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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month. As the leaves fall from the trees outside my windows, the financial planning cycle is in full swing. Employees are busy with strategic planning and annual budget reviews. Why Is the Financial Forecast Not a Good Proxy for a Supply Chain Forecast?

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5 Ways Businesses Are Uncovering Success With AI In Manufacturing

ToolsGroup

AI technology is continually revolutionizing how equipment and humans operate on the manufacturing shop floor as well as improving the behind-the-scenes supply chain planning operations. So instead of being explicitly programmed or told what to do, you feed the program the data and it learns what to do.

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Digital Transformation: It Takes a Village

Supply Chain Shaman

This blog is now has over 15,000 readers. There are many young analyst relations specialists asking questions one I received this morning from an Indian Systems Integrator, “Interesting read from your blogs always. How can we have your partnership to have mentioned in your blogs? ” They want me to write about them.

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Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Covid-19’s Ripple Effect Continues + 5 Changes Needed for 2022

ToolsGroup

By May 2020, suppliers were mostly operational again, but there was a huge downturn in U.S. The container shortage was a byproduct of the cancellations – and here’s why. . Here, he explains what caused current global supply chain disruptions, and shares the five steps needed to overcome today’s supply chain issues.

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Supply Chain Analytics: What It Is and Why It Matters

QAD

What is Supply Chain Analytics and Why is it Important? Supply chain analytics allows businesses to examine their operations and view data in real-time. With supply chain management analytics software, companies can improve decision making, take a proactive approach and quickly mitigate issues before they explode into bigger problems.

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Three Lies and a Truth

Supply Chain Shaman

So, how can they do it quickly and move on to solving business problems? ” In this team activity, people who do not know each other list four statements and ask the group to guess which statement is false. I wanted to believe, and in fact, I do believe that most projects did have short-term impact. The reason?

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Epitaph

Supply Chain Shaman

They were born from well-intentioned, bright professors from great schools – Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT )– in operations research. If you do a google search, you will find lots of accolades and positive press on the acquisition of SmartOps by SAP, but the Shaman is a skeptic.