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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

The details: 2001-Acquired Clairol for 4.9B$ 2002-Divestiture of Jif and Crisco to Smuckers–813M in Stock 2003-Acquisition of Wella for 7B$ 2005-Merger with Gilette for 57B$ 2008-Purchase of Nioxin for 300M$ 2009-Purchased Art of Shaving for 60M$ 2009-purchased ZIRH for 40M. Each M&A activity was painful for the organization.

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6 Sigma Supply Chain: The Brief Introduction for Non-Statisticians

Supply Chain Opz

More comprehensive approach can be found in the article " A conceptual model for the application of Six Sigma methodologies to supply chain improvement " by Knowles et al 2005. Another notable paper is " Supply chain management six sigma: a management innovation methodology at the Samsung Group " by Yang et al 2005.

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Unified TMS Thru Integration Enables Profitability

GlobalTranz

According to Sean Kilcarr of FleetOwner, the statistic has risen from 62% in 2005 to 91% in 2018. The overwhelming majority of motor carriers and shippers use a transportation management system (TMS) to gain insights into supply chain management and keep freight spend under control.

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Supply Chain Sustainability: A Byproduct of Efficiency

Talking Logistics

What is so special about October 23, 2005? That’s when Walmart’s CEO at the time, Lee Scott, gave a speech entitled Twenty First Century Leadership that arguably kicked off the supply chain sustainability era. Environmental loss threatens our health and the health of the natural systems we depend on,” said Scott.

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Sensemaking in Supply Chains

SCM Research

2005) gives a very good overview of sensemaking. The article Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking (Weick et al., Weick, K.E. The Collapse of Sensemaking in Organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster. Administrative Science Quarterly , 38(4), 628–652. Weick, K.E. Sensemaking in Organizations. ISBN 080397177X. Weick, K.E.,

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7 Pitfalls of Outsourcing and How to Avoid Them - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

Researcher has been preaching about the perils of a poor management of outsourcing for years. One of the earliest and most cited articles is called " The Seven Deadly Sins of Outsourcing " by Barthelemy 2003.

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The Governance of Global Value Chains

SCM Research

Gereffi, Humphrey and Sturgeon (2005) take a transaction-based political economy perspective to explain The Governance of Global Value Chains. It can be very insightful to see how supply chains are viewed in other research fields. Gereffi, G., Humphrey, J., & Sturgeon, T. The Governance of Global Value Chains.