Gamble has had a concerted sustainability strategy since 2002, when the company first established an external Annual Sustainability Report published to all audiences. Second, supply chain drives the most considerable aspect of material and margin costs. It becomes a matter of scoping need to desired business result.

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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).

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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.