Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 28, 2021

In 2004, I worked with a Midwest North American meatpacker to help define its supply chain strategy. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat. Maximize the value of your purchase. What do I mean? Be careful.

Supply Chain Planning Software 236

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. Dependency on Excel. Due to the shortfalls in the evolution of Advanced Planning, 68% of business users use Excel spreadsheets as the primary mechanism for planning. Driving supply chain excellence is a balancing act.

S&OP 179

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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). The solution failed.

Supply Chain Software 150

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