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Catalysts for Supply Chain Transformation
Analyst Insight: Supply chain transformation requires a business-aligned supply chain strategy and change management prowess. At its core, it is about change. Gartner defines supply chain transformation as a step function change in supply chain performance that is sustained for more than one year. Data from 30 in-depth interviews, hundreds of inquiries and interactions with Gartner clients during the past 18 months revealed the key drivers of supply chain transformations. - Michael Dominy, Research Director, Gartner Supply Chain Leaders
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The Challenges of Having 'Green' Supply Chain Management
There are a few good ways of entering a green supply chain management strategy, and an increasing amount of literature every year is being devoted to discussing so-called green SCM.
146,000 Non-Farm Jobs Added in February, According to U.S. Economic Health Tracker
An estimated 146,000 non-farm jobs were added to U.S. payrolls in February, according to its D&B's U.S Economic Health Tracker, a monthly, multi-dimensional perspective on the U.S. economy, including small business health, total job growth, and overall U.S. business health.
Champ Cargosystems Launches Airfreight Community Platform
Champ Cargosystems, a provider of integrated air-cargo services, has launched an airfreight community platform. Dubbed CargoUpdate, the tool was designed to enhance communications between airlines and freight forwarders.
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End-to-End Supply Chain Synchronization
Analyst Insight: Best-in-class companies are evolving to meet their customers' needs by reverse engineering their supply chains to align with overall sales strategies and customer desires. This process involves integrating and working various verticals within a company in order to achieve the desired outcome. Supply chain professionals are taking a different look at their companies' operations through the lens of customers' perspectives and expectations, and organizing the supply chains around those focal points. - Rodrigo Cambiaghi, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP and EY US Leader for E2E Supply Chain practice; and Dieter Bölzing, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP and EY Supply Chain Strategy & Planning, EMEIA
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Your Next Perfect Employee or Job Is Waiting
SupplyChainBrain and JobsInLogistics have joined forces in 2014 for the specialized purpose of:
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Time for an End-to-End Transformation in Food & Beverage Industry?
Analyst Insight: Food and beverage companies lag consumer packaged goods companies in corporate performance. With rising raw materials costs and volatility, coupled with increased compliance for food safety, they are facing greater change and increased risk. As they move into 2014, their supply chains are not as mature and their challenges are greater. - Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder, Supply Chain Insights
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March Networks: The World of High-Tech Security
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Transforming Sourcing And Supplier Management. It's In Your Grasp.
Challenge: In a highly competitive and dynamic environment, a leading manufacturer of home appliances set out to transform its global sourcing functions with the goals of sustaining quality, maintaining production, and most important of all, preserving profit margins.
We Have Liftoff! Low Cost Country Sourcing Still Viable in 2014C
Challenge: A global $4B Aerospace & Defense manufacturer was challenged by its executive leadership to reduce their product costs to protect profit margins and create greater flexibility in pricing. A cost reduction project was launched, targeting their machined parts, one of their largest direct materials costs.
Hit the Gas! How to Double Your Strategic Sourcing Output
Challenge: A $7B Tier 1 automotive manufacturer determined that its direct materials sourcing processes were inefficient to the point that they were losing potential revenue. Instead of performing strategic sourcing activities for new product introductions, the sourcing team was spending most of its time extracting information from other systems (PLM, ERP), manipulating spreadsheets, and analyzing vast amounts of quote information from their suppliers.
Source Smarter: Cross-Company Consolidation Generates Savings While Reducing Risk.
Challenge: An $8B Aerospace & Defense manufacturer identified that it was sourcing the same or similar specialized fasteners from many suppliers across every division, reducing its ability to attain volume-based discounts and increasing supplier risk and management burden.
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