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Do You Need a Graph?

Supply Chain Shaman

Primed for transactional efficiency, these legacy architectures based on relational databases drive order-to-cash and procure-to-pay efficiencies. Like Linus clinging to his blanket, supply chain teams make most of their decisions on Excel spreadsheets. Or a unified data model across source, make, and deliver for planning?

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Reshoring Or Not, What is Manufacturing? 4 Questions to Ponder with Real American Manufacturers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. What is Manufacturing?

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Rise. Or Rise-up?

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, I attended the Consumer Goods Forum in Chicago. ” Source: SAP Website The Discussion Not Held on the Stage The main event at the Forum was not on the main stage. ” Source: SAP Website The Discussion Not Held on the Stage The main event at the Forum was not on the main stage. Source: AI Query What To Do?

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” Background.

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

“The idea of the value chain is based on the process view of organizations, the idea of seeing a manufacturing (or service) organisation as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. ” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago.

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Like A Green Lump of Clay….

Supply Chain Shaman

My schedule had me on a plane to Chicago at the time of the presentation. In the supply chain, variability and volatility come from many sources. The best way to start the design of an agile supply chain is to look at the sources of variability and market volatility that your supply chain encountered in the prior year.