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Make vs Buy Analysis in Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Guide

SCMDOJO

Make vs Buy Analysis is an essential decision-making tool in supply chain management that significantly influences profitability, flexibility, and competitiveness. It helps businesses decide whether to produce goods internally (make) or source them externally (buy), weighing costs, quality, scalability, and capacity.

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Inflation + Source-to-Pay Strategies: The Cure for the Common Price Hike

ivalua

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which can provide procurement with the tools needed to manage their supplier relationships and identify opportunities for cost savings. S2P: Where to Start Ivalua provides a comprehensive set of integrated solutions that span the entire Source-to-Pay lifecycle.

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

Logistics Viewpoints

For companies that want to go beyond the traditional spreadsheet, which cannot handle this ocean of information efficiently, statistical methods such as cluster analysis can help. What is Cluster Analysis? Cluster analysis is a statistical umbrella term for methods that classify data points according to their attributes.

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Unlocking Insights with Life Cycle Inventory Analysis

SCMDOJO

A comprehensive analysis of the energy and material inputs, outputs, and environmental impacts associated with a product’s life cycle, LCI helps us unlock valuable insights into sustainable practices. This data is typically collected from a variety of sources, including industry databases, government reports, and primary research.

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Supply Chain Network Design: The Ultimate Use Cases eBook

Scenario analysis and optimization defined. Diversifying sourcing and manufacturing. Diversifying sourcing and manufacturing. Creating a strategic digital twin (digital representation) of your supply chain network. Modeling your base case. Optimizing your supply chain based on costs and service levels.

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Build Political Capital to Drive Supply Chain Planning Success

Supply Chain Shaman

How should a global manufacturer make a decision? In short, the research tells me that the manufacturing industries are stuck. In contrast, for a global manufacturer, the answer is more complex. What is the role of make, source, and deliver? And how can supply chain planning help? What defines a feasible plan?

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Philip Morris Drives Manufacturing Insights Using A Digital Twin

Supply Chain Shaman

In our pandemic research, we interviewed thirty manufacturers. All struggled, during the initial supply chain COVID-19 response, to run effective “what-if analysis” in their supply processes. The applications were too hard-wired into the IT architectures making ad-hoc analysis impossible. We avoid big buzz words.