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Job Preparation for Supply Chain Students!

Supply Chain Game Changer

A career in supply chain management is very attractive, especially because now more and more supply businesses are founded. The supply chain industry needs project managers. Inventory Management and Demand Planning. Well, based on the orders submitted, demand planning can be forecasted.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

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Supply Chain Planning as a Service has emerged as a game-changer, enabling companies to efficiently outsource non-core activities. Why outsource Demand Planning? Demand planning outsourcing is one of the most highly discussed topics when it comes to SCaaS.

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Zarrin Lilani on How Women Lead in Supply Chain

Let's Talk Supply Chain

I started on my sales and supply chain development path at Nestle UK, where I was a Demand Planning and Trade Promotion Planning Super User. Where did your supply chain journey start? I moved to the U.S. for a North American software rollout.

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The Impact of Employee Skill Proficiency on Business, Innovation, and Supply Chain Performance

Skill Dynamics

After all, these training programs provide a range of benefits, spanning from specific role-focused activities like inventory control, supply, and demand planning, or project management, to giving employees the tools they need to drive their creativity and productivity, thus significantly contributing to business success.

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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) – Initial Steps to Success

The Network Effect

by Brewster Smith, Project Manager, Tompkins International. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a fundamental process that all retail, manufacturing and consumer products companies should have in place. Surprisingly, many companies do not have a process to formally balance product supply with product demand.

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The Supply Chain Gender Pay Gap is Narrowing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Anecdotally, this is a bit lower in Canada, except for particular functions with very strong starting compensation like Demand Planning. The top 5 technical skills were, in order: Inventory Management, Project Management, Best Practice Knowledge, Computer Skills, and Risk Management. Soft skills on the rise.

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Why is Supply Chain Such a Great Career Path?

Supply Chain Game Changer

SCM encompasses the integrated planning and execution of processes required to optimize the flow of materials, information and financial capital in the areas that broadly include demand planning, sourcing, production, inventory management and storage, transportation — or logistics — and return for excess or defective products.