Unleashed

MAY 10, 2023

It’s a tumultuous time for supply chain operations. To survive these changes, businesses must look to automation. Read on to learn how supply chain automation works and discover the tools you can use to reduce manual efforts and improve supply chain efficiency.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Sustainability is definitely coming of age in Asia. However, there is now a growing appreciation that going green correlates with increased profit as demand for products with sustainable credentials grow and Asian companies get set to move up the value chain. Building a connected supply chain. Visibility is vital.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2024

Waves of hype pass through supply chain narratives. and digital supply chains. and digital supply chains. A Closer Look at Digital For a decade, I have struggled to get a clear definition on the digital supply chain. Thought leaders push concepts. Tech companies rally.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Autonomous Supply Chains In this competitive environment, a CPG manufacturer needs to fight to get space on retailer shelves in each region, keep those shelves stocked, compete and collaborate simultaneously with e-commerce, and maintain its operating margins. each with discrete plans generated typically in sequential batch runs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2024

My takeaway is a serious concern by attendees on the impact of SAP RISE on global supply chains. Definition: “The RISE with SAP offering includes an AI-powered cloud ERP that’s managed and optimized by SAP. SAP is the maestro of charging customers for software upgrades. Source: AI Query What To Do?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2024

This week, I was introduced by phone to a marketing leader new to supply chain planning. I listened in amazement when she said, “My marketing plan is based on the fact that supply chain planning is an old technology nearing the end of its lifecycle.” Supply chain planning is evolving.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Warehouse automation is an increasingly popular way to maximize efficiency and accuracy in warehouse operations. The WMS is a warehouse management software that includes all the functions of data entry, retrieval, storage, and many other business processes you may need to perform in a warehouse operation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Driving Visibility, Intelligence, and Agility through Supply Chain Technology on Cloud Whether we are talking about healthcare, food, or fashion, the supply chains which convert the raw materials to finished goods are getting more and more complex. The next question then becomes: Is your product demand predictable?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Before you react, here are some definitions. Wikipedia Unleashing the Contrarian Here are my thoughts this morning over coffee: Gartner Top 25: Really A Celebration of Supply Chain Leadership? Designed to lift the profession and celebrate supply chain results, I struggle to find that the methodology supports either objective.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Your ERP system is not the right technology for a sustainable supply chain. Key takeaways: A digital supply chain platform is essential for a sustainable supply chain. While your ERP may run your internal business, it’s not the right choice for the complex tasks a sustainable supply chain requires.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Definition of Confirmation Bias. And won’t the supply chain follow suit?” As a developer working on the braking software of an automatic car for the past eight years, he constantly tells me that it is not easy, and all of the estimates are too waaaay too positive. Self-driving supply chains are an example.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For the first in seven years, I was not heads-down preparing for The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Pre-pandemic only 30% of supply chain leaders were satisfied with their supply chains, and during the pandemic, business leader satisfaction is falling precipitously. Rising Complexity. What To Do?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 5, 2019

What is an easy definition? In my interactions with supply chain teams, I find that this type of decision process happens frequently. There is no class of technologies, or common definition, for “control towers.” There is no class of technologies, or common definition, for “control towers.”

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 2, 2024

Supply chain professionals understand that. As Lora Cecere , founder of Supply Chain Insights, has insisted for a long time, “The supply chain IS Business, not a department within a business.”[2] 2] So, what lies ahead for supply chains in 2024? Freelance writer Bridget McCrea thinks so.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . This includes internal and external data sources.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. While many old-fashioned supply chain leaders speak of Risk Management and the need for Control Towers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Medline is the largest supplier of clinical supply chain services to US medical surgical establishments. The company has made significant investments in their supply chain. This is being orchestrated by the software that controls this automatic storage and retrieval system. Why AutoStore? What Were the Results?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

However, supply chain leaders well understand that drug discovery, manufacturing, and distribution are all necessary to deliver the vaccine to a willing arm. Development and distribution, as any supply chain leader knows, are two different topics. As a result, the supply chain, as we knew it is dead.

