Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical. While companies talk digital, the projects follow traditional supply-centric paths.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Case Studies. Would you like to understand supply chain management concept but dont have time to study from a supply chain textbook ? For example, in 2011 Amazon initiated a program called Amazon Prime (free 2-day shipping and discounted 1-day shipping). Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Case Studies. Establishing more comprehensive reason codes and using control chart to monitor the trend of each code will help company to figure out the problems with normal supply chain operations such as sourcing, manufacturing and delivery. Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide. A Case Study.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In one example, Crust Group in Singapore provides a Southeast Asian example of a cross industry “circular economy” partnership. Travin Singh (creator behind Crust Brewing) realised that if he could find bakery partners, he basically had access to a cheap local source of beer making raw materials. Sure there is.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 5, 2019

The most common use case for control towers is visibility. While there are many types of visibility (see Figure 1), the most common use case is either sourcing or transportation visibility. In the visibility use case avoid three watch outs: 1) Make Sure That The Data Is Actionable. In Table 1, I share examples.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2014

Under this program, they source products directly from small or medium-sized farmers. For example, they make it easier for customers to locate products during shopping, pick the products, checkout, bringing products back home and install the furniture. Their unique selling points are products with good design at lower prices.

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Supply Chain Opz

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Then, blogging and web contents have become the primary source of business ideas for many working professionals. Types of contents are ranging from opinion pieces, news, tips, case studies, graphic contents and guides. Blogging also allows both business people and educators to reflect and stimulate opinions.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Conversely, a student who quickly grasps procurement strategies can be challenged with advanced case studies and leadership projects. For example, a student might work on a project that involves analyzing sales data to predict future product demand, thereby learning how to adjust procurement strategies accordingly.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 1, 2014

Let''s see the example of this through the simplified version of bullwhip effect as below, When demand data is not shared, each player in the same supply chain must make some sort of speculation. Real world example is that a "new boss" ask you to cut cost by 10%, improve service level by 15%, double inventory turns and so on.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Supply chain professionals in private sector also do something similar such as the case study analysis or best practice analysis. In private sector, robust strategy means something that works under any circumstances, for example, part standardization and multiple sourcing.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Today’s breaking Wall Street Journal article provides a great case study on the impacts of not proprerly managing contractual supplier relationships. At this stage, there should have been daily onsite meetings, so that Apple and the supplier could work on the technical issues together, and identify the source of the problems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 16, 2021

To help readers sort through the hype, we are writing articles on digital twin use cases to help companies gain a competitive advantage. Here we share the case study of Philip Morris using a digital twin deployment. This case study is written in a Q&A format. Let’s take some examples.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Supply chain planning involves interaction with different types of information based on internal and external data sources. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

For example Stock Age by Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) can be cross-referenced with warehouse location to see which ingredients are sitting on the shelf and need to be moved (perhaps with a local promotion or price change). CASE STUDY 1: Gourmet Organic Herbs. CASE STUDY 2: Brandini Toffee.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

A Case Study. Let’s take P&G as an example. A case is not a case. So, while companies can achieve economies of scale in administration, sales, and logistics, the economies of scale for make, source, and deliver only happen when companies aggressively manage complexity.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 13, 2020

So for example, Guatemala and El Salvador, they have placed partial curfews and some quite high commercial restrictions. So Honduras suddenly stopped, and we had so many items in transit, so right now we’re overstocked by 140%, and we’re trying to deal with that using external sources. Decisions were made within 24 hours.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Let me give you example. The advancements in analytics–open-source, cloud, internet-of-things (IOT), and cognitive computing–are very promising. Successful network design strategies are holistic crossing the boundaries of source, make and deliver. And, then assess the current state of alignment.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Source: Gartner 2018. ToolsGroup’s own timeline of experience is an example. Our first Gartner machine learning customer case study appeared five years ago. An example is predictive maintenance that leverages IoT signals from machines, bearings, etc. for spare parts planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. And, when it comes to their case studies, I do not find the step change. For most –hamstrung by silo-based strategies for source, make and deliver–there is no clear definition of supply chain strategy.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Zara who is the fashion retailer in Spain, has managed to get the attention from academics and the first case study about its strategies was published by Harvard Business School in 2003. Fashion SCM 2.0 However, there is one company that stands out. In 2004, Kasra Ferdows, Michael A. Lewis, and Jose A.D.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To make this journey requires the building of outside-in processes from the market and orchestrating the signal seamlessly across make, source and deliver. The Role of Demand Variability in Risk Mitigation from the 2015 Study. You are what you measure… Back to my client case study. A Client Case Study.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

