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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

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. What do I mean? To illustrate, let me share a story.

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. 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. An Old Gal on a Mission.