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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

MAY 9, 2023

Currently, LinkedIn is flooded with smiling pictures of supply chain business leaders attending conferences. The panel group is sourced from my group of LinkedIn followers. Supply Chain Center of Excellence Let’s start with a discussion on Supply Chain Centers of Excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Let’s Start With Clear Definitions My inbox is full. The market is flooded with references to AI, but few stop to give a definition. To combat the hype cycle to drive value, I think that we need to get clear on use cases and definitions. Graph technology leverages graph structures to represent and store data.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Succeeding at Strategic Sourcing With Arena and Part Analytics Learn more about the integration between Arena and Part Analytics here. Full transcript below: Heatherly Bucher Welcome to our session on Succeeding at Strategic Sourcing. Engineering and sourcing professionals build the platform for engineering and sourcing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains. This is my mantra for building green supply chains. The devil is definitely in the details. Green Supply Chains – The Right Place at The Right Time. Green Logistics – The Right Way.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

I feel that topic of supply chain management is analogous to the downward cycle of the news channels. What Drives Supply Chain Excellence? I analyze supply chain management. There is the story of aggressive sales teams over-hyping the promise of technology to drive balance sheet improvement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2024

Driving a supply chain transformation? Techtarget.com Definitions Let’s start with some definitions. Traditional supply chain applications are schema-on-write architectures. Definition? Schema-on-write architectures limit the supply chain team’s ability to easily source data.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So how do these changes bleed into the facets of the supply chain? What Is the Post-Pandemic “New Normal” Supply Chain? Supply Chain Resilience. Resilient supply chains were able to cope and recover from sudden shocks and disruptions during the pandemic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often see statements like “move from a functional-silo’d focus to a drive a more holistic response.” As an analyst, I am always searching for answers and clear definitions. The massive investments in ERP only made technology providers and consultants rich.

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 8, 2024

Or two, your inventory management tools are falling short, despite the cost and effort you and your team put into setting them up and implementing them—failing to deliver the expected ROI. Many try to achieve this through spreadsheets or specialized tools, but mastering inventory control remains a formidable challenge.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

” The next call was with a technology provider. Definition. In 2004, with the evolution of demand sensing applications, the tactical and operational forecasts were both modeled using optimization, but the lack of synchronization of the two forecasts limited the technology adoption. Definitions of Planning Horizons.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. During the pandemic, the supply chain discussions take new importance. While the supply chain technology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. The supply chain career is new. Reflection.

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DynaSys

JANUARY 27, 2021

During the last years, we have seen collaborative planning & decision-making software platforms, often presenting themselves as ‘agile’ toolboxes. These new software technologies provide now a challenging alternative to traditional software supply chain planning packages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

” Here is an excerpt from the article: “…it isn’t by becoming more efficient that the supply chains of Wal-Mart, Dell, and Amazon have given those companies an edge over their competitors. According to my research, top-performing supply chains possess three very different qualities. The gap was large.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Let me start by saying that t he process is not a panacea to solve all supply chain ills. Clear operating strategy and definition of supply chain excellence across plan, source, make and deliver. There is a clear definition of the role of the supply chain in the delivery of value.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Digital Supply Chain Management: Supply Chain 4.0. With the introduction of digital supply chain management, supply chains across industries have seen greater efficiency and improved visibility. Traditional supply chains are quickly becoming a thing of the past now that supply chain 4.0

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I share insights, based on research, for the supply chain leader. Frequently, when I post about an issue, a well-intending consultant or an aggressive business development executive will tout the evolution of the autonomous supply chain as the answer. Shifts in Technology. Stay tuned. Background. They did it.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Because predicting the future is difficult, organizations shouldn’t think future-proofing their supply chains is going to be easy. ”[1] It’s clear from his statement that he believes “future supply chains” need to be substantially different than today’s supply chains. .”[1]

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Cognira

JUNE 4, 2024

Deal Management: Definition, Challenges & Benefits of AI Solutions June 4, 2024 Promotions Home In the current retail landscape, deal management is often bogged down by spreadsheets, duplicative efforts, and disjointed collaboration. In short, we will be answering these questions: What is deal management? And why is it important?

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