Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

Hau L Lee, Triple-A Supply Chains, Harvard Business Review, October 2004. Inputs, transformation processes, and outputs involve the acquisition and consumption of resources – money, labour, materials, equipment, buildings, land, administration and management. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus.

Optimal Sourcing 288

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Modeling 288

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

With strong Indian outsourcing capabilities, they are pushing the automation of processes through labor arbitrage strategies for cheap labor for manual data manipulation. Sadly, I find each to have a limited view of supply chain analytics. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders).

Supply Chain Software 150

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Network Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Whatever maturity model or consultancy support companies use, S&OP seems to get stuck. In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses.

S&OP 60

S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 60