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The Future of Trucking: Change, Wins and Best Practices

Supply Chain Brain

There’s a growing sense that we may see a loosening of the regulatory environment — similar to the 2016-2020 period — which could offer carriers and logistics providers the chance to shift focus from compliance-heavy operations to strategic growth and efficiency.

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Kraft Heinz to Stop Using Chemical Dyes in Food

Supply Chain Brain

Pedro Navio, North America president at Kraft Heinz, said in a statement that the company removed artificial colors, preservatives and flavors from its Kraft macaroni and cheese in 2016, and that its Heinz tomato ketchup has never had artificial dyes , according to ABC News. "As

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Integrated Business Planning serves to align enterprise wide plans with the organization’s strategy. IBP fully integrates strategy with rolling forecasts , with a process for enterprise resource reallocation and with a corporate communication plan (Van Hove, 2016). Foresight, issue 42 (Summer 2016). Teichler, J.

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The Thanksgiving Turkey Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As such the supply-demand planning of the Frozen Turkey Supply Chain is more concerned with the amount of supply and the volume of demand, with less consideration for meeting last minute, real time delivery needs. This requires a tremendous amount of supply-demand planning, scheduling, time management, and on time delivery.

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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Source: Nabil Abu el Ata, Rudolf Schmandt (2016), The Tyranny of Uncertainty, Springer, ISBN 978-3662491041 ). CSCMP’s definition is: Supply chain management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities.

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Breaking the.XLSX Chains: Corporate Venture Supply Chain Software as the Potential Game-Changer

Let's Talk Supply Chain

From 2014 to 2016 Jonas was a Key Account Manager and Business Development Manager and in 2016 he took over responsibility for Leschaco’s global digitization efforts as Head of Global Business Transformation.

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4 Challenges for Procurement in Launching New Products

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

Low inventory levels have made it difficult for businesses to meet customer demand, leading to frustrated customers and lost sales. The root cause of the problem is the failure to forecast demand accurately. Businesses need to be more proactive in their demand planning, using data and analytics to anticipate customer needs.