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Are You Caught in Word Salad Dribble?

Supply Chain Shaman

I try to post weekly on this blog. ” For an understanding of my concerns with the terms end-to-end planning, control towers, and real-time decisions. Rolling up a perpetual inventory signal takes eleven hours. days to get a perpetual inventory signal and 2.2 He wants answers. On average, it takes 2.8

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Trying to Push Content Above the Noise

Supply Chain Shaman

The month of December was my longest writing respite since I started this blog in January 2010. Posting the first blog seems like yesterday, but thirteen years and over 540 blogs later, taking a pause from a weekly deadline was badly needed. Today is a writing day. My last post was December 7th, 2023. ” Figure 2.

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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

In a recent blog post, I was challenged by Anna. ” Anna, this blog post is for you. ” Anna, this blog post is for you. If S&OP efforts were that effective, don’t you think that we would have made more progress against inventory levels, margin, and growth? The reason?

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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

I work with a group that has a sub-team focused on cost, one on customer service, and one on inventory, but lack alignment on a standard definition of supply chain excellence. On average, industries carry 38 more days of inventory than in 2007. The problem is that most of it is the wrong inventory due to planning fallacies.

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Healthcare: A Call For Action

Supply Chain Shaman

In this blog, I want to drive a call for action. To understand the chart, let me explain the format. However, we can start with inventory management and the tracking of materials in the hospital more efficiently. In those days, it was impossible to track inventory in the warehouse. My worry is that they are not.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Deployment of deeper statistical engines for inventory management with a focus on safety stock will improve inventory levels. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. ” I am a fan of the fiv e why methodolog y to understand the root cause of an issue. My question is, “Why?”