It began with the sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution of necessities for life. Right now, we are looking for a giant breakthrough, giving examples such as the emergence of Google and FaceTime. An example would be a high-tech company with excess inventory determining how to move that inventory to maximize revenues.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Automation, cargo tracking, robotics, and remote fleet management are all examples of how IoT can be used to harness organizational data and gain insights into key processes. The Green Corridor: Saving Whales in California – A Case Study in Regional Collaboration. Internet of Things (IoT). Cyber Security and Risk.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 1, 2014

Let''s see the example of this through the simplified version of bullwhip effect as below, When demand data is not shared, each player in the same supply chain must make some sort of speculation. Real world example is that a "new boss" ask you to cut cost by 10%, improve service level by 15%, double inventory turns and so on.

Cost Reduction Strategies 214

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 7, 2014

So back to the question of whether it makes more sense to source best-in-class Big Data technologies from vendor-agnostic, third-party software providers or from 3PLs offering technologies as part of a bundled offering. This means the shipper secures greater accountability from their 3PL.

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ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

Anyway, there were also a couple of very good customer cases studies, but we’ll save those for a future discussion and focus on AI here. The strategy for the firm is to embed AI onto the core Ivalua platform for multiple use cases across the whole source to pay process. Fresh mint, maybe? Or aluminium, perhaps?)

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Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2022

Here we give you eight real-world examples of how businesses use Kanban, a popular lean tool that’s helped companies in a huge range of sectors improve efficiency – especially those in the manufacturing industry. If you already know what Kanban is and just want the case studies, scroll down! Software development is an example.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The Terra Technology implementation is an example of demand sensing while the DDMRP implementation is an example of demand translation of the probability of demand into materials requirements. Change in logistics cost or production cost based on implementation, for example, accumulates with time. Talking numbers worked.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. An example of a global demand network is IBM iBAT. I only know of five case studies of cross-functional listening.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

In extreme cases, firms simply state that a product comes from one country when, in actual fact, it was manufactured in a country that is impacted by the higher tariff being imposed. Ensuring that any approach is fully compliant in order to avoid having to relocate production or supply sources often takes up a lot of internal resources.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

The example that I give in the first post is the focus of manufacturing strategies to drive strong results to improve Return on Assets (ROA) that have actually caused a deterioration in operating margin. While some would point to companies like Amazon and Apple as examples of how to solve this dilemma, I think not. A Case Study.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 30, 2018

Digital twins drive benefits such as improved business planning and improved sourcing, procurement and supplier management. For example, this could be measuring the impact of random events on the supply chain, such as an earthquake that shuts down a distribution center. Click below to see the full SKF case study:

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery. Retail forecasts are never a good source of data for the manufacturer.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Discuss strategies for sourcing recycled materials, renewable energy sources, and ethically produced components. Case Studies and Real-world Examples: Analyze real-world examples of companies successfully implementing sustainable supply chain practices.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

What makes Ethereum different is that it actively encourages software development teams to use its open-source protocol to design tokens that run on top of the Ethereum blockchain. Provenance ensures transparency in supply chains, with the aim of encouraging brands to source materials and labor in an ethical and fair trade manner.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Can we shift sourcing strategies and what impact will that have on my network? With the ability to run scenarios, leaders can test out alternate strategies, from sourcing to production schedules to suppliers and more. What is going to be imposed and when? How is this going to impact my organization?

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. Maersk Growth Case study. Driving the Maersk Shift. Shifting Industry Habits.

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