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JUNE 29, 2020

Now, of course the systems of healthcare differ but overall the level and growth is certainly a concern. It is also helping to bridge the supply chain management gap that has traditionally existed between healthcare providers and other industries such as manufacturing. The Path to Supply Chain Excellence. Share on Twitter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. I find three: organizational design, executive understanding of supply chain, and the lack of a clear definition of an optimization function for supply chain excellence. Clarity of Supply Chain Excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

He is responsible for manufacturing, procurement, supply chain planning, logistics, quality, social responsibility and final product engineering. Which metrics do you think matter to supply chain excellence? Of course, the achievement of 100% ‘perfect order’ performance is not possible. Here is an excerpt from the interview.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Over the course of the last year, I have written about this extensively. The greatest gap is in the design of supplier and manufacturing networks. I would build an expertise system in the Supply Chain Center of Excellence. And, in our Digital Manufacturing Study. They are slow to adapt. For me, this has been discovery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied. These solutions require greater insights and understanding by the manufacturer and implementing company.

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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.

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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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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. The operating margin for the medical device industry is 4X that of the automotive manufacturer and 2x the margin of the hospital. There is an inverse relationship between margin and supply chain excellence. There is no time for whining.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

” CFO of a major manufacturer. 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. I am a skeptic.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Picking a course of action is as simple as looking at the scores for each scenario. by John Westerveld.

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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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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 20, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. 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.

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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! My passion for Logistics and Supply Chain is founded from.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Of course, that has all changed as this once fringe topic is now firmly centre stage in line with rapidly increasing concerns over climate change and even the viability of our warming planet. Leadership Excellence for the Digital Age – LogiSYM January/February 2018. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 11, 2022

Most manufacturers still rely on traditional methods to promote their business. Word-of-mouth referrals, networking events, and trade shows are still preferred by those in the manufacturing industry for a good reason they still work. Five Tips For Digital Marketing for Manufacturing Success. Consult With The Experts.

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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. Tomorrow, I get to deliver this message to a large manufacturing client. No one is having a fact-based discussion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis – the Director Global Manufacturing Capacity, Strategic Assets and Capital Expenditures at Philip Morris Products S.A. This was done at a stock keeping unit level and for the entire manufacturing supply chain. Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same.

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QAD

APRIL 28, 2022

Disruptive technologies have become the standard in manufacturing, so much so that it’s easy to forget the unprecedented rate of change we’ve all become accustomed to, and that it all began with a single piece of software that changed life as we know it: the World Wide Web (WWW). Extending Manufacturing Capabilities with Cloud ERP.

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. Walmart Has Embraced RFID Technology – Should You?

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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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Unleashed

MAY 24, 2021

Sustainable manufacturing is at the forefront of good manufacturers’ plans. This article will take a look at what is sustainable manufacturing, some examples across various industries, and how SMEs can plan for sustainable manufacturing. What is sustainable manufacturing?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Manufacturing SMBs article and permission to publish here provided by Alina Akk. Raw material inventory management represents a vital stage in the successful supervision of any manufacturing company’s supply chain. You can’t manufacture shiny new goods without raw materials, after all. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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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. 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?” The Preamble.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Intra-company and intercompany, across the supply chain and across the globe, from the operator level to the management suite, information on all aspects of production, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution is increasingly visible and accessible at all levels, so that appropriate decisions can be made and applied.

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Of course, end-to-end visibility and automation/augmentation through advanced analytics and cognitive engines requires comprehensive, clean, consistent and current master and supply chain data. Change purchasing and manufacturing plans days or weeks sooner. Divert inventory on the fly.

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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 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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world. Both improvement and performance define supply chain excellence.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Honestly, fixed asset management and the related accounting is a rather dry subject – unless you are a CEO, CFO, COO, VP of Finance, VP of Manufacturing or Fixed Asset Manager at a manufacturing company. Fixed Assets and Accounting: Much More than a ‘Nice to Have’. Fixed Assets and the CFO.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

to discuss vehicle customization by original equipment manufacturer (OEM) automakers and its impact on the supply chain of the future. And then there was a McKinsey article, which commented recently, that in the next four years, India would be the third biggest manufacturer , just lagging after China and the US. to a great extent.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

And we reconnected and bonded over the course of a few weeks. And they said, ‘Excellent very glad to do it. So, we buy diapers from them, we have them delivered to us, we rebrand them, and because of the cadence we adjusted our business model to be a subscription-based diaper ordering business. How hard could this be?’

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. What is “The Internet of Things” Impact on Manufacturing & Logistics?

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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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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

Since a modern business is shifting from manufacturing to service, this article will provide a review of literature and a case study of the company at a forefront of the service supply chain frontier. Of course, they stumbled and fell and learn from mistakes. One of the most notable case study is from a company called Zappos.com.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 30, 2017

There is omni-channel you can buy products anywhere, you can order stuff from your mobile phone and then get delivered to your home, and so on. So as a consumer, you have a lot more channels through which you can engage with the manufacturers. How are supply chains becoming more complex? Think of yourself as a consumer.

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