Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 29, 2014
'Mush is a thick cornmeal pudding boiled in water or milk. It sits until the gel forms a semisolid state. In the United States, we lick it up with maple syrup or molasses, while in Eastern Europe it is served cold. It is a tasteless, innocuous food with little form or satisfaction. Mush in the Real World. Last week, the Gartner Top 25 was announced with great fanfare.
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 14, 2014
'I spend a fair amount of time at airports. Bjork’s rendition of Leaving on a Jet Plane could be my personal soundtrack. As an experienced traveler, I don’t suffer from many air travel-related fears, but there is one thing I am deathly afraid of: The $5 meal coupon. To this day, I still get shivers and a sinking gut-feeling the moment stewardesses come up to me with their most apologetic smile.
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Supply Chain Insights
MAY 5, 2014
'When you sit down to breakfast, and stare at the plate, you realize that the chicken contributed to the breakfast menu, but the pig committed. I, like the pig, am committed. Today, there is no good measure of supply chain excellence. This summer, during the countdown to our Global Summit, we will be releasing the work on the Supply Chain Index. It is new.
SCM Research
MAY 30, 2014
'Finding the right Master’s program can be a difficult exercise. In spite of their sometimes oversimplifying nature, rankings can provide a first indication to make this exercise a bit easier. One of such rankings is the 2013/2014 Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking, provided by SMBG, a French consulting company, and based on a global survey of recruiters, students and representatives of academic institutions.
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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
MAY 14, 2014
'FMCG and Brewing producers amongst many others, carefully pack their products to meet exacting requirements for International Key Account (IKA) and Local Key Account (LKA) customers. Increasingly this includes specially collated and shrink-wrapped pallets which are cross-docked to specific stores via a retailer platform. Powerful retailers force Producers to operate to strict standards of service whether this is case fill, OTIF, CCFOT, fill level or some other agreed measure designed to ensure
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Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 6, 2014
'It is about the right balance of the carrot and the stick. Progress happens when you measure. Relationships happen faster when there is more carrot than a stick. Over the last decade, scorecards have become more of a stick than a carrot. Reflections. Some days, in my coverage of consumer value networks, it seems like we are making slow progress. So slow, that I often feel like I am watching paint dry.
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 6, 2014
'What’s the best way to achieve and maintain excellent service levels? Improve vessel space utilization? Or optimize your inventory levels? Find out from industry leaders during the Quintiq World Tour. Interactive sessions. Thought-provoking presentations. Exchanging ideas with planning, optimization and industry experts. All under one roof. What more could you ask for?
Logility
MAY 20, 2014
We are at Gartner's 2014 Executive Supply Chain Conference this week and the opening keynote just wrapped up. Noha Tohamy, research vice president, and Debra Hofman, research vice president, discussed where the supply chain is headed by taking a retrospective look at where we have been. The presentation began by asking the audience to think back to 2004 - when MySpace was still king and the supply chain really focused on logistics.
SCM Research
MAY 22, 2014
'When we talk about supply chain management, we often intuitively take the perspective of the manufacturing industry. However, if the ultimate business objective of supply chain management is to satisfy the final consumer, it becomes clear that we should not forget about the special and major role the retail industry has in achieving this objective and, thus, consider their perspective.
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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
MAY 28, 2014
'Quite a bit of travel recently with a trip in each of the last three weeks. Regular readers will be aware I do not particularly like flying these days, not out of fear but simply the hassle of getting onto a plane. I am now down to simple trainers, no belt, no watch yet I still beep occasionally at the metal check point before being introduced to the metal security sausage.
ivalua
MAY 28, 2014
In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. Another significant theme was the need to act on what Gartner calls the Nexus of Forces: the cloud, social, mobile, and information. It’s the convergence of these forces that Gartner predicts will drive the business of the future.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 2, 2014
'An antagonist (from Greek ???????????? – antagonist?s , “opponent, competitor, enemy, rival”, from anti- “against” + agonizesthai “to contend for a prize,”) is a character, group of characters, or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist , or main character, must contend. In other words, an antagonist is a person or a group of people who oppose the main character(s). .
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 20, 2014
'Optimization empowers you to make more effective decisions, based on insights on order volume, delivery times and resources available. A recent survey by Deloitte shows 75% of supply chain leaders utilizing optimization software in their business. Are you one of them? Imagine this: a machine breaks down so an order can’t be delivered on time. It’s a small order, so your typical optimization software might tell you that it’s okay to delay delivery.
