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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

Based on my research, I write about four strategies that drove value over the last decade. Which strategy drove the most significant value??” I ponder this question and turn to these case studies as reference materials. A Clear Strategy. What I love in this strategy is the focus on simplification.

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Infor’s Strategy for Differentiation

Logistics Viewpoints

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. Infor, with anticipated revenues of $3.4 We just want them solved.”

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains. This article was originally written and published for DHL in January 2020 and focused on the trade wars and how to leverage opportunities for tariff reductions. Product strategies. without being subject to tariffs.

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Reducing the Impact of High Fuel Costs Goes Beyond the Transportation Department

Logistics Viewpoints

This practice is typically owned by the sales and/or marketing organization, which is why it is so important for transportation and logistics departments to have input into customer service strategies. For example, in the building materials industry, many orders are scheduled for delivery at the beginning of the day.

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How a Global CPG Leader Optimized $500M of Direct Materials Spend and Exceeded Savings Goal

The result was a year-over-year savings of more than 3%. This case study — How a Global CPG Leader Optimized $500M of Direct Materials Spend and Exceeded Savings Goal by Partnering with GEP — details how GEP’s strategic insights helped the company increase its resilience and optimize direct materials spend to drive year-over-year savings.

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There is No Planet B: Can Supply Chains Save the World?

Logistics Viewpoints

Oracle’s recent global survey, No Planet B: How Can Businesses and Technology Help Save the World? Reduce waste and lower your costs by monitoring the condition of goods in transit to reduce spoilage. Reduce waste and lower your costs by monitoring the condition of goods in transit to reduce spoilage.

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Steel: The Perfect Material for a Circular Economy, but with a Huge Decarbonization Challenge

DELMIA Quintiq

Steel is a very versatile material as its composition and internal structure can be adjusted to tailor its properties. There is another important aspect of this material: recyclability. Steel is one of the most recycled material in the world.

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The Cost-Plus World of Supply Chains: The Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Environment

From new pricing strategies and material substitutability to alternative suppliers and stockpiling, a new GEP-commissioned Economist Impact report reveals that enterprises are adopting a variety of approaches underpinned by data and technology.

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How One Manufacturer Used GEP SOFTWARE To Save $45M in Direct Material Sourcing

For global manufacturers, managing direct and indirect material spend can get very complicated very quickly. Multiple legacy systems prevent procurement from standardizing processes and tracking what they’re spending with each supplier.

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Digital Transformation: Why You Can’t Afford to Wait

Even global manufacturers –– companies across industrial, automotive, chemical, and energy industries –– are scrambling to mitigate the impacts of labor, material and energy shortages, delays, inflation, and unexpected events. It’s not just small and medium-size businesses that are caught off guard.