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I'd like to start a series of blog entries titled "Close the Loop" and addressing how, through a better use of supply chain information, companies can improve their operations, creating a more agile ecosystem while reducing risk. In this entry, I would like to give you an overview of the...
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Does the cost of cloud computing limits the usability of a community cloud to support a supply chain? This is really the question I'd like to address today. Last April, McKinsey and last September, IDC have done an exercise of costing the difference between running applications in the cloud and in...
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In my previous post, I spoke about the tangibles and intangibles of Supply Chain Collaboration , but intentionally did not address one element, the cultural aspects of Supply Chain Collaboration. Companies have increased the outsourcing of their manufacturing and over the years, China has become the...
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The latest recession has gotten a profound impact on many supply chains and forced rethinking strategies . In a quest to reducing costs, many have diminished safety buffers, established lean thinking, and redesigned their flows. In that process they have made themselves more vulnerable to variance, while...
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Hi, all The next few blogs will point you to information on the recent announcement of the EFPIA 2D labelling scheme. The EFPIA is the European Federation of Pharmaceutical and Industries Association. In-Pharma's article on this announcement is: http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Packaging/2D-barcodes...
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Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, Supply Chain, packaging, serialization, safety, HP, EFPIA, Siemens, 2D Barcodes, IT Solutions, Sweden
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At the Gartner Symposium, last week, HP's CEO Mark Hurd was quoted about the lack of security in the Cloud . This is only one of the voices heard about cloud computing security. So, should we stop thinking about linking our partners in the cloud to gain visibility in our Supply Chain? Maybe, maybe...
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Last week, I was in Singapore at the SCM Logistics World 2009 . My presentation was around how to build a weatherproof Supply Chain through the increase of visibility across the ecosystem. Having talked about the subject previously on this blog, I'd like to focus this time on a debate that took place...
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As President Obama announces a cloud computing initiative for the US , it is interesting to note that in their definition of Cloud Computing , the federal government includes an interesting deployment model, called community cloud. In their definition the cloud infrastructure is shared by several organizations...
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As one of HP’s supply chain auditors, I always look for news and best practices relating to responsible supply chain management and procurement. This summer HEC Paris and EcoVadis published an interesting study: The Sustainable Procurement Benchmark report . The study is based on a questionnaire...
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There are an increasing number of cloud based Supply Chain services, offered as SaaS, appearing on the market. But that is not the subject of this blog entry. Actually the question is way simpler. Are you aware of all the players participating in providing you the latest SaaS service you have bought...
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A couple weeks ago I received the Quarter 2/2009 release of CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly, where I found a really interesting article titled: " When Supply Chains merge: 5 mistakes to avoid " by Harpal Singh. Reading the article, I was thinking about some of the experiences gained during...
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We have just released an updated version of our ‘Global Citizenship in EMEA’ video and I would like to invite you to watch it and leave your comments. In the video, HP managers in charge of environmental responsibility, social investment, supply chain responsibility and privacy describe what...
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A couple posts ago, I discussed the role of IT in manufacturing outsourcing . I'd like to come back to this topic, and discuss more in details the need for a cross-enterprise backbone allowing the companies members of the ecosystem to share information in an easy and transparent manner. Obviously...
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Delays encountered by both Airbus and Boeing have demonstrated the importance of cross-enterprise collaborations as eco-systems become increasingly global and complex. As both companies continue battling for the number one position, they rely increasingly on their development partners and suppliers....
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A lot is written about S&OP, Sales & Operations Planning , and I will not resume it here, but S&OP only goes as far. Fundamentally what COE's are confronted with is balancing supply and demand to maximize revenues while delighting customers. To achieve that they have trade-offs make,...