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Have you Given your Supply Chain Planner Some Love Today?

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain leaders that make the biggest difference build supply chain potential and make small, incremental progress over time. A Closer Look at Supply Chain Talent. For most, supply chain talent management is challenging.

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#15 in 15 years ….not bad! NC State breaks into the Gartner Supply Chain Program Rankings

Supply Chain View from the Field

Our program engages our 20 top corporate partners to develop projects across a wide variety of different areas, including market intelligence, logistics, inventory, value stream mapping, cost management, supply management, transportation, performance metrics, and others (see Project Breakdown ,).

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Winning Student Posters Focus on Visibility, Total Cost of Ownership, and Procurement Processes

Supply Chain View from the Field

Inventory Management MBA Supply Chain Strategic Cost Management Supply Chain Risk Supply Chain Students Supply Chain Talent Supply Chain Talent Management Undergraduate Supply Chain Market Intelligence Supply Chain Supply Chain Disruptions'

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Reports Indicate Walmart Cutting Salary Staff

Supply Chain Matters

Inventory levels reportedly increased more than 33 percent during the quarter, a reflection of what was described as an aggressive buying strategy amid supply chain disruptions. In late May, reporting on Q1-2022 quarterly financial performance, t he retailer stunned Wall Street with a reported 25 percent decrease in net income.

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ASCM 2023 Conference and a Conversation with ASCM’s CEO

Supply Chain Matters

State of Industry Supply Chains Regarding the state of industry, Eshkenazi’s observations were that industry supply chains are “ on the backside of the bullwhip effect ” with companies still managing inventories in a “ just-in-case ” environment with higher inventories and additional buffers.

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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

NC State SCRC

He started in supply planning, overseeing over $100M of spend in batteries and other categories. He became a director at that point, working with sales planning, inventory planning, and financial planning, and pulling together the Sales and Operations Planning team, as well as introducing new products and eliminating obsolescence.

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Labor Strike Targeting Three U.S. Automakers- Update Four

Supply Chain Matters

As expected, with this industry’s just-in-time inventory management practices, the implications of the work stoppages cascading across individual automaker’s tiered supplier networks.