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.

Expense Reduction 250

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 2, 2020

Past leadership titles include Chief Procurement Officer at both Lucent Technologies and Micron Technologies, in addition to other leadership positions as Vice-President Supply Chain Management, Operational Excellence Executive, and Chief Strategy Officer. The details and magic of Excel analyses.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Utilities. | Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. Guest Post By Bob Ferrari, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Matters blog. Automotive.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Then, as a treat, we have 10 more bonus supply chain trends for 2016 in the form of an infographic from irms 360 Enterprise, a Cloud Warehouse Management System. Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus. A Bigger Focus On Supply Chain Risk Management, Especially Resiliency.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Bob Ferrari , the Founder and Executive Editor of the Supply Chain Matters Blog, and a periodic guest blogger on the Infosys Supply Chain Management blog. Automotive.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2024

Accomplished procurement veteran and author Tom Linton provides valuable insights into the supply chain risk management landscape in 2024 in this exclusive Q&A. As we move into the new year, there are many questions on our minds about the future of the supply chain. Tom: Supply chains are about time.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. This commentary is an interim follow-up to this authors previous Infosys Limited guest commentary: Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 26, 2016

as the advance of e-commerce continues, companies with an omnichannel approach are increasingly implementing specific order management systems. furthermore, because the continuing growth in outsourcing is making global businesses ever-more susceptible to disruptions, supply chain risk management software is also on the rise.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. « Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season | Main | Fraud vs Customer Centricity - III » Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Layaway: • The customer selects the product that she wants to buy. Automotive. Healthcare.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Defining Supply Chain Mapping. Suppliers play a critical role in every facet of the supply chain but especially manufacturing. For manufacturers to comply with regulations, they must be able to trace each item to its origin. How Supply Chain Management Can Practice Better Mapping.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Defining Supply Chain Mapping. Suppliers play a critical role in every facet of the supply chain but especially manufacturing. For manufacturers to comply with regulations, they must be able to trace each item to its origin. How Supply Chain Management Can Practice Better Mapping.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

The argument is one stated by this blog along with others, namely that the longer that higher global-wide ocean transportation cost increases exist at 2021 levels, the more compelling is the requirement for manufacturers and retailers to consider reshoring or nearshoring sourcing strategies. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Out of more than $100 million under spend, 3 people are supposed to manage this, including the Director of Purchasing. In other words, they did not want to manage their own servers, computers, network, and data going forward.

Manufacturing Procurement 63

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. « Best practices for defining Asset Register | Main | Supply Chain Control Tower Readiness- Part One » Online Grocery Retailing that too in.India. We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. Automotive. Communication Services.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Online sales have been growing at double-digit rates and the implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. cities with these lockers in-place are located in states that already collect sales taxes for online purchases.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 20, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. A few months ago, I was looking to buy a laptop to replace my old desktop at home. I then walked into some of the stores near my house to compare prices in the stores for similar configuration, but more importantly, to "touch and feel" the product I was about to buy. Supply Chain Management.

Manufacturing Procurement 24

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 10, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. « The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities | Main | Green Supply Chain Management » Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain. Supply Chain Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. In todays Contract Management world Organizations are looking to have one system which can maintain contracts for both Buy side business and Sell side business, a single repository which meets all business and compliance requirements relevant to the Contract. Supply Chain Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Some enable a buy-online-in-store-pickup approach while a few expand their reach to include home deliveries and the usage of dark stores. Supply Chain Management. Who said supply chains are boring? Supply Chain Matters. Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment | Main | Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Bob Ferrari , Founder and Executive editor of the Supply Chain Matters blog.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. My guest commentary comes at the end of December as the early indicators from the 2012 surge holiday buying period already point to yet another set of significant learning for global retailers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 31, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Utilities. | Main | Supply Chain Agility - Is it for Real? In his previous blog , my colleague Amit Ambekar had talked about various payment types such as Cash on Delivery, Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later. Supply Chain Management. Who said supply chains are boring?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. The current challenges that organizations face in implementing these workflows really revolve around non-integrated processes and systems with retailers and manufacturers operating out of their own silo and different planning data. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Industrial Manufacturing. Similarly condition based maintenance has to be something like an intertwined hi-tech device capturing some godly information and involving analysis which is so expensive that one would rather scrap the equipment and buy a new one instead! Supply Chain Management. Supply Chain Matters.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Some of the reasons why an increasing number of consumers buy groceries online are convenience of shopping and / or Home delivery of purchased items. Growing interest by consumers to buy grocery online; has made retailers to launch internet based grocery selling channel. Supply Chain Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 8, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. This could discourage the consumers to buy these products in previous seasons in the expectation of a price cut. Supply Chain Management. Who said supply chains are boring? Supply Chain Matters. Supply Excellence. The 21st Century Supply Chain.

Price Reduction 24

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. The implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. Wal-Mart has enabled its shoppers the option to pick-up purchases from a nearby physical store or FedEx shipping location. Supply Chain Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 1, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Cloud mainly offers two advantages (i) Cost Advantage, (ii) relief from managing upgrades, patches, hot fixes, hardware infrastructure etc. There have been some cases, where a client buys licenses from product vendor and gives them to a third party hosting service provider for hosting. Automotive.

Supply Chain Software 24

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. In this context, the social media can be leveraged effectively to analyze customer data and achieve more insight on forecasting, planning, scheduling and inventory management. Social media not only could help building leaner supply chains but also help in bringing companies closer to their customers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. One of the most important factors which tempt people to buy online - is good deal or discounts. With hardly any physical stores, less items to manage in warehouse and some items being managed by vendor, these e-commerce retailers have cut their operational cost to a large extend. Automotive.

Manufacturing Procurement 22

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. In my current project about a year ago, North America region Supply Chain Planners were having major concerns related with flawed planning resulting from incorrect or no Source of Supply (SoS) for receipt elements such as Purchase requisitions &/or Planned orders. Supply Chain Matters.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Industrial Manufacturing. Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them. The point here is that user need not buy and install hardware, software, network and infrastructure and start using the software without any capital expenditure, and pay as per use.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 24, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Similarly a periodic query of t-lanes that will expire soon will help in preventing purchase requisitions without source of supply. Supply Chain Management. Who said supply chains are boring? Supply Chain Matters. Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 5, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Supply Chain Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. A punch-out mechanism for buying medicines/equipments from a custom - catalogue which again is based on personal profile, can further do the value addition. An excellent article, really on the cutting edge of EAM scope innovation. Supply Chain Management. Supply Chain Matters.

Asset Management 30

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Moreover, since the SMEs are experts in their areas of expertise only (eg: SMEs for inventory, purchasing, shipping, financials etc.), Supply Chain Management. Who said supply chains are boring? Supply Chain Matters. Supply Excellence. Automotive.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 24

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