SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 5, 2015

Lenovo has been consistently ranked on the list of supply chain top 25 by research and advisory firm Gartner Inc for more than 4 years in a row. However, the majority of Lenovo''s supply chain case studies focus on the use of information system and the benefits of the acquisition of IBM’s PC business in 2005.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 30, 2013

History of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Logistics and Supply Chain Management is a relatively new discipline. Understanding of our own roots helps create the appropriate mindset, ending the rhetoric and bringing supply chain integration to reality. Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 18, 2025

Dont miss a dynamic conversation on the current state of procurement, key performance benchmarks from the just-released CPO Rising 2025 report, and the forward-looking strategies that Best-in-Class teams are using to unlock agility, resilience, and value. My thinking is that procurement doesn’t need to reinvent itself.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Empowering Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders Across the Globe. New customer acquisition drove annual subscription bookings growth of over 30%, with growth across all major regions. The company continued to grow rapidly, achieving record new subscription sales, customer acquisition and revenue.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 23, 2013

Value Chain Analysis for Superior Supply Chain. What is Value Chain and Value Chain Analysis? Many academics and practitioners use the word "value chain" and " supply chain " interchangeably. Value chain is a concept proposed by Michael Porter in his book "Competitive Advantage" in 1985.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2014

Then this article will show you what operations management really is, why it''s important to supply chain professionals and 10 books that inspire some of the world''s business leaders. Operations Management focuses on a single business entity but supply chain management deals with a network of companies.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And it seems that increasingly three topics come to the fore – effectiveness, creativity and agility. . But then we move on to our two other targets – agility and creativity, which define where Procurement needs to go in order to sustain its contribution into the future. . Effectiveness is a better word than “efficiency”, of course.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 27, 2022

With a decade hallmarked so far by constant disruption, consumers are more aware of supply chain and how industry shortages , the gender gap in supply chain, and climate events impact their daily lives and local communities. A term that once only resonated with industry insiders is everywhere.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Companies of all sizes have been capturing the value from Global Supply Chain to increase the economies of scale and scope for years. In this article, we will show you tips from worldwide experts that you can use to streamline your global supply chain operations. However, you may wonder what kind of practices really work.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

Sebastian Chua started his procurement journey with Hewlett Packard/Agilent Technologies as their country manager for Singapore, India, Thailand, and the Philippines before he took on the job as the regional procurement manager. . Furthermore, He was voted by Supply Chain Digital as one of the top 10 procurement executives worldwide.

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 6, 2022

Automating the supply chain. We now have automated production facilities, warehouses, and transport in our physical supply chain. One of the holy grails of supply chain management will arrive when we combine both. Supply chain planners in traditional IBP will not escape this evolution.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 15, 2015

Are you looking for lean books that help you create sustainable change? In this article, we will show you 10 best lean books every lean enterprise should read. Since lean concept is practice oriented, it has been adopted very well by both practitioners and academics. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

If you’re in the business world, you’re probably always looking for ways to streamline your supply chain operations. Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! But like any new technology, there are hurdles to overcome when implementing supply chain analytics.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 2, 2023

In today’s episode of Women in supply chain , I’m joined by Seretha Willingham – founder, CEO, project management professional and Certified Scrum Master! Plus, she’ll be sharing her experiences as a woman in supply chain, as well as her words of advice for all of the women following in her footsteps.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A “Don’t Touch” Strategy will Dramatically Lean out your Supply Chain! I started thinking about the Costco Supply Chain. What is it that makes Costco’s Supply Chain so effective? books, clothing, meat products).

