Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. Business leaders are action-oriented and competitive. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

However, visibility of channel relationships–customer orders and consumption/purchase–in the demand network, or the use and consumption of materials in the extended supplier network, is an ongoing issue. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders). Let me explain the issue.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. He is the author of the blog Supply Chain Trend and the self excellence guide Building Mental Toughness. 71% think we need more industry standards around S&OP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Lowes ordered a new washer, but due to replenishment issues and the lack of visibility in their system, they could not tell me when to expect the replacement. The voice automated system offering me upgraded services took seven minutes of my time until I got a customer service representative. Internet and Cable Issues.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. China’s low prices have historically undercut global prices and pushed out foreign competitors –– such as the Mountain Pass mine in California, which closed in 2002. The result?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Initially, this led to operating losses and write-offs and was turned around in 2002. The retailer’s plan was never normalized against inventory and as a result it did not reflect buying behavior. To accomplish this goal, and decrease total system inventory, we needed to understand was the retailers inventory policy.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I learned that to manage logistics you have to manage relationships with people in the supply chain, and I also learned that there is an informal network of relationships that had to be managed in the supply chain… this was in 2002. Today almost all college food, including NC State, is excellent!)

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. Still managing your supply chain with Excel macros? Guess what? It’s going to happen again, so you better prepare.

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