Beyond Visibility: Driving Supply Chain Responsiveness
This study of 349 companies shows that granular supply chain visibility is a key component of the infrastructure needed to build an agile and responsive supply chain network. The report examines how...
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Solving the Puzzle of Complex Spend Management
Most organizations have a diverse spend portfolio that includes many simple, several moderately simple and a few complex spends. To address each spend appropriately, we need to understand the dynamics...
View ArticleTurn your Supply Chain on its Ear. Go HORIZONTAL!
“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.”, Benjamin Franklin It was a cold winter day in Minneapolis. The security guard at the gate warned me of frost bite walking from the parking lot to...
View ArticleMastering Financial Strategies to Drive Supply Chain Value – CSCMP Europe 2011
In today’s highly competitive global marketplace, supply chain leaders need to understand how financial strategies and decisions can significantly impact their supply chains’ performance, potentially...
View ArticleWhat Do Government Procurement, Presidential Orders and Customer Service Have...
When the White House issued the Executive Order for Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service on April 27, 2011, I’m pretty sure that the procurement officers in federal agencies...
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Exploring the Eight Layers of Matrix Retail
The age of Matrix Retail is already upon us and the only question to ask is will you acknowledge, understand, embrace, engage and tune all of the components of your company’s presence in the retail...
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The Digital Elevation of Planning and the Planning Executive
Today we have more data than ever before on all aspects of our business and tomorrow all indications are that there will only be even more. At the same time we fortunately also now have access to more...
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Is it Time to Start Running from E-Commerce Revenue Sharing?
Revenue sharing is coming, revenue sharing is coming, do you have a plan? Seems there’s a growing trend for both e-commerce platforms and even Third Party Logistics (3PL) fulfillment companies to base...
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Achieving the Integrated Global Supply Chain
Guest post from Ned Blinick of 3rdwave The integrated global supply chain exists when activities between all supply chain partners are seamlessly coordinated to achieve the optimal results for all its...
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How Getting Logistically Closer to Your Customers Means More Sales!
Why do companies invest in logistics? Up until now, it’s typically been because the company is growing and the warehouse is full and we need a new and/or bigger one, or the current warehouse...
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