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supply chain management is one of the
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hottest disciplines in the business
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world today and there's a lot we can
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learn from some of the leading supply
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chains in the industry but what are
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those leading supply chains and what are
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the supply chains we can learn from
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that's what i want to talk about here
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today
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my name is eric kimberling i'm the ceo
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of third stage consulting we're an
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independent consulting firm that helps
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clients throughout the world to reach
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the third stage of digital
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transformation success
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and when we're trying to learn about
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what makes a supply chain effective how
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do we navigate supply chain management
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here in the 2020s it's helpful to look
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at some of the leading organizations
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throughout the world that have built
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very robust and highly successful and
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highly effective
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supply chains so what i want to do today
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is provide a top 10 countdown of the top
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10 supply chains that you should be
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familiar with as you look to ways that
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you can incorporate those best practices
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into your supply chain
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schneider electric is a very large
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global conglomerate that provides energy
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management solutions throughout the
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world the reason schneider is in our top
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10 list is because they are in an
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industry that's very complex energy
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management typically entails a very
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complex supply chain so that alone is a
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reason to celebrate the success of
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schneider's supply chain but it's also
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the fact that they're a global
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organization they operate in over 100
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countries and that requires a great
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amount of discipline as it relates to
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supply chain management another reason
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why schneider is in our top 10 list is
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because they have a program that focuses
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on driving sustainability and innovation
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in the supply chain and this extends all
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the way to their suppliers and basically
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everyone that touches their supply chain
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is focused on sustainability and also
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innovation so for all these reasons
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that's enough to land schneider at
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number 10 on our list of top 10 supply
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chains
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coming in at number nine is intel and
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intel is a chip manufacturer as you may
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know and they produce a very high volume
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of computer chips
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every year
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and the reason why they're in the top 10
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is if you go back 10 years or so back to
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2012 intel was experiencing a ship
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shortage and they were actually able to
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beef up production by building two
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manufacturing plants in the united
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states to help increase throughput and
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productivity and production at a time
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when there was pretty severe chip
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shortages and during that time they
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demonstrated that they could respond
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with their supply chain management and
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respond to changing macroeconomic and
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overall supplier trends to ensure that
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they had a supply chain that could
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survive into the future not only that
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but they also have a very
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forward-thinking supply chain that
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focuses on
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decreasing their carbon footprint
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decreasing their impact to the
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environment and the sustainability of
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their supply chain is another reason why
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they're in our top ten and then finally
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another neat thing about intel supply
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chain is that they have a corporate code
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of conduct that applies to all of their
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suppliers they have over 9 000 tier 1
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suppliers who are required to abide by
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this code of conduct to ensure corporate
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responsibility impact to
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the climate as well as overall diversity
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goals so for these reasons intel is
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number nine on our list of top 10 supply
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chains
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coming in at number eight on our list is
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alibaba and alibaba is the global
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ecommerce retailer similar to amazon
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that
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manages a very complex supply chain a
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lot of different suppliers a lot of
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different customers throughout the world
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and a lot of supply chain demands that
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go along with that and the fact that
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they've been able to scale the way they
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have and grow to become the powerhouse
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that they have internationally is a
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reflection of their effective supply
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chain management in addition to being a
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retailer and distributor
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alibaba has also
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increased its manufacturing capabilities
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as well which further complicates their
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supply chain but it's a transition
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they've managed well
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and they've also offered a supply chain
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as a service sort of offering to
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customers to allow them to track
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everything from procurement to
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transportation and being able to track
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the status of the supply chain along the
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way and so for all these reasons that's
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why alibaba is number eight on our list
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coming in at number seven is walmart and
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walmart is the global retailer that
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really transformed the supply chain back
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in the 80s and 90s by really changing
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the way people think about supply chain
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management in fact it was walmart that
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made supply chain management fairly well
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known at the time and they did that by
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driving down supplier costs by
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integrating their supply chain and
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providing a lot of innovation that
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organizations hadn't seen up until that
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point
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more recently in more recent years
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walmart has navigated the pandemic and
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the shift to omnichannel retail by
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enabling competencies that allow for
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curbside pickup for example to really
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rethink the way people shop and the way
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people get their goods
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and they've also had a pretty strong
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focus on sustainability and corporate
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responsibility as well so for all these
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reasons that's why walmart is number
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seven on our list
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coming in at number six is johnson and
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johnson the large consumer product
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organization and the reason they're in
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our top ten list is because they've
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really
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pioneered this whole concept of
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data-driven supply chains and they're
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almost obsessed with data analytics and
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gathering data throughout the supply
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chain and they use these various data
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points throughout the supply chain to
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create more accurate forecasts of
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consumer demand as well as production
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needs and distribution needs and really
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identifying potential challenges and
