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How Supply Chain Lost Its Mojo

Supply Chain Shaman

“someone must have their mojo working over at the record company” In the 1990s supply chain had MOJO. Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive. ” Background: I have been working in the field of supply chain management since 1979.

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Intelligent IBP – a new role for supply chain planners

Supply Chain Trend

This traditional IBP is not set up for a fast-changing world, where speed of decision making confers a competitive advantage. In this blog : a new role for supply chain planners. The new evolutionary challenge for IBP, and more specific for supply chain leaders, is to close the traditional IBP decision gaps.

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If Only There Were More Choices

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain technology market is in transition. Many of the clients I work with are nervous about SAP APO’s transition and the evolution of SAP’s supply chain planning solutions. The hype cycle was my favorite Gartner model when I was a Gartner analyst in 2001-2003.) Yes, I know.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. Is Steelwedge a Tragic Hero of Supply Chain Cloud Technology? The supply chain management software market had soured. My answer? I am not sure. It depends.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

This traditional IBP is not set up for a fast-changing world, where speed of decision making confers a competitive advantage. Here, you can read the Rise of Autonomous , Unshackle the planners , Closing the Decisions Gaps and a new role for supply chain planners. Intelligent automation will change this.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

This traditional IBP is not set up for a fast-changing world, where speed of decision making confers a competitive advantage. Here, you can read the Rise of Autonomous , Unshackle the planners , Closing the Decisions Gaps and a new role for supply chain planners. Intelligent automation will change this.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

A businessman, who caught the virus at a conference in Singapore, was linked to several other cases. Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. Coronavirus could wreck the global auto industry.” .