Sat.Mar 26, 2016 - Fri.Apr 01, 2016

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Encouraging (Lean) Innovation in Supply Chain Management

All Things Supply Chain

Did you know that an entire book covering the best way to manage a startup business was written based on key learnings from the supply chain industry, or more specifically, manufacturing processes?

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Communication; the last step in S&OP

Supply Chain Trend

To help your company to execute its strategy, executives need to aspire to implement advanced S&OP. The ultimate goal of S&OP is to plan ahead and provide visibility and support to execute the company strategy. In our busy day to day life we might forget, but communication is an important part of both S&OP and strategy execution. Therefore communication needs to be integrated in an S&OP process.

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How Last Mile Delivery Affects the Supply Chain

The Network Effect

By David Meyers. Principal, Supply Chain Technology, Tompkins International. The orchestration of processes and information for the procurement of goods to the “last mile” delivery to the customer is a required competency in today’s direct to consumer marketplace. The convergence of supply chain execution systems is a goal that many enterprises have yet to achieve.