- 21. Becoming a Data-Driven Supply Chain
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- If there's a 'hottest of the hot' topics right now, supply chain analytics may be it. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, sat down with a few supply chain executives recently to see where they're at ...
- 22. Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking
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- Benchmarking is old hat in many areas of the supply chain. But planning is a different animal, since the self-reporting that typically drives benchmarks isn't usually available.The Supply Chain Shaman, ...
- 23. Help Wanted: Supply Chain Roles
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- Opportunities about for the right people seeking roles in the supply chain, according to Lora Cecere in an article on LinkedIn. Although jobs for the middle class have transitioned away from manufacturing ...
- 24. Supply Chain Planning and Execution Converge
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- On the ToolsGroup site, Jeff Bodenstab and Joe Shamir discuss the convergence of supply chain planning and execution. Their proposal of a 'control center' model makes a lot of sense.Developments in technology ...
- 25. Supply Chain Planning and IoT
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- ... like to address.Prasad Satyavoly on the 21st Century Supply Chain site feels IoT can help fix two supply chain planning problems that have been vexing us all for years: information latency and deficiency ...
- 26. Tighten Up Your Planning
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- Finding parallels between wedding preparations and supply chain planning are right down my alley, since Buzz's daughter is getting hitched in a few weeks. I would think it'd have something to do with writing ...
- 27. Supply Chain Planning's Next Step
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- If there's anyone who puts more thought into supply chain planning than the Supply Chain Shaman herself, Lora Cecere, I'm not aware of it. She takes a look at what's on the horizon for the next phase of planning ...
- 28. Are Control Towers Working?
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- Visibility across the supply chain is an elusive goal. Supply chain control towers are purported to address that, but how common and effective are they?In a 21st Century Supply Chain blog, Trevor Miles ...
- 29. Supply Chain Planning Technology
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- Supply chain planning is not the sexiest technology out there to talk about. Is that preventing it from undergoing transformative improvements?Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, thinks that may be one ...
- 30. Outsourcing Risk
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- Risk mitigation is a huge component of supply chain planning. It's not often something that's outsourced.However, according to Jason Busch at Spend Matters, transportation people seem to be handing over ...
- 31. Supply Chain Planning vs. Execution
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- On the Supply Chain Digest site, Dan Gilmore continues to flesh out the trends he's identified for supply chains. His most recent take is on the relative importance of execution vs. planning in a demand-driven ...
- 32. More on SAP's Recent Acquisitio
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- We posted an article last week about SAP's most recent purchase, the supply chain planning vendor SmartOps. As usual, Spend Matters takes the analysis a little deeper.Pierre Mitchell describes the aspects ...
- 33. Secrets to Supply Chain Planning?
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- What's in the 'secret sauce' for breaking through with something innovative for your supply chain planning process? In a Network Effect article, Demand Clarity thinks that 'connections' matter.It's an interesting ...
- 34. Visibility in the Supply Chain
- (News)
- In a Supply Chain Brain article, Tony Leach discusses what visibility in the supply chain really means and why it's important.A lot of users tend to look at visibility=data as the key equation, when in ...
- 35. Supply Chain Innovation Award
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- When I think of supply chain innovation, I tend to think of technical topics. Supply Chain Brain's annual innovation award for supply chains went in a different direction. It's amazing to me how a different ...
- 36. Logistics Trends
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- ... “3PL providers will need to invest in electronic markets, supplier management systems, and supply chain planning systems to utilize Web-based customer service,” says Gabor. She believes that more of them ...
- 37. Supply Chain Planning Challenges
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- Forecasting and demand planning are essential tasks in the supply chain. For some companies, it's even tougher due to the nature of their product lines and from where they're sourcing. On the Supply ...
- 38. Improve Your Supply Chain Planning
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- Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a pervasive process in American business. Does it help your supply chain planning? In an Industry Week article, Becky Partida talks about the aspects of S&OP ...
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