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Preparing for the new era of concurrency
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 14/06/2017
» Picking up again from our piece two weeks ago, regarding work done by Matt Davis of SCM World entitled "Concurrency -- Embracing the death of S&OP, SCOR and other supply chain paradigms", we will share with you the action plan that he proposes.
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The Internet of Things and 21st-century SCM (Part 2)
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 20/09/2017
» We continue our exploration of the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on supply chain management with one of the clearest and most concise articles we have come across, from the software services provider Intelyt.
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Supply chain management gaining a higher profile in China
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 22/10/2014
» As we reported in our previous column, we attended the Supply Chain Executive World Summit in Shanghai last month and were struck by the increased focus on supply chain management (SCM) in China and the achievements that have resulted.
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RedMart, Lazada and the future of online grocery market in Asia
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 25/01/2017
» Having been involved in a small way with the development of RedMart in Singapore, The Link is very pleased to share highlights of the following interview, shared by Laura Roberts, head of corporate communications at IGD.
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Streamlining planning for tomorrow's supply chain
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 13/07/2016
» This year, we are getting some first-hand reminders, as if we needed any, of how there is still so much work to be done in real-life supply chains. In a typical organisation, especially in this part of the world, the supply chain is "managed", but are we really seeing effective and efficient "supply chain management"?
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An integrative route to business transformation
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 26/08/2015
» Today we wish to revisit a topic about which we have written often. It was prompted by a thought-provoking blog entry by Robert Hart of Competitive Capabilities International, developer of the terrific TRACC value-chain improvement solution. Much has been written about the advantages of individual continuous improvement methodologies such as the Toyota Production System, Total Productive Maintenance and Lean, yet few companies have achieved sustainable success as a result of adopting such approaches.
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The scor model is still the standard
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 04/12/2013
» We are reminded of a couple of expressions lately. First, "What goes around comes around." Second, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
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Practical and effective approach to building supply chain management capability
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 05/06/2013
» We are writing further on the topic of the emerging approach of supply chain coaching. As we have written before, we see this as a most effective way to bridge the gap in supply chain management (SCM) between classroom education and training, the traditional education from the institutions, to the very basic and pragmatic knowledge embedded in the organisation so that, on a day-to-day basis, supply teams are truly effectively in alignment with a company's objectives.
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SCM leaders building on others success
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 27/06/2012
» As we wrote last week, Gartner Research recently held its annual Supply Chain Conference and announced its Supply Chain Management Top 25 for this year. We discussed the key themes of the top companies' leading practices last week.
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So what exactly are integrative improvement systems anyway?
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 06/06/2012
» In recent weeks, we have written about Integrative Improvement Systems (iiS) and are pleased that people have expressed curiosity about this approach. Based on what we wrote, the business benefits are reasonably evident; this especially includes the notion of the sustainability of the continuous improvement (CI) capability in an organisation.
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