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What is the Digital Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Purchase orders would be written out by hand and mailed or faxed to suppliers with buyers calling suppliers on the phone to tell them about their needs as well as the inevitable changes in demand. Visibility to where goods were was largely limited to updates that came over the phone.

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Supply Chain Visibility – An Overcomplicated Challenge!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. Every single organization I have been a part of has been dependent on Excel spreadsheets for order tracking and expediting – and in some cases – even demand planning.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supplier chain collaboration itself isn’t new. With pricing under pressure from recession-scarred consumers, the temptation for retailers is to transfer the pain upstream to their suppliers by passing on price reductions and forcing them to bear an increasing share of costs. Without the apps, the iPhone is just another ordinary phone!