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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. Discontinued in 2011. A case is not a case.

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes suppliers, logistics providers, sales, and fulfillment locations/channels supporting autonomous planning decisions that take data flowing from various internal and external sources into account. It provides a single source of truth with visibility and analytics based on the same data.

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Scaling a FreightTech Business with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

In June 2009, he became certified as an APICS CSCP. Automated Freight Procurement & Sourcing: Efficiently match loads with carriers for the best available rates. In 2017, Mark was awarded the Supply Chain and Demand Chain Executive “Pro To Know”. Mark earned a B.S. in Transportation and Logistics from Arkansas State University.

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Pretty Is as Pretty Does?

Supply Chain Shaman

The package and the process of package development is a major source of corporate waste. It is a major supply chain constraint, and the source of many product recalls. To compare, in 2009, shortly after the release of the Wal-Mart scorecards, in a similar study, it was 39%. Here we share the results. Interest is increasing.

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Q&A on the Supply Chains to Admire

Supply Chain Shaman

Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? We placed them in the industry that they were the most like, e.g., the primary source of revenue. As a result, we report their results along with their pharmaceutical peer group.

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Guest Viewpoint: What’s Driving Freight Costs Higher?

The Logistics of Logistics

mile in January 2009. The 2009 rates slowly increased to the current 2012 level. Utilize lower cost transportation; alternate sources such as Aerocraft airship or rail. The best indicator of ground freight cost is the US Freight Rate Index, CPM (cost per mile). In 2008, the rate reached a high of $2.50/mile

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. How do you balance the trade-offs between source, make and deliver?