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Intelligent IBP – a new role for supply chain planners

Supply Chain Trend

In this blog : a new role for supply chain planners. Similar to the continuous automation of physical assets in the supply chain over the last 100 years, we’ve now reached the era where the knowledge worker will be augmented or automated by a machine. Supply chain planners and IBP teams will not escape this evolution.

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Outside-in planning: a big elephant that needs a bite-size approach

Supply Chain Trend

It is not new in supply chain management either. Lee’s uncertainty framework (2002) shows how segment your supply chain in demand streams and how to define your supply chain response to that. It is not new in strategy. Elegantly put in a two by two we all love.

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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

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Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). In this blog, we’ll delve into the integrated Lean Six Sigma approach, exploring its benefits, deployment models, moreover the implications for SMEs.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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Shippers Dissatisfied with 3PLs’ Dinosaur Technologies

Supply Chain Collaborator

A pair of long-running academic studies presented in late September to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), corroborates what leading TMS providers have been telling shippers for years. The competition is just too stiff to leave any attainable efficiency on the barrel head.

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Integrated Business Planning: A New Narrative for an Old Process

Supply Chain Trend

New Wave 3 Technology can empower a more efficient and responsive planning process. If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). TRADITIONAL IBP AND PLANNING TECHNOLOGY.

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Public cloud vs. private cloud vs. hybrid cloud: What’s the difference?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

A prime benefit of cloud computing for business is its flexibility for quickly and efficiently scaling resources to meet business demands, freeing organizations from investing time and expense into expanding their own physical IT infrastructure. Essentially, it’s the best of both worlds.

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