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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering. The taxonomies and goals are different.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). Today, there are no authoritative identifiers to track and trace for containers, warehouse locations, trucks or manufacturing plants.

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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

In parallel, SAP launched technology platforms: NetWeaver in 2004 followed by HANA 2.0 The Battle For Analytics Is Waging. Descriptive analytics is mainstream. These new analytic architectures will fit in between workforce productivity applications and alphabet soup legacy solutions like APS, SRM, CRM and ERP.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, ResMed, Ross Stores, Sleep Number, Subaru, Toro, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company. More supply chain innovation happens in contract manufacturing–look at Jabil’s results–in the Contract Manufacturing industry with a 6-8% margin than in these high margin sectors. (No

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Time for Value Chain 4.0?

Supply Chain Shaman

The effect was primarily on office productivity and entertainment, but not on manufacturing. The period of 2004-2014 had a.4 percent for the period of 1994-2004. Overall, companies lag in the understanding of the potential of new forms of analytics. The third industrial revolution was much shorter and smaller in impact.

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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. In 2004, I worked with the client to help define specifications and shortlist potential solutions. The manufacturer pays maintenance for the planning software but stops contact with Company A. What do I mean? We Give to You.