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Supply Chain Visibility – An Overcomplicated Challenge!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. Every single organization I have been a part of has been dependent on Excel spreadsheets for order tracking and expediting – and in some cases – even demand planning.

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7 Strategies to Improve Your Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The supply chain is a significant part of your overall business strategy and inventory management. An effective and efficient supply chain can help your business improve customer satisfaction and money by minimizing wait times for in-demand products. Use Demand Planning. Reliability. Great suppliers are reliable.

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The Future of EDI for Supply Chains

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) was introduced in the 1960’s to allow businesses to communicate key business transactions such as purchase orders, advanced shipping notices, and invoices electronically instead of via paper providing fewer errors and more efficiencies.

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What is the Digital Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Purchase orders would be written out by hand and mailed or faxed to suppliers with buyers calling suppliers on the phone to tell them about their needs as well as the inevitable changes in demand. Visibility to where goods were was largely limited to updates that came over the phone. Conclusion.

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From Spend to Supply — Coupa’s direct spend management progress

Spend Matters

It includes (by order of priorities in Coupa's current development cycle): 1. Purchase Order (PO) collaboration for buyers and suppliers to know in real-time the status of POs and Scheduling Agreements (SA), acknowledgements, ASNs, etc. Coupa is not releasing all of the above at the same time.

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

Supply Chain Trend

IBP requires cross functional alignment to eliminate silos, to achieve accountability for delivering strategic, financial and operational outcomes, and to enable scenario planning that provides forward visibility into the consequences and risks of decisions (Sorensen, 2020). Automation versus Augmentation.

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Replenishment Strategies for FBA: Avoid Amazon’s Low Inventory Fees

Finale Inventory

To set your Amazon business up for success, one of the main areas to focus on is inventory: the flow, the costs, the timing of it all. Amazon’s recent introduction of low inventory fees is a key development you need to be aware of. This data becomes the foundation for forecasting future demand.