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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. The SAS forecasting system implemented in 2019 was not tested for model accuracy. An example for this client would be to use 2017 and 2018 history to forecast 2019. So, I asked the questions, “Is your data forecastable? Let’s Be Customer Centric.

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D.I.MAR Makes Waves with Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Powered by ToolsGroup Automation

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup provides the solution we need to make faster, more accurate decisions that deliver the best consumer experience, while achieving our business metrics and strengthening relationships network-wide. Learn more about how probabilistic forecasting outperforms traditional methods and yields significant business benefits here.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. Despite spending 1.1%

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results. I love the metaphor of watermelon metrics. The issue is that traditional functional metrics drive underperformance—the greater the variability, the larger the gap. Over time, this changed.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Tight coupling of the supply chain forecast to the financial forecast will improve value. Without clear governance, customer data never sees the light of day.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Payable terms grew, and the focus on efficient procurement and functional metrics reduced the development of strong relationships across the value chain. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. Focus on Cost.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

It started in manufacturing and spread, step by step, to improvements in the way the company runs its supply chain. This manufacturer already has business continuity plans in place. With the addition of the SCRM solution, this manufacturer believes they have achieved mature Control Tower capabilities. A Transformation Journey.