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Designing Outside-In Supply Chains
Outside-in is the way to go when pivoting your supply chain to a more digital approach according to the Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere, in an article on her site.
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Tesla's Supply Chain Challenges
Tesla has a problem we wish we all had: too much demand. On the supply side, the hot car company is fighting to crank up its supplier base.
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Battle of the Retail Giants
For those of us interested in the retail space or supply chains (so, that covers pretty much everyone....), what's happening at WalMart and Amazon is always of prime importance.
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Robots Making Supply Chain Inroads
Robots aren't coming for our jobs, are they? In a recent survey, supply chain professionals see them having a big impact in the very near future, so it may be a good idea to keep working hard!
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Amazon's Supply Chain Prowess
Amazon's the leader, and everyone else is struggling to keep pace in the ecommerce world. Their secret weapon may be the Amazon supply chain.
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Key Challenges for Global Supply Chain Managers
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has identified 3 key challenges affecting supply chain executives and their teams. The last, scaling up financial acumen, may come as a surprise.
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Cloud WMS
Are WMS systems ready for the cloud, and is the cloud ready for them? Latency has been a problem, but improvements are on the way and Gartner thinks cloud WMS adoption will be at the 90% level by 2020.
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ERP Market Hits a Few Snags
ERP vendors are going through a lot of turmoil, with cloud computing, license model changes, and the strong dollar combining to affect year-over-year growth. None of the individual companies really excelled, and the overall market actually declined.
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The Importance of Future State in VSM
Value stream mapping is a critical tool for process improvement. However, many leave out an important component: future state.
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Unobtrusive Supply Chain Design
In the most recent entry in his series on supply chain design, Jonathan Lofton discusses the principle of 'being unobtrusive'. Supply chains must be designed to allow for creativity and self-expression.
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