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Effective Supplier Collaboration Is Critical

Logistics Viewpoints

McKinsey, the global consulting firm, has done research and writing on supply chain collaboration. In one McKinsey survey of more than 100 large organizations in multiple sectors, companies that regularly collaborated with suppliers demonstrated higher growth, lower operating costs, and greater profitability than their industry peers.

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Being Adaptive Drives Resiliency and Margins in Collaborative Supply Chain Networks (CSCN)

Logistics Viewpoints

By embracing collaboration, real-time data, and a focus on sustainability, companies can build resilience, improve margins, and gain a competitive edge. Finally, the company collaborates closely with local suppliers, sharing real-time data on production requirements and inventory levels.

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Women in Supply Chain Award: How Mentorship, Collaboration and Self-Advocacy Pave the Way for Future Female Leaders

Food Logistics

Meet the winners from this year's Women in Supply Chain award. For these winners, it’s about mentorship, self-advocacy, collaboration and closing the gender gap to pave the way for future female leaders in logistics.

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FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success

The Logistics of Logistics

FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success. Original Article: FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success. However, even as retailers scramble to meet e-commerce consumer demands, and providers lean into the latest trends to get those packages to front doors, there is plenty going on behind the scenes. “One Collaboration.

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Five Best Practices for Balancing Costs, Risks, and Sustainability

In the face of volatile macroeconomic conditions and other complex challenges, supply chain and procurement pros must strike a tough balance between seemingly contradictory demands: boosting performance and sustaining and extending business operations, all while meeting customers’ needs.

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5 Supply Chain Collaboration Essentials to Mitigate Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

To be able to predict and respond to these disruptions quickly and mend the gaps, organizations must prioritize collaboration so their supply chains will bend rather than break. Collaboration is Key. Supply chain collaboration is essential to mitigating the risks that come from exposure to disruption.

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Supercharging Supplier Collaboration Through a Digitally Connected Ecosystem

Supply Chain Brain

Effective supplier collaboration is a key requirement for increasing maturity of supply chain operations.

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Multi-Tier Supply Chain Application Enables Fortune 100 Company to Gain Visibility

A Fortune 100 company wanted to have seamless visibility, collaboration and synchronized planning with its multiple levels of suppliers. This lack of visibility caused issues meeting customer demands in a timely manner. This lack of visibility caused issues meeting customer demands in a timely manner.

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How Data Analytics Can Solve the Challenges Faced by SC Leaders in Discrete Manufacturing

Supply chain analytics can arm the supply chain leaders to meet various supply chain challenges, including: Lack of real-time data visibility. Lack of collaboration between supply chain stakeholders. .” – McKinsey & Company. Imbalance in product lines, creating asset underutilization. Inconsistent data on safety stock levels.