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Three Supply Chain Questions Supply Chain People are Afraid to Ask
Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which there is a desire for harmony within the group, but the result is an irrational or dysfunctional outcome - Wikipedia.
Supply Chain Centers of Excellence
The idea behind a supply chain 'center of excellence' (CoE) is to inject innovation into an organization’s culture through cross-functional engagement of key stakeholders who actually know how the business works and where the real opportunities are hidden.
Tight Coupling of Enterprise Resource Planning to Supply Chain Planning - A Hoax?
Over the last decade, many supply chain experts advocated that tighter integration of SCP with ERP would deliver higher value, however, this is not supported by the facts of a recent study.
Supply Chain Planning & Execution – Merge Ahead
In the last two decades there have been many innovations in advanced planning systems such as new forecasting algorithms, multi-echelon inventory optimization and transportation planning just to name a few.
Mapping Supply Chains in the Global Economy
We all know that supply chains are becoming more and more global, but how often can we actually see them becoming more global?
Google Expands Its Same Day Delivery Service, Puts Heat On Amazon
The company, which is clearly attempting to combat Amazon Prime, has been busy working out deals with major retailers – especially the brick-and-mortar big box stores.
Your Shelf-Connected Checklist: How Demand-Driven Are You?
Today’s advanced capabilities around Demand Driven Value Networks (DDVN) have dramatically changed the game - this checklist identifies the essential requirements of being shelf-connected.
How Retailers Can Drive the Most Value From Their Transportation Networks
Over the past few years, the retail industry has changed dramatically. Thanks to online retailing, consumers can buy anything, anytime, anywhere.
What’s In Hardlines Retailers’ Merchandise Planning Blind Spot?
What’s in your merchandise planning blind spot? It’s time to take the blinders off and mitigate them.
Preordered iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Sales Top 10 Million – Can Apple’s Supply Chain Deliver?
After a record number of orders for the company's latest smartphones and a strained manufacturing supply chain, how long will customers may have to wait to get their hands on Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone Plus.
Assurance of Supply: How Confidence in a Reliable Supply Stream Creates Healthy Companies
As supply chain networks become larger and more complex, the winners in their markets will be those who customers can rely on the most.
Supply Assurance: Eliminating Capital-Related Risk to Prevent Supply Disruption
This paper commissioned by GT Nexus and produced by Aite Group, shows that supply chain finance can ensure business continuity across the entire value chain.
Solutions & Strategies for Supply Assurance and Collaboration
Retail industry analyst Sahir Anand from Edgell Knowledge Network describes how to create a single view and vision for orders and supply chain transactions - from source to settlement to sale - across any channel.
Maximize Supply Chain Visibility in a Connected World
If you are not implementing automated identification and data collection systems to lay the foundation for competing in the Smart Supply Network 3.0, you will probably not be able to catch up.
Apple’s Supply Chain Gearing-up for 80Million iPhone Sales in 2014
Component suppliers preparing parts for production of 80 million iPhone 6s before year-end 2014 according to sources at Taiwan-based iPhone supply chain.
Top 5 Signs Your Supply Chain is Dysfunctional
Lack of upstream and downstream visibility and lack of control are reoccurring issues mainly because every supply chain uses the same basic technology - one designed to manage the activity behind the four walls of the enterprise.
Addressing Supply Chain Challenges
Four core competencies that every company needs to master to be able to do more, faster, and on time.
What Does Increasing Regulatory Oversight Mean For The Pharma Supply Chain?
By developing and maintaining the ability to adapt their supply chains, companies in the pharmaceuticals sector will be well prepared to seize the opportunities ahead.
5 Steps of Supply Chain Outsourcing
Today, supply chain outsourcing is a reality, companies are dependent on each other, there flows are more intertwined than ever before - If only I could see!
The Rise of Cross-Docking in the Global Supply Chain
Faster delivery expectations eliminate the “luxury” of warehousing and increase emphasis on the “perfect order”
Featured Companies
Toll Global Forwarding manages some of the most complex supply chains for some of the most demanding customers, in a broad range of industries. Our focus is on improving efficiency, accelerating speed to market, reducing inventory carrying costs, controlling operating…
Fetch Robotics builds robot systems for the logistics industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Fetch is targeting light-industrial users. Fetch’s human-sized robots are mobile and can perform tasks like locating items in…
SPS Commerce perfects the power of trading partner relationships with the industry’s most broadly adopted, retail cloud services platform. As a leader in cloud-based supply chain management solutions, we provide proven integrations and comprehensive retail performance analytics to thousands…
ShipXpress is the premier provider of cloud-based software solutions which enable transportation, industrial, and commodities businesses to efficiently operate and collaborate with their supply chain partners. Major North American railroads and Fortune 500 companies in the energy, agriculture, chemicals, and metal…
Jabil is a global product solutions company providing comprehensive services to electronics and technology companies in a broad range of industries. Jabil helps customers turn ideas into products with its wide breadth of design, manufacturing and product management capabilities; allowing…
Synchrono®, Inc. is leading the movement in demand-driven manufacturing with software that is enabling the factory of the future. Our portfolio of web-based applications focus on real-time synchronization of your enterprise and manufacturing operations - from supply chain and eKanban…
EVS was founded in 2001 by a dedicated team of warehouse management and supply chain technology experts. In 2016, the EVS team set out to reimagine a WMS that was easy for warehouse workers to use and delivered the bottom line improvement…
Nulogy’s cloud-based Agile Customization Platform allows consumer brands to respond with ease and speed to a volatile retail and consumer environment while reducing waste and costs. Designed to optimize contract packaging operations and enhance supply chain collaboration, Nulogy’s…
Esri inspires and enables people to positively impact their future through a deeper, geographic understanding of the changing world around them. Esri has cultivated collaborative relationships with partners who share our commitment to solving Earth’s most pressing challenges with…
We believe in fashion – an industry which values people, the environment, creativity and profits in equal measure, and it’s everyone’s responsibility to ensure that this happens. Our mission is to bring everyone together to make that happen. On 2…
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