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Thoughts on Organizational Alignment
Lora Cecere has been a Supply Chain Shaman for years and is a proponent of the supply chain Center of Excellence concept. In her mind, as organizations mature, they naturally gravitate toward that model.
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How Do Omnichannel Channels Prosper?
In this omnichannel world, have you ever considered how the different individual channels involved in the buying process make money? Businesses have to evolve in order to figure that out, and to actually stay in business.
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Building Supply Chain Resiliency
Is your supply chain resilient enough? In today's environment, you'd better hope so. Better yet, you need plans in place to make it so.
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The Importance of the Last Mile
As consumers buy in multiple ways and become omnichannel, more of your supply chain becomes exposed to the customer. It makes sense to redesign your processes to recognize that reality and leverage it.
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Reduce Complexity- There's a Thought!
'Less is more' is a good mantra to repeat while working on a problem caused by complexity. As the procurement function has evolved and the world has become more complicated, lots of supply chain managers are using that phrase.
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Managing Inventories in a Market-Driven Environment
For a supply chain manager, there aren't too many things more fundamental than matching supply with demand. As inventories become more market-driven, the task has become way more complex.
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The Supply Chain Get Some Kudos
Those in the supply chain function can pat themselves on the back for being one of the keys to the reduction of economic volatility worldwide. Pretty high praise, indeed!
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RFID & IoT Perfectly Matched
Some of us probably recall when RFID was 'the next big thing'. Well, it's not that anymore, but it is a big player in supporting the real 'next big thing': the Internet of Things (IoT).
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IBM's Transformation
We love to read through cases studies of how major companies have addressed supply chain challenges. IBM went through a massive transformation of their procurement function that greatly improved their financial performance.
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Big Data Research Topics
On the Enterprise Irregulars site, Louis Columbus summarizes the results of a several pieces of research on the topic of Big Data. It's no surprise that the technology is going through a huge growth spurt.
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