Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

Process latency, the time for an organization to make a decision using a traditional S&OP process, is two-to-six weeks. The traditional leader values cost reduction but is blind on how to value time. Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine. Growing tensions between China and trading partners. Unrest in Sudan. What is normalcy?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2023

As discussions full of oxymorons, acronyms, and juxtapositions fill the air, I think that it is time to step back, and rethink planning based on the opportunities that new forms of analytics and data give us. My goal is to engage the supply chain community in a no smoke and mirrors discussion. My goal is to drive change. Buyer beware.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Given your expertise, I’d love to hear what alternatives you recommend for better demand forecasting and real-time visibility beyond what’s commonly adopted today.” In a recent blog post, I was challenged by Anna. Solving from a supply side seems to work for many companies I work with. ” Anna, this blog post is for you.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2023

The demand must be embraced as a flow, not an analysis of time-phased data, to drive better insights. In the Global Supply Chain, there are More Constraints To Address Than Just Manufacturing. Procurement planning inside of lead time is not sufficient. Let me explain. What is the data and process latency in current decisions?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2020

In this time of uncertainty, focus is essential. For most companies in good times, this was not the case. I remember standing in the temperature screening queue in Doha. As the line wound around multiple stations, my backpack cut into my shoulders. I was tired and cranky as I read the overview of MERS. Start Doing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Quest to Use Real-Time Data. Real-time data surrounds the supply chain, often as streaming data. For this article, we will define real-time data as the availability of data and the usage within 15 minutes of the occurrence (writing or publishing from an input system). Definition of Time Horizons. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

The companies with the strongest year-over-year performance (placing in the winner’s circle for six more times in ten years) are Apple, L’Oreal, Nike, Paccar, TJX, and TSMC. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm. How Do You Define Excellence? Humility exudes from my fingers as I type this post.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Here I share some insights from my research. The reason? We are not clear on definition.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

At one time, there were more than 200, then consolidation happened, and the number became 112. In the 1980s, I had a flip phone. (On On the left, I share a picture for those that never experienced the evolution of the cellular phone.) The device was limited to voice/calls–no music, no text, and no apps. This device was a portable phone.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 2, 2020

The thought of a pandemic killing over 350,000 people globally and over 100,000 in the United States in just three months is mind-numbing. It was risky, but my determined mother took a chance. She believed in science and patted my shoulder reassuringly as I rolled up my sleeve. During my toddler years, polio fear gripped the nation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I brace myself for a late flight for a 2:00 AM arrival as the clock ticks-an echo of time lost. The larger the organizational alignment issues, the longer the decision-making time. I squint to look at the terminal monitor hoping that the two-hour flight delay changes. Today, I ended a 45-day speaking tour. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

On a call, Pete gave me a hard time. I don’t think that he was clear in his mind on framing the problem, but he was just sure that planning was not as effective. At the time, the supply chain teams at Companies like Kraft were more mature in their understanding of supply chain planning than I find today. Why does it matter?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

Asset relocation takes time. Over the last three years, these three fundamental assumptions unraveled: they are no longer valid. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. I share the questions in bold and my answers follow. We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. What to do?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Create a supply chain planning master database to track variability in lead times, conversion rates, and cycles. As a result, in this time of increased variability, organizations are more reactive. As supply chains scramble to keep up with the 32% net increase in the sale of products (physical goods), teams are reacting. Volume is up.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

The use of market data decreases demand latency (time to sense and translate market shifts). Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Create a supply chain planning master database to track variability in lead times, conversion rates, and cycles. As a result, in this time of increased variability, organizations are more reactive. As supply chains scramble to keep up with the 32% net increase in the sale of products (physical goods), teams are reacting. Volume is up.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

The companies are just not good at managing inventories and orchestrating distribution strategies. My left arm hurts. I have been on a waiting list to get the shot for three years. This week, I rolled up my sleeve and got the Shingrix vaccine. Glaxo SmithKline introduced Shingrix in 2017, but shortages prevailed. I now understood.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 12, 2020