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Logility
MAY 20, 2014
We are at Gartner's 2014 Executive Supply Chain Conference this week and the opening keynote just wrapped up. Noha Tohamy, research vice president, and Debra Hofman, research vice president, discussed where the supply chain is headed by taking a retrospective look at where we have been. The presentation began by asking the audience to think back to 2004 - when MySpace was still king and the supply chain really focused on logistics.
SCM Research
MAY 9, 2014
'It can be very insightful to see how supply chains are viewed in other research fields. Gereffi, Humphrey and Sturgeon (2005) take a transaction-based political economy perspective to explain The Governance of Global Value Chains. To do so, three variables (complexity of transactions, ability to codify transactions, capabilities in the supply base) are identified, and combinations of the values of these variables constitute the structure of global value chains, leading to five types of governan
Supply Chain Movement
MAY 22, 2014
'[This article is brought to you by ASML]. The ASML supply chain seems to be without boundaries. The company, one of the Dutch stars within the field of discrete manufacturing, offers supply chain professionals a chance to work every day on new advanced models that are highly needed to maintain its position as market leader. `The smaller the chip structures, the more complex our machines are.
ivalua
MAY 21, 2014
Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations. Gartner noted the increase in chief supply chain officers (CSCO), with 40% of them reporting to the CEO.
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Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 1, 2014
'This week, as the east coast of the United States was deluged with rain, I basked in beautiful San Diego sun while attending the Logimed USA event. This was WBR’s first event in the United States targeted for the Medical Device Supply Chain Leader. I had not been to a medical device event and I wanted to listen. When I finished my presentation on “past practices,” that I cannot call “best practices,” and outlined the methodology for the upcoming Supply Chain Index,
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MAY 23, 2014
'UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog. Archives. July 2014. June 2014. May 2014. April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. More. Blogroll. Wall Street Journal. UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. UCLA Anderson Speaker Series. UCLA Anderson Homepage. UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. UCLA Anderson Forecast.
Supply Chain View from the Field
MAY 13, 2014
'Gerard Chick and I are working on a new book, that is effectively questioning whether procurement, as we know it, is on the right track, and if not, what it will take to get it back on track. There is certainly a lot of work to be done, and this exciting project that we’ve been traveling through will I believe provide some provoking ideas to drive the profession of procurement to new heights.
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Supply Chain Movement
MAY 20, 2014
'What is the scope, nature and performance of your sustainability goals? How aligned are your sustainability and supply chain programs? Supply Chain Insights are conducting a second wave of their Green Supply Chain survey, to see how things have changed. The objective of this survey is to understand the alignment between companies’ corporate social responsibility and sustainability goals with their supply chain programs. >> Click here to take this survey.
MIT Supply Chain
MAY 20, 2014
'Counterfeit cures. Agencies such as the Federal Drug Administration in the US work to stop the sale of tainted medications. A new approach focuses on the way these products are procured. The infiltration of fake medicines into the pharmaceutical supply chain is a major problem, and conventional methods for detecting fake medicines are generally inadequate.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 31, 2014
'Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Unfortunately, few have worn hard hats, safety shoes and calibrated a machine to run within spec. I feel lucky that I have.
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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MAY 12, 2014
'Parker CMC Networking. About UCLA Parker CMC. The UCLA Anderson Parker Career Management Center is comprised of Career Coaches and Executives-in-Residence, who partner with students to define, pursue and achieve their post-MBA career goals, and the Campus Recruiting Team, which cultivates relationships with companies to connect them with the right MBA talent.
Supply Chain View from the Field
MAY 5, 2014
'We had another great set of student projects during our Spring SCRC student poster session. Students presented a total of 26 projects, including both practicum projects from our undergraduates, our MBA, and the new Local Food Systems Class. A big part of the event involved the bi-annual student poster competition. Executives voted on the best poster, and voted the following in the top three: 1.
Supply Chain Movement
MAY 21, 2014
'Supply Fest 2014. Date: 4 June 2014. Venue: British Museum, London (UK). Organiser: Business Reporter – Lyonsdown. URL: www.business-reporter.co.uk. As Albert Einstein may have said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”. In a global supply chain strategy, you must not only expect different results but actively prepare for them to remain agile and competitive.
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