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How Procter & Gamble is thriving on supply chain complexity

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GDM now serves more than 100 distributors on five continents and in 180 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe. P&G’s existing planning system, designed for its main supply chain, couldn’t support GDM’s complexity. In their worlds, cash is king and inventory is only viewed as a financial measure.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

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These include road and rail networks, utilities like electricity and water, as well as technology infrastructure for information exchange and payments. Not knowing how much inventory is at each location. These large distances between demand centers increase the inventory exposure to maintain a consistent service level.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

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Mark Houghton – CEO at Radical Cloud Solutions , our cloud solution specialist in Zimbabwe. Begin with high-level market data and work down to revenue A common mistake when trying to predict demand is to rely solely on internal data. James Trevelyan – Business Director at Circle One Surf Co. near Exeter.

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3 Companies Using an MRP System

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Material Requirements Planning (MRP) software can be a great option when a business is struggling to juggle the multiple elements of the manufacturing process. Here we look at the way three companies have implemented an MRP system, and how this has benefitted their businesses in different ways. How does MRP software work in practice?

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Future Prosperity Depends on Access to Critical Minerals

Enterra Insights

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), “Critical minerals, which are essential for a range of clean energy technologies, have risen up the policy agenda in recent years due to increasing demand, volatile price movements, supply chain bottlenecks, and geopolitical concerns.”[1] Their challengers can’t compete.”[3]

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

Supply Chain Movement

In the global fashion and luxury goods market, ever-higher customer expectations, combined with demographic and economic shifts, are making it increasingly difficult to predict consumer behaviour and plan accordingly. IT systems need to be tightly integrated to provide the necessary insight into the end-to-end supply chain. Uzbekistan.