The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

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Turvo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

On the surface, the Amazon Effect is the new standard of excellence that all customers have come to expect following the break-neck speed and low-cost, if not free, shipping associated with Amazon purchases. In 2005, the Amazon Effect started to lay hold when the company launched its Amazon Prime service.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

On March 26, 2015, I nsight Venture Partners (“Insight”) purchased E2open for $8.60 Taking the company private, the investment by Insights gives E2open capital to purchase companies. They have recently purchased the undervalued assets of Orchestro, ICON-SCM , Serus, Terra Technology and now Steelwedge.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

It ceased to exist in 2005 when it merged with 1Sync. 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. In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. Transora had a short history.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Mini Case Study: Whirlpool Following its acquisition of competitor Maytag in 2005, Whirlpool found itself entering an unprecedented period of growth, at which point the management team recognised the need to continuously optimise its supply chain design and make it more flexible and adaptive to ride out economic fluctuations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” As a result, companies should buy inventory management technologies based on process requirements, IT standardization and cultural fit. These are my thoughts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. Success of New Business Models. Disintermediation.

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EcoVadis

JULY 25, 2017

Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE). target, mitigation, adaptation and resilience) with detailed actions illustrated as follow: Highlight of the Climate Action Plan includes the newly announced carbon reduction targets, which included a 65%-70% per capita carbon reduction by 2030 against the 2005 baseline.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Purchase orders were issued through the ERP system, but with no link to the approvals workflow and procurement decisions. Sourcing relied on web searches and records kept in Excel or on paper, which meant there was no comprehensive data on spend.

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Requis

JUNE 25, 2020

Why the era of supply chain is now at hand: When I graduated in 2005 there was no such thing as a supply chain manager, and now there is. Now we’re developing some excellent online platforms. Supply chain is fun because there’s always a problem to solve. It’s like a 3D puzzle, like a Rubik’s cube!

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

However, visibility of channel relationships–customer orders and consumption/purchase–in the demand network, or the use and consumption of materials in the extended supplier network, is an ongoing issue. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders). There are many reasons.

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Vinculum

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

It was founded in 2005 and is a well-known online retailer in the Middle East. By providing services that enable customers to buy things without leaving their homes or offices, Souq offers close to 7 million products from more than 1,500 companies. Its website and mobile app provide excellent items at reasonable costs and easy access.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Developed a process of excellence in supply chain collaboration. That should be sobering news for any business not yet focused on supply chain excellence as a lever for business success. There is also the question of ethical procurement and purchasing to consider. . Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 12, 2021

However, as the industry standard for customer service and fast shipping guarantees, Amazon prioritizes order fulfillment in search algorithms and Buy Box placements. Through Amazon FBM sellers also handle all customer communications, assuring that all customer interactions are excellent and in line with the overall brand experience.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

He is the author of the blog Supply Chain Trend and the self excellence guide Building Mental Toughness. This operating model included order to cash, make to demand, purchase to pay, finance and planning processes. He is founding Director of Truebridges Consulting and MentalToughness.online.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

« Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices | Main | Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season » Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment. Supply Excellence. Follow us on. Infosys on Twitter. Tweets by @Infosys. Supply Chain Management.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Mary Kay @MaryKay Mary Kay has a long history of supply chain innovation, earning accolades as far back as 2004 and 2005. XB Logistics @XBLogistics A leading 3PL, XB Logistics aims to redefine traditional 3PL offerings to deliver operational excellence at a lower cost compared to conventional 3PLs based in the U.S.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2012

« One Place for all Types of Business Contracts across Enterprise | Main | Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity » Mapping Your Way To Faster Shopping. Assume a scenario where our loyal Customer "Louise" is entering such a Large Super Centre for her weekly purchases.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 24, 2013

Ten years ago, Amazon was an online book retailer, yet today a family can buy a wide variety of items, including groceries with next day delivery. To understand the pervasive nature of this change, consider Amazon’s 2012 announcement: “We now have more than 15 million items in Amazon Prime, this is up 15x since we launched in 2005.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I liked working on different things, and so working with Rob involved always working on new and emerging problems. In 2005 a large software company gave us a project: They wanted to enter the ERP space but the cost for an end to end tool would be enormous, and involved too much risk. People would complain about it every day.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The allocation of the right SKUs and volumes to different fulfillment centers has proven to be an excellent opportunity to apply AI. Patiently, she explained that it was technically illegal to buy steel, or much else, from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which we had yet to recognize. I asked in all innocence.

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