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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 8, 2024
In the past five years, companies have 5-10X the number of AGVs in their warehouses, but 40-60% more planners in corporate. We have successfully reduced warehouse labor, but planning is more labor intensive today, and less effective. Consider the role of functional metrics and the lack of alignment with the corporate scorecard.)
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. Let me explain. Mistake #5.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 18, 2016
Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Manufacturers that want to have eCommerce capabilities are scrambling to catch-up.
Requis
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
In the end-to-end supply chain there’s procurement, logistics, operations, and warehousing. For example, say I recommend an application that gives them full visibility into the supply chain, so that when they place an order, they know how much is in the inventory, how it’s coming and by what date, so they can start using it in manufacturing.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 14, 2015
Orbit Chart Comparing Syngenta and Monsanto Progress on the Effective Frontier – Balancing Inventory Turns and Operating Margin for the Period of 2005-2014. We outsource about 80% of the primary ingredients of our crop protection business, and pack it in finishing plants and ship to warehouses.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JULY 23, 2020
As the fabric suppliers require the longest lead times, ZARA approves designs & initiates manufacturing after it gets feedback from its stores. When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, Cisco executives created a business continuity-planning dashboard to mitigate risks. Case Study Resilience: CISCO.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 24, 2013
To understand the pervasive nature of this change, consider Amazon’s 2012 announcement: “We now have more than 15 million items in Amazon Prime, this is up 15x since we launched in 2005. The traditional metrics within each silo are a barrier. We are currently only registering manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
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