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Unplanned absences, increased workload, malfunctioning equipment – all these can wreck a planner's day, hurt critical operations, and cost millions in lost productivity. Organizations powered by Quintiq’s workforce planning and scheduling software, however, are able... |
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An often underrated, misunderstood and underutilised role of the procurement professional is the site visit. Seen as many as a bit of a jolly or a waste of time, the site visit has become a low-priority activity to be completed only in dire circumstances or when there is nothing... |
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A soon-to-be published Oxford Economics study on the future of procurement will include perspectives from an equal number of procurement leaders and procurement practitioners. And the results are compelling. For a preview of the findings, read this Supply & Demand Chain... |
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The law of unintended consequences has struck retail labor. In an effort to protect workers from the lifestyle disruptions and inconvenience of being scheduled for very short shifts, such as working only for an hour during peak traffic, many states and... |
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We rely on suppliers for a wide range of products and services that allow us to succeed, yet we know surprisingly little about these relationships or how to fully harness them. Some believe these relationships are all about cutting costs. Others think they are the sum of every... |
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At the heart of lean manufacturing is one very simple principle: remove as much waste as possible from your processes.
Lean practitioners have identified 8 forms of waste that occur in manufacturing. And while there are many ways to eliminate these 8 forms of waste, when comparing... |
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Web-to-store will become the normIt’s impossible to imagine what retailing will be like over the next ten months without mentioning web-to-store This is because the three key conditions for generalizing the process have finally materialized! First of... |
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Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the key integrated process that the supply chain organization can leverage to achieve visibility and transformation across the entire organization and throughout the value chain.This study highlights the results of over 196... |
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To achieve maximum value in today’s volatile and competitive environment, retailers must tailor assortments specifically to consumer demand, as well as price and promote items according to local preferences
The highly competitive omni-channel... |
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The complexity of globalisation emphasises the relevance for Multinational Companies (MNCs) for coordinating logistics flows within Global Supply Chains (GSCs). The aim of this paper is to analyse GSC planning configuration, describing the drivers determining the adoption of... |
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