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bottlenecks within the supply chain so
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this is a very innovative way of
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thinking that we hadn't seen up until
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johnson and johnson and that's why
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they're number six on our list
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coming in number five on our list is
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colgate palmolive another consumer
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product powerhouse
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and the reason they're in our top 10
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list is because first of all they manage
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a very complex supply chain effectively
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throughout the world but secondly
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they're also very innovative in terms of
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some of the digital technologies they
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use to manage their supply chain for
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example the company has pioneered
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factory automation as well as advanced
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network modeling which are two
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technologies that hadn't been used
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previously or at least not commonly used
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by supply chains in addition the company
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has deployed predictive maintenance
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models using that same data as well as
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wireless sensors and artificial
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intelligence so they're really on the
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leading edge of using some emerging
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technologies to enhance and optimize our
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supply chain which is why it's number
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five on our list of top 10 supply chains
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coming in number four on our list of top
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10 supply chains is mcdonald's
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mcdonald's of course is the large fast
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food retailer
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internationally and the reason they're
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in our top 10 list is because they've
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used technology in a way that a lot of
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organizations haven't done well
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not only that but they've integrated a
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supply chain that begins with farmers
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and the actual production of raw
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materials and ingredients into their
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food all the way through
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the final product that's delivered to
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their customers in the restaurants and
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of course everything in between so that
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alone is a very complex supply chain
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it's a very large and global supply
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chain and for that reason mcdonald's is
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number four in our top ten list of
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supply chains
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coming in at number three is unilever
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and unilever is interesting because they
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view supply chain management as a core
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competency and a competitive
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differentiator for their organization
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and unilever supply chain begins at the
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manufacturing process and continues all
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the way through the end consumers it's
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heavily dependent on data artificial
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intelligence and other ways of
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anticipating consumer demand and
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producing
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and delivering to that consumer demand
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and if you just look at the sheer volume
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and complexity and magnitude of their
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supply chain it's very impressive the
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company manufactures and distributes 77
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000
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stock keeping units or skus
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in over 190 countries and they serve as
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2.5 billion customers every day which is
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about a third of the world's population
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which is very impressive so for all
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these reasons unilever is number three
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on our list of top 10 supply
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chains coming in at number two on our
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list is apple which is one of the
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largest companies in the world they
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produce very complex products and
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distribute their products to consumers
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all over the world and their products
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when you look at iphones or their
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laptops and other devices that they
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produce are very complex there's
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thousands of materials that go into any
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given end product which that in and of
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itself is a lot of complexity to manage
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but in addition to that they've also
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provided a sort of supply chain that's
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very nimble and adaptable and they've
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done this by creating strong
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relationships with suppliers so that
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they can respond quickly to changing
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customer demands
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and taste and if you look at the way
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they've been able to ramp up production
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when there have been demand surges
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they've been very good at that not to
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say that it's always possible to find
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the latest and greatest iphone in the
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marketplace but in general they do a
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pretty good job of satisfying consumer
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demand and quickly ramping up production
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and ramping up their supply chain as
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they need to so for all these reasons
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that's why apple is number two on our
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list
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coming in at number one is amazon which
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is not only one of the largest companies
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in the world but it may be the most
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complex supply chain in the world
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they work with thousands of different
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suppliers and sellers
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through their e-commerce platform
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they produce many of their own products
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they even are opening their own bricks
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and mortar retail stores and by the way
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they also manage their entire supply
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chain of distribution beginning from the
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source of the supplier all the way
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through their distribution centers and
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distribution to
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consumers and part of the reason why
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amazon is number one is because they've
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really forced the industry to rethink
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supply chains they've gotten us
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accustomed to the idea that i could
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order a product today and maybe even
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have that product delivered to my house
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by the end of the same day depending on
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where i live and that's something that
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was unheard of just a few years ago so
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the fact that amazon is totally
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revolutionizing the supply chain is to
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be noticed so for these reasons that's
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why amazon is number one on our list of
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top 10 supply chains now i hope this has
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given you a good indicator and a good
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overview of some of the top 10 supply
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chains in the marketplace and for more
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best practices and lessons learned from
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other organizations as they've rethought
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their business models and gone through
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digital transformations of their own i
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encourage you to download our annual
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digital transformation report which
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includes a number of best practices and
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case studies as it relates to
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transformations including supply chain
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transformations it also includes a
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number of independent rankings and
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reviews as it relates to supply chain
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management technologies so i encourage
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you to download that white paper i've
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included a link below as well as links
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to other resources i think might help
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you as you research supply chains and
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general business transformation sorts of
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topics so i hope you found this
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information useful and hope you have a
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great day
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you
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