Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

My schedule had me on a plane to Chicago at the time of the presentation. Q: Is it only inventory disrupting the agility resulting from inaccurate forecasts by S&OP? In the supply chain, variability and volatility come from many sources. Much to my chagrin, I rubbed my eyes and checked my calendar. Is it S&OP?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago. The Chicago airport is closed for the night. In Figure 1, I share a composite orbit chart of progress of Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung and Flextronics on the Effective Frontier at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for 2006-2012. It is 3:00 AM.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Last week I attended FourKites Visibility 2023 in Chicago, IL. Companies are sourcing materials from all over the world, and need to identify those regions which are most important, and which provide the greatest risk for disruptions. Teams need a single source of the truth that creates a seamless workflow, enabling immediate action.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). It is not as simple as trading-off inventory, cost, and customer service. Long-term balance sheet improvement requires a focus on a balanced scorecard and the alignment of sell, deliver, make, and source to drive value. Click the link to see the detail.) What is different?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2024

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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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Teams continuously balance cost, customer service, asset utilization and inventory. For most –hamstrung by silo-based strategies for source, make and deliver–there is no clear definition of supply chain strategy. The combination of cloud, cognitive computing and open source analytics is evolving. Employee Turnover.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. While many companies assemble great sourcing and procurement teams when it comes time to renegotiate freight contracts, they often fail to provide good documentation that allows them to negotiate from a position of strength.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. He lives in Chicago. We should be able to see, with the click of a button, how much product is at the port of destination. And what is sitting in the warehouse. And at the cross-dock. And in the rail car.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

Walmart announced that it will pilot agriculture technology with crop supply intelligence company Agritaskto get real-time information on crops and improve sourcing decisions around produce. According to the company, Chicago-based Coyote Logistics manages around 10,000 loads per day with a network of over 10,000 carriers.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Source: “Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation & Logistics,” Jason Mathers, EDF, Ryder Innovate 2014. Inventory (inventory management policies and practices, optimizing inventory flow). Suppliers (supplier management and supplier quality issues). Forecasting. Technology. E-Commerce.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

It is morning in Chicago. Nine out of ten companies are not making progress at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margins. The second company reads market data through syndicated sources. I crave coffee. The sun shines brightly out the window, but the noisy city is quiet. I cannot sleep. The reason?

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QAD

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This access “reduced the time information travels from Chicago to New Jersey by just four milliseconds, from 17 to 13 milliseconds.” . Manufacturers we work with often mention the desire for a single source of truth and quicker access to information that improves decision-making with suppliers.

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Logility

MARCH 16, 2012

In speaking with many CFOs, one of the greatest risk to their businesses is inventory. This April I have the pleasure of joining Jean Nelson, CFO of Haggar Clothing, on stage at SCOPE Spring in Chicago to discuss this topic. For high-volume seasonal businesses such as those in the apparel market, this is especially critical.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Peapod has a large number of what we call warerooms – small fulfillment locations attached to Ahold Delhaize grocery stores that are used to serve online grocery customers, while also leveraging the store’s inventory. Image source: Peapod. Items can be picked from the wareroom itself, or if needed, from the store.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

The paradigm is shifting from foundational visibility to real-time decision-making, with positive implications for supply chain teams spanning sourcing & procurement, to production, to yard & DC operations and beyond. He lives in Chicago. Why is this shift such a big deal? We don’t have to think back very far. Lesson learned.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory. Time horizon. The takeaway?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

90% of companies are unable to drive improvement at the intersection of inventory management, operating margin and customer service.). The group is working on case studies to test new technologies like blockchain, cognitive computing, supply chain operating networks, and open source analytics. Why Should You Care? Companies are busy.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Peapod has a large number of what we call warerooms – small fulfillment locations attached to Ahold Delhaize grocery stores that are used to serve online grocery customers, while also leveraging the store’s inventory. Image source: Peapod. Items can be picked from the wareroom itself, or if needed, from the store.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Content Summary: Chicago ranks number 1 among the seven metro areas in projected supply chain management and technology employment growth; in net job creation for supply chain-related industries; in freight flow; and in inventory holding. New York City. Media Type. Media Caption. New York City. Privacy Settings. anonymous user.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I live in Chicago. Data source: eMarketer. And based on Placer Lab’s data , the investment looks promising, with monthly 2021 monthly in-store visits up across the board in comparison to 2019: Image source: Placer.ai. Image source: Bring Me the News. Digital Commerce Matters More Than Ever. Ah, the joy of shopping.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

