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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . This approach impairs flexibility to cope with the hazards of the various downstream systems (production tool, customer demand, etc.). A frequent worst practice that makes the supply process more difficult.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. NAPM published a new magazine, Purchasing Magazine, in 1965. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)). Rider (1970)).

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How do we Drive Invention to Innovation in Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

As I read the literature, I felt out of touch and old-fashioned. “How could I not know about supply chain planning software?” On the plane to my interview, I read everything I could about planning software and thought about the simple spreadsheet challenge that was the genesis of my journey. ” I thought.

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Integrated Business Planning: A New Narrative for an Old Process

Supply Chain Trend

Many IBP cycles around the world are based on a 20-year-old process definition supported by 20-year-old planning concepts. If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). KEY POINTS. at the SKU/location level).