Kinaxis

MARCH 12, 2015

The article, S&OP and Culture Change: How to Stay the Course , written by Kathleen Winter, describes how corporate culture can derail an otherwise successful S&OP implementation. I’ve also seen situations where different groups involved in the S&OP process each bring their own versions of the Excel workbook.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Now, of course the systems of healthcare differ but overall the level and growth is certainly a concern. As is, the healthcare supply chain is complex with multiple players involved such as manufacturers, distributors and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) supporting and interacting with multiple departments and care delivery points.

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Supply Chain Opz

MARCH 31, 2015

What are the essential purchasing books you should read? In this article, we will uncover the best purchasing books to help you get the edge over competition. Background Historically, purchasing people are considered a kind of clerical workers who are expected to perform basic tasks such as document issuance and price negotiation.

Procurement Analytics 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Over the course of the five months, we iterated on the model over seven sessions. The secondary problem is the lack of definition of process requirements and a buying team that cannot see past simple MRP/MRP II/DDMRP requirements. I asked Greg Aimi, currently at Gartner to help. In the process, we each had great insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. I strongly feel that a blind focus on functional excellence will cause the supply chain to become out of balance. Over the course of the last decade, we have gone backwards not forwards. One that is going to eat you up!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

Which metrics do you think matter to supply chain excellence? Of course, the achievement of 100% ‘perfect order’ performance is not possible. The ultimate metric of success used by Starbucks was the percent of coffee purchased from CAFE Practices verified farmers. Here is an excerpt from the interview. It is a goal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Over the course of the last decade, his story is the same. days to receive a purchase order confirmation. The average purchased order changes 3.5 As shown in FIgure 1, the fourth node is the COV of materials in planned orders/COV of purchase orders. Back to John. His comments are typically a word salad rant.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Targeted Learning: SCMDOJO offers a range of courses and learning paths focusing on specific procurement areas, such as e-auctions, contract negotiation, cost optimization, and supply chain resilience. However, it’s designed to equip professionals with the tools they need to succeed in today’s dynamic procurement environment.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. Thorough analysis allows procurement professionals to surface, visualize, and present purchasing patterns, which are then evaluated by the stakeholders. From whom are we buying?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

Competition : The aggressive marketing of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors introducing planning suites (led by SAP with a product named SAP APO) took the market off course. The implementations were longer, the purchase costs were higher, and the functionality was less robust and lacking flexibility. I did not see it.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

It’s excellent protection against rain on what could’ve been a perfect day, too. You can attain an industrial tent by either buying or renting it. If you have an event coming up or need extra room for personal effects, continue reading to find out whether you should buy a tent or rent one. When To Buy. When To Rent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

” As shown in Table 1, operating margin has declined 16% over the course of the decade. There is an inverse relationship between margin and supply chain excellence. Zimmer’s strategic framework focuses on growth, operational excellence and prudent capital allocation. It is much more complex than it was a decade ago.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Identify Bottlenecks & Opportunities: Quickly spot areas that are underperforming and need attention or areas where you’re excelling. Control Costs: Track value beyond just the purchase price and manage inventory effectively. Our course breaks down TCO/TCS. Download your Excel Scorecard Template now!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

He is very passionate about developments in the Supply Chain arena and is always seeking excellence in his drive for efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain operations” – a quality that is very relevant to face up to the many Supply Chain challenges in our path! The silo mentality of traditional organizations must be broken.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Over the course of the last year, I have written about this extensively. I would build an expertise system in the Supply Chain Center of Excellence. If you are interested in some of our other studies on supply chain planning excellence, consider participating in our study on Supply Chain Planning: Is Faster Better.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

SmartOps was purchased by SAP. Against my better judgement, I wrote two reports and many alerts over the course of five years on the multi-enterprise inventory optimization market. Over the course of the decade, the inventory optimization market stalled. I should have followed my intuition. Results stagnated.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

And of course during the deployment their organizational structure has changed and they have gone through some M&A activity in that time. They have piloted the process in Excel and know that they need an enterprise level solution for a global roll-out of S&OP. However, excellence in corporate planning matters.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

So everything in the retailer’s Supply Chain strategy needs to be focused on the customer, and of course the shareholders, that goes without saying. Well that of course depends on the type of retailer we’re talking about. Quality is of course a given. That’s why retailers place so much focus on buying well.

