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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. Drawings from Two Very Different Businesses Portraying the River of Demand.

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A Conversation with Stuart Whiting, Schneider Electric

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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Top 10 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2016. And Beyond

GlobalTranz

The winds of change are always blowing, but now, more than ever, logistics and supply chain professionals see it more than most. To keep pace with change, it’s important to keep an eye on the supply chain and logistics trends that are happening right now. eCommerce Will Forever Change Supply Chain and Logistics.

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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider. The most common reporting relationship in the supplier organization is to a leader of supply (focus on logistics, distribution, materials sourcing and customer service). It is now shifting again.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 24-28, 2014)

Talking Logistics

XPO Logistics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results. DB Schenker expands its contract logistics capacity in Dubai due to global customer demands. NAFTA Trade in December 2013 than in December 2012. Flagship Logistics Group, Rising Sun Systems and Corporate Traffic are among the first customers.

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

Talking Logistics

I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. The Google TMS?