ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

We believe that a key pillar of this transformation is the supply chain. Now, of course the systems of healthcare differ but overall the level and growth is certainly a concern. With such growth comes supply chain complexity. Most other developed countries are around 40-50% less than this. Share on Twitter.

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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 #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. by John Westerveld.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

by Trevor Miles I have been in the advanced planning and scheduling (APS) space since 1995 when I joined i2 Technologies in Europe. Before that I was in management consulting doing what would be called supply chain design or reengineering today. Of course these largely went the same way as the rest of the dot com bubble.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. Over the course of the last year, I have written about this extensively.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Global supply chains are built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of transportation resources, and low variability. Supply chain leaders have little history to use as a guide to prepare. Before the pandemic, supply chain leaders experienced relatively free trade across borders in 2017.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2023

The supply chain is notorious for the amount of paperwork required to move products around the globe. Nevertheless, the information contained in that paperwork is critical for the supply chain’s smooth operation. “In Which is why robotic process automation (RPA) can play an important supply chain role.

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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 #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. That was carrots.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 10, 2022

Several factors contribute to customer loyalty, but providing excellent customer service—and a top-notch experience–is one of the most important in driving retention. 6 Examples of Excellent Customer Experiences. And of course, their product display isn’t short on eye-candy. Image source: National Retail Association.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

Integrated Planning: Tight Coupling of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to Supply Chain Planning (SCP). 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. Question 1: What drives a Successful Implementation of Supply Chain Planning? Supply chain planning is now on its third decade.

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Supply chain disruptions, like the one we are currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic will continue to happen. Although I am sure I missed a few, the point is our global, complex, fast-paced supply chains can be disrupted in hundreds of ways and I for one don’t see that changing anytime soon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

In part one of this blog series, I started the saga of the supply chain fairy tale. 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.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2021

Selecting and implementing a new supply chain solution is a risky career move for any supply chain manager. In my last post, I talked about why a proof of concept (POC) is a good alternative to using an RFI as the basis for your supply chain software selection. Choose SKUs with variability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

At the beginning of the third decade of supply chain management, a new class of applications was born. They were born from well-intentioned, bright professors from great schools – Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT )– in operations research. SmartOps was purchased by SAP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

Over the course of the last week, I have been working on healthcare research. We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. New Supply Chain Leader of a Regional Children’s Hospital.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 10, 2014

According to O*NET OnLine, a supply chain manager earns $103,530 per year in average. This article will show you the best career advice from top supply chain recruiters. 2) Rodney Apple from SCM Talent Group Developing a comprehensive job search action plan is the most actionable tip for landing dream supply chain job.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2016

As McCarthy put it, after a customer buys a bed, it’s his responsibility “to make sure we deliver it to their home brilliantly.” Of course, e-commerce is creating new home delivery challenges and opportunities, which McCarthy discusses in the clip below. One key trend he pointed to is the growth in mobile transactions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

This was WBR’s first event in the United States targeted for the Medical Device Supply Chain Leader. Today, managing a medical device supply chain is tougher. ” As shown in Table 1, operating margin has declined 16% over the course of the decade. This value chain needs a supply chain leader.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As businesses become increasingly global, professionals in the supply chain field must keep up with new technologies, trends, and best practices. Summary Table edX Supply Chain Courses vs. SCMDOJO Aspect SCMDOJO edX Focus & Specialization A dedicated platform focused entirely on supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Supply chain shortages abound. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. Over the course of the five months, we iterated on the model over seven sessions. I thought I knew what supply visibility was, but I was not thinking about it holistically enough. The list goes on and on. My personal learning?

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I’ve worked in enterprise supply chain technology for more than 20 years, and, especially in the earlier years, collaborated in teams where I was the only female in the room. The truth is women have long been underrepresented in supply chain leadership. Q&A with three inspiring women in supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

“If only I had the money that the company was supposed to save from the multiple ERP and supply chain projects. This year supply chain leaders will celebrate thirty years of progress in supply chain management; but we have not made progress on one of the funamentals: inventory management. I really do.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

The Introduction of Smokeless Tobacco Products Complicated Philip Morris’s Supply Chain. This was done at a stock keeping unit level and for the entire manufacturing supply chain. At the end of 2019 that supply chain covered 38 PMI owned factories, 28 third party manufacturers, and more than 180 markets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

” Supply Chain Leader. I loved the quote that I captured today in my interview (see above), and I have enjoyed interviews with supply chain leaders like Peter Gibbons. As background, Peter Gibbons is the Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain for Mattel, Inc. Interview for Metrics That Matter.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 3, 2024

My previous blog post highlighted the complex real-world challenges that are leading companies to embrace automated execution. The team involved in the transformation includes Johnny Ivanyi, Global Head of Distribution Excellence at Bayer Crop Science and Vivek Chhaochharia, Digital Supply Chain Leader at EY US.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 5, 2018

If you Google “digital transformation,” you get over 60 million hits—and a few million of those are related to supply chain management. It’s a journey many people and companies are talking about today, but what exactly does “digital supply chain transformation” mean? What is Digital Supply Chain Transformation?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

I spent time this week completing reference calls on the use of S&OP technologies. Seeking the next sequel in technology adoption, I want to write how the confluence of new technologies changed companies’ abilities to improve decisions. So, to find the new sequel, I also interviewed new technology entrants.

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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. Managers utilize numerous dedicated tools to ensure the efficiency and simplicity of the procurement cycle and get real-time insights. Delays and Bottlenecks.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

With visibility as the key driver for an effective supply chain improvement strategy, businesses today must rely on building collaborative relationships in their extended supply chains to gain visibility from end-to-end. Today’s technologies are allowing all the stakeholders in the supply chain to share a single network.

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Unleashed

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s a new age, and businesses must be able to adapt their supply chain to the times. Thanks to modern technology, decentralising your supply chain is now a potentially viable option. But what is a decentralised supply chain, what are the pros and cons, and why is it different to a centralised supply chain?

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AIMMS

JUNE 23, 2016

When it comes to Supply Chain Analytics, an “Apps approach” can have just as many benefits. Gartner’s Noha Tohamy offered a great presentation about this at their recent Supply Chain Executive Conference. But what exactly is a Supply Chain Analytics app? What should you choose? Apps meet algorithms.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In the past, supply chain professionals are trained to handle the service issues through a planning of inventory , service level and after-sales operations. From the information technology perspective, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) get the highest attention. Of course, they stumbled and fell and learn from mistakes.

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ivalua

MARCH 28, 2019

The huge growth in the use of technology has been the most visible part of that developing picture. Technology has radically changed procurement activities and procurement roles across virtually all our spheres of activity. However, we would stress that doesn’t mean forgetting the science and (of course) the technology.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic The Asian Institute of Management conducted a study across orgainsations in Asia to identify crucial skills and competencies required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia. Supply Chain Competency: Focuses on core competencies to optimize operations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain processes. In the words of a supply chain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. When I first met Nick, he was driving a supply chain transformation at VTech Communications. Price to Tangible Book Value.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This guide provides you with all the tools you need to make significant positive changes in a few simple steps. Don’t forget to check out our best practices , tools , and a list of helpful supply chain resources on the website! Optimizing inventory can also be achieved by leveraging technology and data analytics.

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