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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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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. I lost track of how many carrots we had and ended up buying more when we really didn’t need any. In a make to stock environment, if I have a 6 month cumulative lead time, my forecast is being used to buy inventory today for something I’m going to sell in 6 months.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Supply chain management, purchase requisitions and orders, budget management, and three-way matching – all these processes are integral to procurement as a whole. Purchase requisitions and orders, receipts, invoices, and other documents must each contain specific information, often legally binding. Low-Quality Documentation.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. The executive team then provides the supply chain planning team with new inventory targets that are (of course) much lower than those values calculated by the inventory optimization tools. Reason #2 Poorly executed or non-existent sales and operations planning.

Expense Reduction 250

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, 79% of consumers have indicated that they are looking for more bargains than before, and 46% say they are willing to wait to purchase at a better price “no matter how long it takes”. They train the consumer not to buy in-season because they can come back in three months and get a discount.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 28, 2022

The purchasing department purchases different types of goods and services. However, when you buy something, you may not always know all the suppliers that offer a particular product. But purchasing should now be considered part of your overall business strategy. Then the Supplier registration form comes in handy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In parallel, PE/venture capitalists purchased/consolidated network solutions, slashing R&D and delaying investment, reducing industry capabilities. If you, like most, are running your supply chain based on ERP and Excel spreadsheet data, you are not prepared. This course is limited to retailers and manufacturers. What to do?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2021

I suggested a POC as a way to “try before you buy” and mitigate the risks of choosing a supply chain planning solution that doesn’t fit your organization or live up to its marketing materials. A proof of concept provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate how easy the vendor will be to work with during an implementation and rollout.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

By purchasing planning and transactional systems for a common vendor, they had one throat to choke and they were familiar with the architectural elements. Of course not… But, the industry is in a group think. Instead, he wants to drive supply chain excellence and build the metrics that matter. This is how we see our role.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The answer depends, of course, on your company’s objectives and, particularly, on your customer service promises. Another takeaway is the importance of warehouse layout as an enabler for inventory management excellence. Over the course of around 15 years, the company perfected the strategy. Book your free consultation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Products, of course, can be picked up at the branches. Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. Mr. Jacobs mentioned a well-known industry analyst consulting group that makes recommendations on what kinds of supply chain software a company should buy.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

While it does an excellent job in streamlining the front-end customer experience from discovery to checkout its true potential is unleashed when combined with CRM tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, or Pipedrive. Check out this course by Vera Rozanova! Looking to learn more about the fundamentals of Supply Chain Visibility?

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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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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Over time, I’ve been fortunate to work in groups where both men and women were well represented, and I’ve had excellent leaders who championed my career by giving me the freedom to chart my own path. The truth is women have long been underrepresented in supply chain leadership.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Of course, achieving end-to-end visibility requires new ways of looking at people and processes. Prescriptive analytics helps companies decide the best course of action to take given certain business objectives, requirements and constraints. You’ll need both a broad perspective and lots of close examination.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

But in 2016, Philip Morris International decided to change the course of its history by leading a transformation in the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future based on products, which while not risk-free—are a better choice for adult smokers than continuing to smoke. It was predictable.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I was at three clients’ sites over the course of the last two weeks. This includes the automation of path-to-purchase for consumer products, active shaping of demand through price, channel incentives and promotions, eCouponing and mobile commerce for retail, and product proliferation for all. ” I smiled.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But more blatantly than ever, container liners – and especially Maersk – are on a collision course with the tech companies that provide digital infrastructure for selling goods. Amazon has made a habit of excelling at logistics to retain end customers and third party sellers. This isn’t just about purchasing power.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Procter & Gamble and Kimberly Clark); but for most companies that I have worked with, I see that they have purchased and implemented inventory technologies, but there has not been an impact on future years results in either Days of Inventory or Days of Working Capital. There are a few outliers (e.g., What I Think it Means.

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