BlueYonder

JUNE 10, 2022

This week, at the 2022 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium, we learned several key themes, as well as how the Gartner Magic Quadrants are evolving. Also, this week, Blue Yonder shared our standing as a Leader in the recently published Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems 1. Insights from Magic Quadrant Sessions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights the release of a second published research advisory on the Importance of supply chain and HR alignment for talent lifecycle needs. Talent recruitment challenges already existed in many industry areas prior to the global pandemic and have since grown more concerning.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate, Supply Chain Matters blog unveils part two of a summarized overview of our annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains for the year 2023 and beyond. Economic and Business Challenges Expected in 2023. Overall Themes for the Year 2023.

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Procurement Academy

AUGUST 17, 2021

For those of us working in the field of supply chain and procurement education, it’s an open secret. But the same is most emphatically not true of supply chain and procurement. Partly—but only partly—those changes have come about through technology. Automation?enhanced Skills not technology.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the publishing of our latest recorded podcast episode: What Should Supply Chain Leaders Expect in 2024. Our podcast conversation focuses on business C-Suite expectations of supply chain leaders in the coming year.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to a recently published podcast featuring supply chain technology industry analyst Bob Ferrari speaking on a very timely topic. Among the topics discussed are: What’s driving the supply chain planning talent shortage?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. In this posting we highlight our fourth prediction.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 24, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why is Supply Chain Such a Great Career Path? The world of supply chain management is constantly changing, helping companies to become increasingly efficient and profitable across the entire supply chain. Talent development.

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Jaggaer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

JAGGAER helps its customers to manage and automate complex processes while enabling their highly resilient, accountable, and integrated supplier base. By simplifying and streamlining procurement, JAGGAER helps these customers and other stakeholders to achieve their ESG objectives by embedding ESG in its software and solutions.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In this update we want to alert our Supply Chain Matters global readership to our latest upcoming podcast episode. Multi-industry supply chain teams continue to focus on the final aspects of supporting and executing Q4 and 2023 business goals. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 29, 2014

In this series on global fashion retail we have discussed about network design and inventory location in Chapter 1, stores replenishment in Chapter 2 and sourcing and manufacturing lead times in Chapter 3. Written by Dr. John Gattorna (UTS University of Technology, Sydney) & Xavier Farrés (Miebach Consulting).

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OptiProERP

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Gone are those days when growing companies used to manage their data on spreadsheets. Modern businesses rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to help them collect and organize financial and operational data in a shared database to promote efficiency, as they scale. Human Capital Management. Order Management .

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

by Dr. Madhav Durbha The 2017 Gartner supply chain executive conference took place at the O2-Intercontinental Hotel in London on September 20 th and 21 st. The theme of the conference was ACT (Aspire, Challenge, Transform), same as the Gartner supply chain summit in Phoenix during May of this year. Collaborative.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Unemployment rates are less than 2%, so talent management is important for companies seeing the growth of industry in Mexico. Such sensors have a requirement for reliability, lost cost, and state of the art clean room process technology. They build sensors for temperature controls, power drive, and other automotive applications.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 14, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights of the ASCM Supply Chain Professional 2024 Salaries and Careers Global Report released this week. based supply chain professionals reportedly has reached a major milestone, hitting a record-breaking $103,000, which reflects the 50th percentile.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides what is likely to be a final commentary of the year 2023, now amounting to in excess of 270 authored commentaries. Episode 23 with our invited guest Radu Palamariu is titled: What Should Supply Chain Leaders Expect In 2024. All rights reserved.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.”

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 31, 2013

We are focused on building an enterprise data warehouse, and providing the tools (in this case, in an Oracle environment) that allow people to click and drag and build their own reports, to get summary trends and detailed level data on what customers are ordering on a day by day basis for any product line at any region in the world.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series here at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 16, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Is Your Supply Chain Ready To Recover? These world class performers have astonishing talent but they are also working in an environment designed to eliminate risk and maximize safety. Supply Chain Risk Management. Types of Supply Chain Risk.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group announces that our latest Research Advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains is now available for reading. In a prior five-part series of commentaries hosted on Supply Chain Matters , we have provided snapshots of five of our ten predictions for 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 6, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters capsule update commentary, we highlight published reports this week indicating that retailer Walmart is initiating added salaried staff reductions. At the time, Bloomberg cited sources indicating that U.S. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Oracle SCM

DECEMBER 14, 2015

When we look back at 2015, one of the biggest themes has been how supply chain has embraced the Cloud. Some parts of the supply chain are inherently more Cloud-friendly than others; for example, those areas that are more used to sharing supply chain data with external organizations. The war for talent.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 9, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. As software continues to eat the world , companies must find ways to build more innovative teams. Making it possible for team members to work remotely is the only way to liberate talent across the company. Innovation requires a diverse mix of talent. Subscribe Here!

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

The SCRC’s Supply Management Maturity Index was highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal article , that identified the companies best prepared to weather the storm ahead in terms of supply chain disruptions. These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Handfield, R.B.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 15, 2016

An article published in the Wall Street Journal identifies what I have been saying for years now… Supply chain talent is a hot commodity! Many of the skills that we’ve identified in prior posts on this site have discussed the key skills and knowledge that recruiters are looking for in supply chain students.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 14, 2024

In this Supply Chain Matters commercial aircraft industry specific commentary, we focus on Airbus’s reported Q2-2024 and first-half financial and operational performance. For this industry’s supply network providers, it reflects lessons acquired in addressing and mitigating business and subsequent supply chain and production risks.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

economy and for industry supply chains. Executives further indicated efforts related to added technology investments to offset increased wage costs moving forward. Automation and demands for increased productivity have been an ongoing issue, and now, the implication of climate change on working conditions and work environments.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Making The Right Choices.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Technology Services. Application Management. Infrastructure Management. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. Talent Management. BigDataEdge – Insights Management. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. SmartGridEdge – Smart Grid Management.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2022

During that time, this blog was of the view that Musk really needed a highly seasoned and experienced leader of supply chain and production operations, and task that executive with fixing the company’s start-up as well as longer term capabilities for production volume ramp. Employees of the company have to be confused or concerned.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 28, 2014

Technology Services. Application Management. Infrastructure Management. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. Talent Management. BigDataEdge – Insights Management. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. SmartGridEdge – Smart Grid Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Technology Services. Application Management. Infrastructure Management. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. Talent Management. BigDataEdge – Insights Management. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. SmartGridEdge – Smart Grid Management.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Today’s knowledge forum focused on Talent Management and featured one speaker who really inspired me. Joanna Martinez from Cushman and Wakefield, a large real estate and facilities management person, discussed the challenges of working with HR as a procurement person. Use procurement tools to demonstrate how you can help HR.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

The success of the third-party logistics industry is evident in the generally high marks given to 3PLs by respondents to a survey as part of the 2013 17th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, which identifies trends and explores how both 3PLs and shippers are using these relationships to improve and enhance their businesses and supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Marsh did not have centralized approach to supply chain management. But because of their less mature supply chain organization, the net income percentage was in the low single digits. Stuart discussed the need for a supply chain Swiss Army knife skill set. We would never move that material!”.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 9, 2022

In late January , we announced availability of the first research advisory in this series , providing a focus on supply chain operational workforce challenges. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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