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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

I also share data to try to convince you to join a guiding coalition to think bigger. Sales data has the greatest bias and error due to bonus incentives. Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. We will not use data unless it is perfect.

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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

I work with a group that has a sub-team focused on cost, one on customer service, and one on inventory, but lack alignment on a standard definition of supply chain excellence. On average, industries carry 38 more days of inventory than in 2007. The problem is that most of it is the wrong inventory due to planning fallacies.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The solution was too black box.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain management requires good data at the mix level of an item/location. Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. The data in Table 1 is from a recent research study. Average Inventory Levels by Industry over the Period of 2010-2018.

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. Traditionally E2open sold to the procurement organization. The goal is to redefine supply chain planning on a multi-dimensional data model. The Company has a checkered past. It is a new buyer.

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Spreadsheets – A Look Back

Kinaxis

Before computers and data analysis became the norm, physical paper accounting ledgers were used. They contained large pages with rows and columns to hold data. The ledger consisted of two facing pages, or a spread, but were treated as one page to give more columns for data.

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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

In the absence of good product data quality, non-compliant supplier orders systematically result in poor product availability, one solution to this problem is to set up an efficient communication system with the purchasing and supply divisions that can reduce data update times up to 90 %. 2/ Order processing.