As a multi-tasker, when Governor Cuomo broadcasts, I use the time to work out on my rowing machine. Last week on my Network of Networks call, a proud technology salesperson, let’s call him Jim, announced, “I am speaking at Logimed next week on the impact of Just-in-Time (JIT) on the COVID-19 response. Reflection.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. My focus was simple.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

Time to Know. Time to Act. For me, it is a heightened respect for time. For me, it is a heightened respect for time. Then it was the redefinition of the supply chain for the global shutdowns Sick with the virus; I spent my energies writing and moderating podcasts. As the economy shut down, I sunk in a pit of despair.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The output was just not helpful. We have too hard-wired solutions bolted into IT architectures to enable the flexibility needed by business leaders during times of high variability. Over time, this changed. The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. It will not be over soon. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate. Most planning systems are implemented with a fixed value for lead time. The winter offers no relief. What was different?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Unloading times are double and costs are triple. At the time, a functionally encased view of visibility was sufficient. Supply chain shortages abound. Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. Conventional approaches are not sufficient. Reflection.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7%

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Supply chain leaders that make the biggest difference build supply chain potential and make small, incremental progress over time. From time to time, at Supply Chain Insights , we do quantitative assessments of individual companies to understand the dynamics within the supply chain organization. Good planning takes time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

They are just too risky. Sniffing opportunity, the venture capitalists are like sharks in the water. While the supply chain technology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. I forecast that this interest will grow and the market is going to become more confusing. Reflection. Evolution is messy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7% Let’s set the stage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) (I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) At the time, I was fascinated how the most mature teams bucked the system. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Each group—marketing, sales, finance, and supply chain — takes a time-phased snapshot of the river using different models, granularities, and biases. Each group—marketing, sales, finance, and supply chain — takes a time-phased snapshot of the river using different models, granularities, and biases. Imagining What Could Be.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It is usually the small shifts… over time, there is degradation. Let me take you back in time. At the time, I was an optimistic teenager thinking I could change the world. The focus is to help companies to make trade-offs in the period in the longer time duration (past the order and operational horizons).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

This type of response is just not helpful. Grounded during this pandemic, and unable to interact with clients in person, I try to write 3,000 words a day. Morning after morning, fueled by good black coffee, I type away. I share insights, based on research, for the supply chain leader. ” When this happens, I sigh. Background. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2021

Just as there are many flavors of sports teams, there are many types of supply chains. In fact, in many of my workshops, it was the first time that a cross-functional group of supply chain employees met in the same room. Supply chain management is a team sport. Success depends on a team pulling together against a common goal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 11, 2014

It was not just one. Yet, in a study that we just completed, when asked about business pain, supply chain risk rates low. For the purposes of the study that we just completed, we defined supply chain risk management as the proactive identification and resolution of potential risks to the supply chain. It is not just one factor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Second, they adapt over time as market structures and strategies evolve. During the webinar, a respondent asked me to not present just the facts but to give advice. Delivery at the shortest cycle time. Adaptive: The time to sense and respond to market changes. First, great supply chains are agile. Responsive.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2014

Sometimes, I ask myself, “Where has time gone?” ” Other times I celebrate how much I have learned. It will be a long time before I retire. Many times it is slow, and I get frustrated. I am an old gal. In six months, I will raise a toast to my sixtieth birthday. Many of my friends are retiring.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2018

Most are just too vague to answer and waste everyone’s time.). This type of rifle-shot of a RFP drill is a waste of time. This types of approach just demonstrates how little thought has gone into market intelligence. They are all starting to sound the same. We have tried SAP IBP and are not impressed. Promotions?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Allyson’s presentation was just that. Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Executing an event in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging. One of the goals of the conference was to challenge the audience to redefine work. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. ” “Oops!,”

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