I’m fortunate to have been employed at some “World Class” manufacturing and assembly companies: • Schwinn Bicycle Company : Chicago, IL: Schwinn manufactured their frames, forks, and small parts for their bicycles, but was mainly an assembly operation. Schwinn : All of this was done manually, by hand, responsibility: the Inventory Manager.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 29, 2016

My original plan had been to leave XNA in the afternoon, connect in Chicago, and arrive back at DCA in the late evening. By tapping on flight statuses between my source and destination locations, I looked for other flight paths with different connecting cities to see if I had any alternatives.

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6 River Systems

MARCH 19, 2020

And this made sense when warehouses were truly pass-through for inventory. It used to be that you would source, manufacture, store, send to a store and then the consumer would access that inventory. Inventory now has to be much more nimble and therefore supply chain nodes can no longer resemble their static nature of old.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2016

While the solutions are sourced from the same provider, each has a different data definition. For example, moving rail through Chicago in the winter is not the same as the summer. The dynamic nature of inventory to order matching is difficult. The napkin was full of scribbles. It is difficult to map data from one to the other.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Peapod has a large number of what we call warerooms – small fulfillment locations attached to Ahold Delhaize grocery stores that are used to serve online grocery customers, while also leveraging the store’s inventory. Image source: Peapod. Items can be picked from the wareroom itself, or if needed, from the store.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

Using AI driven product nature of being and smart attributes, data can be structured to support the needs of ERP applications as well as strategic sourcing and Value Analysis activities , all from one data set. Infographic: 80% of Tech Leaders Say Artificial Intelligence Creates Jobs, Increases Productivity.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2016

May their memory continue to be a source of strength and comfort to their families and friends and us all. With Amazon, you never know, which is why I’ll be updating the presentation I will deliver at the SMC3 Connections 2016 Conference on June 28th in Chicago (“A–Z: The Emergence of Amazon as a Global 3PL”) from now until I walk on stage.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Now the strike covers 21 states and 41 distribution centers, including two new, crucial plants: Ford’s Chicago assembly plant and GM’s Lancing Delta Township plant. The Chicago assembly plant is Ford’s largest and oldest plant , opened in 1924. The effects of the strike are already rippling through the automotive supply chain.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 31, 2013

We are preparing for the Chief Analytics Officer meeting coming up in Chicago in June. analytics group noted that a lot of what they had done was in constraint management and inventory and demand. Don’t just limit yourself to one or two data sources, but drive creating thinking. We have heard from people on both sides.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It’s a well-attended event with several hundred supply chain leaders, consultants, and partners all converging at the Westin event center in North Shore Chicago. They want a single source of truth that maps the steps of every process, assigns ownership, and defines due dates. NASCES is also a favorite conference for me personally.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It’s a well-attended event with several hundred supply chain leaders, consultants, and partners all converging at the Westin event center in North Shore Chicago. They want a single source of truth that maps the steps of every process, assigns ownership, and defines due dates. NASCES is also a favorite conference for me personally.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

According to reports, 57% of US companies experienced an average of 2x longer lead times for components sourced from their tier-1 suppliers in China. These unprecedented backups came from two sources. As a result, inventories rapidly evaporated causing companies to place massive orders in an effort to resupply.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

This week, I spoke at the Chicago CSCMP round table event. Today, 32% of companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the same organization, and the gaps in alignment between operations and commercial teams are large. Inventory piles up and revenues gaps are closed by pushing product into the market. Why so long?

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6 River Systems

MAY 8, 2020

Governments will have to rethink how they act within our interconnected global supply chains: how they allow the flow of goods, how they monitor areas where products are sourced and manufactured and how they regulate cross-border labor. But have we taken too radical a view when it comes to inventory levels? Safety stock is “bad.”

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 29, 2016

It currently serves the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C., per order for a one hour delivery), utilizes inventory from both its warehouses and local stores and restaurants, and marks up some prices in comparison to the in-store prices.

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