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Manufacturers Must Seek Better Supply Chain Visibility

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For manufacturers, key functions such as sourcing and supplier management have become more challenging as the result of increasing supply chain complexity. One area that manufacturers need to focus on is improving supply chain visibility. Visibility all the way up the supply chain. Visibility into supplier capacity.

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Pigs Get Fed; Hogs Get Slaughtered

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This week I attended the Logimed 2016 conference in New Orleans. He said he had seen it all in supply base management and had experienced the feeling of victory leaving plenty of blood on the floor in negotiating with suppliers in his day. He talked about how that experience with power was a real high at times.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

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IBP fully integrates strategy with rolling forecasts , with a process for enterprise resource reallocation and with a corporate communication plan (Van Hove, 2016). A problem arises in IBP meetings when participants are distracted by very near-term planning issues, leaving insufficient time for longer term discussion and decisions.

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346: Enable and Empower Your Supply Chain, with WiseTech

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Today Richard White, Founder and CEO of WiseTech Global, joins me to chat all about the company and what they do; his entrepreneurial journey; using real-time data visibility to bring your workforce together; accelerating growth through acquisition; and his vision for empowering the world’s supply chains.

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Blockchain for Supply Chain: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses

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By providing a secure and transparent way to track products from their origin to their final destination, blockchain for supply chain can help increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve trust between suppliers and customers. This allows for increased efficiency, reduced costs, and improved trust between suppliers and customers.

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UltraShipTMS Inbound Logistics Solution Selected by The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

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February 17, 2016 – Fair Lawn, NJ – UltraShipTMS announces the latest addition to its growing roster of valued client companies –The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., Once fully implemented, UltraShipTMS will improve visibility into Bon-Ton’s inbound shipments as they make their way to the company’s distribution centers.

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Why Data Sharing is Limited in a Competitive Environment

Supply Chain Trend

The best application of CPFR I’ve encountered was in 2005, when working for a meat manufacturer that received point-of-sale (POS) data four times a day (10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm) from over 600 stores from the largest retailer in the Netherlands. DATA SUPPLIERS. It is a great way to use data and create supply[1]chain visibility.

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