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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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US Imports and Exports Law Regulations: Getting Upper Management Support

GlobalTranz

Under both US Imports and Exports Law and Regulation, the importer/exporter is required to “exercise reasonable care” or perform “due diligence”. Her experience includes oversight of a $5B, 65-location division of Honeywell, a $3B, 17-location division of Motorola, Global Trade Optimization for Dell, Inc., See 19 U.S.C. among others.

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Importance of Prototying in Package Implementation- I

Infosys Supply Chain Management

While the folks in the meeting discussed emphatically on how requirements are changed as late as User Acceptance test, I actually got tele-transported back to my stint in a process optimization exercise at one of the largest utility companies.

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Industry View: Interview with EXCHAiNGE 2018 Speaker

Logistics Business Magazine

The deeper the common understanding of the factors and mechanisms involved, the more effective the efforts at optimization. I found your real-world exercises in past years very enlightening. November 21, 2018 | “Harmonie C” room | Conference Area Hall 5.1. How can everyone agree on a common denominator for change?

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Supply Chain Management:A New Lens for Supply Chain Roadmaps

Infosys Supply Chain Management

They expand into an analysis of revenue-accruing & cost-optimizing functions, and result in the identification of capabilities that the organization aspires to develop or enhance. Let us take an initiative such as Inventory Optimization as an example. Enterprise transformations are a multi-year exercise in the making.

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Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions

GlobalTranz

A means of optimizing Supply Chain performance in which the manufacturer is responsible for maintaining the distributor’s inventory levels. You may read my post on holding a supplier’s day conference at your facility so that you may increase collaboration. Creating Collaboration: Supplier Day Conference Details of The Day.

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Logistics KPIs Case Study: Whirlpool’s Supply Chain and Logistics Success Driven by Effective KPI Implementation

GlobalTranz

The 4PL built a new routing tool specifically for Whirlpool that offered overall cost optimization and mode selection. This exercise prompted Whirlpool to question whether having a single logistics provider was the best structure to exceed customer expectations and maximize cost savings.