Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® which began 2022 at an expansionary conditions value of 54.2,

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

High inventory levels: Stephen Meyer of Gartner mentioned that the Pharma industry on average has 63 days of raw material inventory and 51 days of finished goods inventory. Quite a few companies mentioned inventory savings target of 10% or above that their senior leadership is looking for.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 16, 2020

I didn’t know it at the time but this was Supply Chain Risk Management. What if a hurricane destroyed our manufacturing building? Ensuring continuity of supply is an implicit part of the responsibility within Supply Chain. Supply Chain expends money on all of the resources used to run the business.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 11, 2019

SCM encompasses the integrated planning and execution of processes required to optimize the flow of materials, information and financial capital in the areas that broadly include demand planning, sourcing, production, inventory management and storage, transportation — or logistics — and return for excess or defective products.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Digital Supply Chain predictions article and permission to publish here provided by Michael Gaughan at land-link.com.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In a nutshell, the pandemic has increased the importance of supply chain, posited it as a ‘cool’ career choice, and strengthened the need for job seekers to improve their supply chain skill sets. Getting Started in Supply Chain. Track KPIs and benchmark the supply chain’s performance.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Quantum Leap to the Top 10 Supply Chain Skills of the Future! . We’ve just introduced a new Job Board here at Supply Chain Game Changer! Consider what constitutes Supply Chain. For our purpose when we refer to “Supply Chain” we are including all of these functional areas.

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BlueYonder

JULY 20, 2018

Recently I had the opportunity to deliver a lecture on digital supply chains to my students at the University of Texas at Dallas. This reality is just one more incentive for organizations to invest in their supply chain digitalization efforts – otherwise it may affect their future recruiting efforts.

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BlueYonder

JULY 20, 2018

Recently I had the opportunity to deliver a lecture on digital supply chains to my students at the University of Texas at Dallas. This reality is just one more incentive for organizations to invest in their supply chain digitalization efforts – otherwise it may affect their future recruiting efforts.

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Oracle SCM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

First, no matter where a firm falls, it’s essential to recognize that supply chain is no longer just a back-office function. Today’s supply chain really touches every aspect of running a business—from strategic planning , to logistics and inventory , to sales and store operations.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 11, 2014

This year, I am especially pleased about a new event called the “ JDA 2014 Supply Chain Challenge.” This event brought teams of two to four students together to form Littlefield Technologies, a fictitious manufacturer of digital satellite system receivers. Uncategorized capacity forecasting inventory pricing'

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Enterra Insights

MAY 14, 2019

Carver writes, “As supply chain and manufacturing industries increase in complexity and size, so must the workforce. ” Companies looking for supply chain personnel must compete with other economic sectors that together are looking to fill more than six million job openings. Lack of emerging talent.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Quantum Leap to the Top 10 Supply Chain Skills of the Future! The phrase “Supply Chain Management” was originally coined by Keith Oliver in 1982 and subsequently gained increasing popularity as its usage was proliferated in books and language.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

His captivating series on procurement excellence and supply chain skills nurtures a growing pool of professionals, contributing to industry growth and evolution. Dr. Ahmed emerges as a guiding force, intricately weaving empowerment and proficiency into the fabric of supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The industry’s news cycle has pointed to increasing inventories of unsold EV ’s at dealer lots. Continuing vehicle price cuts across the board have taken a toll without corresponding manufacturing cost decreases. They further added to growing concerns that consumers have moderated on their desires to purchase an all-electric vehicle.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The HBR article outlines an interesting development: more retail and manufacturing companies are adopting “digital control towers” for their supply chains. Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Check out Quantum Leap to the Top 10 Supply Chain Skills of the Future!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 22, 2019

And consider forecast data, planning parameters, cost and price information, materials details and specifications, purchase orders (and all of the accompanying changes and updates), bills of lading, labels, inventory records, and much more. In the Supply Chain everything will be connected using this same sensing, digital technology.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

As of April, there have been eight consecutive months of global supply network contractionary conditions as depicted by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI© reporting , which technically would describe a production recession. Inventory levels in retail channels remain at high levels because of bullwhip excess ordering.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

First, no matter where a firm falls, it’s essential to recognize that supply chain is no longer just a back-office function. Today’s supply chain really touches every aspect of running a business—from strategic planning , to logistics and inventory , to sales and store operations.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Check out Quantum Leap to the Top 10 Supply Chain Skills of the Future! But in the arena of Supply Chain is it sufficient to learn everything you need to know by looking at a screen? The reality is you can no longer work in or run a Supply Chain without looking at screens. Subscribe Here!

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Beer Game performance is measured by total network inventory costs ($0.40/case case of network inventory) and customer service ($1.00/case/week As the game is played and consumer demand is realized at the retailer role each week, the resulting demand across the supply chain would be calculated through Collaboration Workbench.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Beer Game performance is measured by total network inventory costs ($0.40/case case of network inventory) and customer service ($1.00/case/week As the game is played and consumer demand is realized at the retailer role each week, the resulting demand across the supply chain would be calculated through Collaboration Workbench.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 7, 2020

One area in which there is no shortage predictions is the supply chain. Simon Ellis, Vice President of IDC Manufacturing Insights, observes, “The supply chain continues to undergo almost unparalleled levels of change. Predictions are normally based on how specific areas are going to respond to current trends.

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