All Things Supply Chain
MARCH 27, 2017
The BME Global Pharma Congress, which brought together industry experts and thought leaders from the healthcare supply chain, impressed me with the amount of different keynotes, panel discussions and premium…
Supply Chain Trend
MARCH 31, 2017
Preview. In our busy day to day work life, we can easily forget that the main reason why companies exist is to fulfil their purpose and vision. According to the article “Building your company’s vision” by Collins and Porras (1996), a company’s vision exists from core values, core purpose, a BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) and a vivid description. In principle anything a company and its employees does, needs to be in the context to achieve their purpose and vision.
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Supply Chain Collaborator
MARCH 27, 2017
Tom McLeod of the well-known eponymous logistics software provider published an interesting opinion piece in Transport Topics this week called, “Eight Predictions for Our Industry”. In his salient piece, he laid out what we consider to be some very pertinent scenarios for which companies like his and ours must be well prepared. With a hat tip to Mr.
The Network Effect
MARCH 29, 2017
Lately, we have been hearing a lot of buzz about machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), and for good reason. The post 3 Ways to Get Value From AI appeared first on The Network Effect.
Advertiser: GEP
“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.
Supply Chain Opz
MARCH 31, 2017
On the face of it, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) seems to be the most simple and logical of business processes. It’s critical to both commercial and operational success, and intuitively obvious in its importance and application. Yet, its complexity cannot be denied. The entire concept requires a company to update a forecast, which drives the sales plan, to influence the production plan, in order to stimulates the inventory plan, which impacts customer lead time (backlog), drives new p
The Network Effect
MARCH 30, 2017
There are 3.41 million class 8 trucks in the US, traveling 169 billion miles every year. Reducing fuel consumption by. The post Improving Truck Efficiency with Electric Wind appeared first on The Network Effect.
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