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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

I was on my way to Peru. Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. 19 average) and 3 times better ROIC for the period (33% versus P&G’s 11%), note that none of these three household products companies made progress on supply chain excellence in the period of 2013-2015.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. I am a manufacturing gal by training. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. How easy is it to buy from your company? What drives my passion?

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. Is my opportunity in the area of digital manufacturing? “ (The use of Internet of Things and 3D Printing to transform manufacturing.) Digital path to purchase? Digital logistics?

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An update on copper

Resilinc

It was the first metal to be smelted (about 5,000 BC, according to Wikipedia); the first to be shaped into molds; and the first to be alloyed with another metal—tin—to manufacture a sturdier cousin: bronze. Skidmore notes that “Japan and China have made excellent progress in creating a circular copper supply chain.”.