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Reverse Logistics

The State of the Healthcare Supply Chain

Eric O'Daffer, research director with Gartner, joins us for an update on the major issues affecting the healthcare supply chain, including the potential impact of healthcare reform.

January 18, 2013

Power of One: Collaborative Planning and Execution across the End-to-End Supply Chain

Breaking down functional silos to create transparent and responsive end-to-end supply chains has long been an intractable supply chain challenge, but many companies are finding success using a control tower concept that gets everyone working off the same plan and focused on the same outcome. To learn more about this approach, SupplyChainBrain convened a Power Lunch"”a roundtable discussion"”with four experts in the field: Paul Bittinger, former supply chain transformation manager, Procter & Gamble (now retired); Lora Cecere, founder and CEO, Supply Chain Insights; Don Gaspari, director, global materials and inventory, NCR Corp.; and Kirk Munroe, vice president of marketing, Kinaxis.

January 18, 2013

Forecasting & Demand Planning

Supply-Chain Risk Management: An Essential Competency

Noha Tohamy, research vice president with Gartner, identifies the proactive strategies that leading companies are using to manage supply-chain risk today.

January 10, 2013

Forecasting & Demand Planning

Supply-Chain Segmentation: A New Strategy for Meeting Customer Demand

One of the hottest topics of discussion at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2012 was supply-chain segmentation. Chris Gordon, practice head and global network lead with Wipro Technologies, explains the concept, and its compelling benefits.

January 10, 2013

Logistics Outsourcing

Tips on Coping with Volatility & Uncertainty

Suresh Iyer, vice president and global practice head with Genpact, shows how companies can remain competitive in the face of increasing volatility and uncertainty in their supply chains.

January 8, 2013

Global Trade Management

Planning for Uncertainty in Supply-Network Design

Supply-network design is a hot topic today. Jake Barr, global director of supply network operations with the Procter & Gamble Company, details the reasons why, and identifies the biggest gaps in network-design efforts today.

January 8, 2013

The Realities of Reverse Logistics

Irv Grossman, vice president of the Supply Chain Operations Practice of Chainalytics, offers guidance on how companies can stop thinking of reverse logistics as an inevitable burden, and begin approaching it strategically.

January 7, 2013

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Logistics Service Providers Tackle Market Challenges

When companies encounter a conflict between cost-efficiency and customer responsiveness, something's got to give. Marc J. Heeren, vice president of strategic sales with Damco, lays out the factors involved in striking the right balance.

January 4, 2013

Something Old, Something New: Dow Applies S&OP to Logistics Planning

A familiar concept is extended into the logistics arena, to help Dow Chemical Co. forecast both short- and long-term capacity requirements for transportation services.

December 28, 2012

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Global Logistics

The Price of Mis-aligning Supply-Chain and Plant Performance

Companies can meet the challenge of ever-growing complexity in their global operations by synching their plant and supply-chain processes. Eric Green, vice president of solution strategy with Apriso, shows how.

December 28, 2012

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