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SCMDOJO

MAY 18, 2023

The following is a business case highlighting the background, context and value proposition of SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace, a platform designed to connect businesses with specialized Supply Chain Expert Services. It is within this context that SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace was conceived.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

Cristian Maradiaga King Ocean Book a Live Demo Download a free copy of "Indirect Spend Guide", to learn: Where the best opportunities for savings are in indirect spend. Organizations are leaning into automation, analytics, and collaborative supplier technologies to drive performance across the entire procurement lifecycle.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 22, 2023

One of the major drivers of Women in Supply Chain is Let’s Talk Supply Chain’s commitment to supporting bridging the gender gap in the industry. By having meaningful dialogues to close the diversity gap in logistics and supply chain, you can drive faster business growth.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 23, 2023

51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download ChatGPT PDF Procurement Courses  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter The 5S of Kaizen — The Ultimate Guide The 5S of Kaizen comes under the umbrella of lean management aimed to eliminate waste within manufacturing operations.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Triple-A Supply Chain: 10 Strategies to Supercharge Performance. In previous article, we discuss how to use value chain analysis to formulate supply chain strategy. Supply chain professionals learn how to divide things into groups (segmentation) for a long time. Triple-A Supply Chain.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 4, 2022

In 2005 I came across a book, Sense & Respond (The Journey to Customer Purpose) Creating and Leading Sense-And-Respond Organizations. Adaptability has come to be increasingly valued in recent years, and the terms flexibility, agility, and responsiveness crop up frequently in business discussions today.”.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

In this article, we rank books based on their influence, popularity, recency and practicality and then we come up with the list of the best supply chain books. Finding Best Supply Chain Books We've found that most recommendations for on the web are based on just personal opinion.

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

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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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How to Invest to Make Your Supply Chain More Efficient! Supply chains are central to optimal eCommerce results. The supply chain includes everything from ordering raw materials from suppliers to ensuring products are delivered to consumers in the best condition.

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Planergy

MARCH 12, 2025

Cristian Maradiaga King Ocean Book a Live Demo Download a free copy of "Preparing Your AP Department For The Future", to learn: How to transition from paper and excel to eInvoicing. Simpler Logistics and Supply Chain Management With operations overseas, you run the risk of becoming too reliant on global supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 20, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What Supply Chain Management problem does this solve? The biggest problem in the transitional supply chain is lack of open and trustworthy information availability across the supply chain caused by multiple issues – trust, technology and legacy practices being the top ones.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

We rank the leading books on project management on the market using the objective evaluation and the result are best project management books ever written. What Kind of Project Management Books Do You Need? The list of project planning and management books only now has 40 entries. - Then, we do data cleansing.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

Are you looking for logistics management books? In this article, we will show you 5 books that'll help you learn logistics faster than any other logistics book. Logistics Book Ranking Factors To provide the book recommendations, first, we collect the name of the books that appear on Amazon.com.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 27, 2013

This article will show you 5 amazing logistics books that provide the information you can really use. Background Previously we published the article named " 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time ". The feedback from readers are that they like the article about top 10 books very much.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 1, 2018

Are you looking for logistics management books? In this article, we will show you 5 books that'll help you learn logistics faster than any other logistics book. Do You Need a Logistics Book? Difficulty: we try to shy away from the math-heavy books as much as possible. . Best Logistics Books are as below: 1.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Effective supply chain management is essential for success in the dynamism and connectivity of modern companies. To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2018

We evaluate books related to customer service based on sales rank, reviews/endorsement by leading business leaders and show you the best customer service books. However, books will say that service is actually a lifeline of any business and it usually goes beyond customer satisfaction surveys. One of our readers asked.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 20, 2013

7 Acronym-Based Methods for Effective Supply Chain. Supply chain analysis usually involves the techniques such as optimization, statistics, simulation but the most convenient method for practitioners is the process mapping and process analysis. Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide. Case Studies.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 1, 2015

This article will show you 10 best time management books that get the attentions of leading CEOs. What's the Best Time Management Books? First, we check books written by leading CEOs if they ever mention about their favorite time management books. Is time management important to your business and your life?

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

In this article, we compare 2 books and tell you which one is the best negotiation book. Do You Need Negotiation Book? In this article, we will talk about 2 books for negotiation and persuasion from 2 different perspectives as below, 1. In short, you really need to read this book for you want to negotiate to succeed.

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