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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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Among these strategies, the role of supply chain capability stands out as a key factor in driving success. A well-optimized supply chain not only ensures efficient delivery and cost-effectiveness but also provides companies with a competitive advantage in the market.

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

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We believe that a key pillar of this transformation is the supply chain. According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. With such growth comes supply chain complexity. Most other developed countries are around 40-50% less than this.

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Our 2017 Top 10 List! – Part 2

Supply Chain Game Changer

And in the second half of 2017 we had an ever increasing number of articles contributed by industry leaders all of whom have been very generous in sharing their intellect and insights. Our first Top 10 List covered the Top blog posts from the first half of 2017 so our 2nd Top 10 List will cover the second half of 2017.

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Introducing Lean In Retail … Start in the Backroom!

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Check out 10 Signs You Should Reboot Your Lean Program! I decided that I would introduce Lean process improvement techniques to this company. I came from a Manufacturing, Operations and Supply Chain background so I spent a career surrounded by the application of Lean methodologies. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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10 Signs You Should Reboot Your Lean Program!

Supply Chain Game Changer

How many people make a New Year’s resolution to “Lean” yourself out only to abandon it shortly thereafter? What do you do when your Lean program at work suffers the same fate? In this case one of the areas I wanted to understand was whether or not there was a Lean program in operation. And it needed a reboot.

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How to Weather the Hurricanes of 2017 (and more) with a Heavy-Duty TMS Platform

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For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations. sugar will impact food and beverage production later in 2017 as the harvest is due to begin on 1 October and the full implications of the loss are yet to be measured.

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An Outlook for the Future of Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS)! An Outlook for Supply Chain article and permission to publish here provided by Joe Gregson. Do you ever question your knowledge of what is going on in Supply Chain? A highly outsourced and autonomous Supply Chain.