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

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. The reason? Discontinued in 2011.

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Citations of Excellence Awards 2014

SCM Research

Like every year ( see my previous post ), Emerald rewards authors of exceptional papers covered in its extensive Emerald Management Reviews database with a Citation of Excellence Award (full list). I went through the latest list of the Citations of Excellence Top 50 papers. Ferrin, D., & Rao, H. Ferrin, D., & Rao, H.

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Rockwell Automation: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

As a B2B company, procurement management is essential. In 2008, Rockwell Automation prepared to embark on something intentional: the redesign of manufacturing operations and the supply chain. The total cost of ownership analyzes the total costs of the buying decision.

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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams. On the webinar, when the participants were polled on the reason for rising inventories, over 50% of respondents indicated that it was the lack of an executive understanding of supply chain excellence.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. Why does it matter to you?

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. I kept pressuring this client to use their channel data locked into the Excel files in their sales account teams. Two decades later, I now write less and listen more. Let me explain.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

made that prediction in 2008 (see the Barron’s article What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You ). And its technology assets too, like the Kiva robots Amazon purchased [in 2012] and the data centers that power its cloud computing services. With operational excellence a given, IT and talent become greater value propositions for 3PLs.