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What Does Good Look Like S&OP?

Supply Chain Shaman

What Does Good Look Like? Definition and alignment on why should make a decision and what a good decision looks like. I like the use of growth, margin, inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital, customer service and ESG metrics. The journey for S&OP is a road with many ruts and potholes. I am also amazed. Drives Value.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. In the process, the students learn that only 20-25% of the flow of the supply chain can be effectively managed as an efficient supply chain (lowest cost) and that more and more items are not forecastable at an item/location level. (The The So What?

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6 Ways AI Empowers End-to-End Decision Automation in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

This ensures the secure, high-capacity, and bi-directional transfer of essential information such as master data on products, customers, production-distribution infrastructure, transactional data on sales, inventory status and position, transportation execution data, external data e.g. competitor pricing, weather, recommendations, action triggers.

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Definitions Matter

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain space is heavily laden with acronyms, gobbledygook, false narratives, and over-hyped, fast-talking technology sales teams. ” My question is, “What is a digitally mature company? I am still waiting for an answer on what this means. ” Traditional View What does end-to-end planning mean?

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Nespresso Optimizes Orders and Inventory with End-to-End Digital Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

It’s no simple task providing customers access to the full range of capsules and coffee machines on all sales channels, across more than 70 boutiques in Italy, while optimizing inventory levels. What drove Nespresso’s supply chain planning project? What critical issues have you addressed with this solution?

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Omnichannel Retailers Leverage Optimization for Order-Promising

Logistics Viewpoints

An omnichannel order management system helps companies meet growing customer expectations. An omnichannel order management system allows an organization to execute order fulfillment across all channels and fulfillment flow paths. Historically, an OOM has access to all the company’s inventory. That is changing.

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Dispelling Untruths: 10 Generative AI Myths

Logility

During this time, the same AI tools that underwrite new technologies have been key in improving efficiency and optimizing all areas of logistics and supply chain processes including forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, manufacturing, network optimization, and more.