Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The issues are largely rooted in politics and the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence. Or planned orders to purchase orders?) Go to the source. Set up a time for digital marketing teams, data scientists, sales account teams, and supply chain groups to brainstorm on using various data sources to improve the models.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

by Dr. Madhav Durbha The 2017 Gartner supply chain executive conference took place at the O2-Intercontinental Hotel in London on September 20 th and 21 st. The theme of the conference was ACT (Aspire, Challenge, Transform), same as the Gartner supply chain summit in Phoenix during May of this year. Collaborative.

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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. They are not active on conference circuits. Demand latency is the time cycle to translate a channel purchase to an order.) As I listen, I struggle. Is this success? I don’t think so.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Dependency on Excel. Due to the shortfalls in the evolution of Advanced Planning, 68% of business users use Excel spreadsheets as the primary mechanism for planning. Excel–while widely used for planning–is not equal to the challenge of modeling complex supply chains. Don’t rush to buy. The result?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 2, 2020

Supply chain management as a discipline—a set of flows combining the processes of source, make and deliver together to drive value– is relatively new. Use new forms of open-source analytics to continually mine the market data to answer the questions in the face of uncertainty. Data-Driven Testing to Fill the Conference Void?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2023

” – Sir Winston Churchill Having just returned from the 2023 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Global conference in Detroit, these words are very fitting to encapsulate the essence of the event. Short-term visibility at the Purchase Order/ASN level is insufficient. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. We source this data from Y charts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2016

During the spring, I get to spend a lot of time in airplane(s) attending and speaking at technology confer ences. Avoid buying software from a consulting company. Do not buy software based on partnerships. Open source needs maintenance. I have done this for a decade. However, this year is different.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Over 93% of companies use Excel Spreadsheets to develop their plans. My response is “Hogwash.”

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ivalua

MARCH 28, 2019

Over the years, we have moved from the first spend analysis initiatives, laboriously building Excel-based “spend cubes”, through to today’s automated, cloud-based, AI-driven, integrated, holistic (add your own buzz-word here…) procurement platform. Author: Peter Smith , Managing Director at Procurement Excellence Ltd.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

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. It was called, “ The Short List ”.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2015

The Global Procurement & Supply Chain Conference is a 2 days event being curated by the industry’s leading procurement & supply chain executives and features high-level discussion on your most pressing challenges including: Achieving excellence in internal collaboration and integration. Url: [link]. Materials Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices. In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider. The focus has been on sourcing and managed costs.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 28, 2024

The supply chain field offers a wealth of opportunities for women, making it an excellent career choice for many reasons: 1. The demand for strategic thinking and problem-solving skills creates a path for women to excel. 10 years of experience in purchasing and procurement, the tobacco market in particular.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Source Wikipedia. Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. …there is not substitute for an accurate PI signal in supply chain excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” When I hear them at a conference, I squirm uncontrollably in my seat. Both improvement and performance define supply chain excellence. Why does it matter to you?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

My goal in this blog post is to answer a series of questions I got from the audience when I spoke at a couple of conferences this week. Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. A strong center of excellence tied to network design is essential.

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AIMMS

JUNE 23, 2016

My takeaways from Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference 2016. Gartner’s Noha Tohamy offered a great presentation about this at their recent Supply Chain Executive Conference. As Noha explained during the conference, there are a few questions you should ask yourself before embarking on this journey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The River of Demand. #3

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

Parents got notifications that school was cancelled, employees got notice to stay home, the world started buying most of their goods online, and the global supply chain did a collective * gulp. We’ve had many ups and downs since March of 2020, but one up that has continued its upward trend, is e-commerce purchase volume.

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AIMMS

JUNE 23, 2016

Gartner’s Noha Tohamy offered a great presentation about this at their recent Supply Chain Executive Conference. Think for instance of a Source Optimization app for your retail company – a custom solution that helps you understand how and when to source your supplies, foresee possible supplier issues and adapt your plans accordingly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

If a planning project short-circuits the conference room pilot stages, it will be difficult to ever maximize the value from the investment. The third issue is the lack of understanding that global processes–to maximize the economies of scale in transportation and material buying–need strong governance. 4) Plan By Design.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

An excellent Warehouse Management System (WMS) can help reduce costs by automating cycle counting, and maintaining location control. Create a consortium of buyers (a client and several of their suppliers) to buy needed logistics supplies (i.e. transportation fuel) at a reduced cost that comes with buying in greater quantities.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 31, 2016

Launched in 2014 and brought to you by the eWorld Procurement & Supply team, The Procurement Summit will provide senior purchasing, sourcing and supply chain executives across the North of England with an unmissable opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest industry innovations, best practice and new technology solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Starbucks redesigned their cups for the Grande product, and the flimsy cups were a source of constant spills and burns. At the Supply Chain Insights Global Conference in 2019, an attendee stopped me after the third case study of the Supply Chains to Admire award winner. The Sleep Number Story of Supply Chain Excellence.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2016

So mark your calendar with the relevant supply chain conferences. Logy Conference. eWorld Purchasing & Supply. 2nd Annual Global Process Improvement & Operational Excellence Summit. Sedex Conference. SCM & Optimization Conference. Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference 2016.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. How easy is it to buy from your company? Bio-engineering?

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Arkieva

JUNE 21, 2016

I was lucky to attend the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix last May. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/…. How to ensure their buy-in? Many companies try to run their supply chains on Excel. In general, complexity is far too big for Excel to succeed. Demand planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

As we discussed this drawing the dialogue flowed in the conference room. 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. .” I drew the picture shown in Figure 1.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 13, 2023

Canda gained her Procurement knowledge and expertise as a former CPO of several global organizations, before founding her own consulting company, Collabra Consulting , which is focused on procurement transformation , sourcing excellence, and cost improvement. Connect with Canda Rozier: LinkedIn Collabra Consulting.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture. Will this include drone deliveries?

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Thirdly I have set up global raw material supply (GMS), a supply entity that consolidates CAN’s global purchase orders and global vendors to plan and deliver raw materials for our manufacturing sites. Our buyers are purchasing micro ingredients, such as vitamins, additives, minerals, etc. All three should be in balance.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

In my role as an industry analyst, I have been lucky to attend many great conferences and hear wonderful speakers. One of my favorite speeches, over this fifteen year tenure, was listening to Alan Greenspan at the AMR Research IT conference in November 2006. It requires the early adopter and visionary. Reflections. I was a skeptic.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As a result, despite all the conferences on the topic, modeling efforts, and media coverage, neither companies nor governments can take the decisive actions called for by sustainability advocates (in the book, I argued for technological solutions, first and foremost, nuclear power).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

The older tools from CAPS Logistics, SNO from Oracle, and Manugistics Network Planning are giving way to new technologies like the Logictools product (purchased from IBM), the Solvoyo product for concurrent planning, the Quintiq technology for concurrent optimization, and the Llamasoft technology platform for optimization and simulation.

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