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Avoiding Dead-end Streets As We Build the Future of Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

Seasoned supply chain professionals used the mental model from the recession of 2007 as a guidepost.) Instead, I think we should build outside-in planning processes to better use real-time and market data and build effective networks. Yes, the supply chain is awash with real-time data. Real-time Planning.

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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Lynch and his team leverage data intelligence and strong industry relationships to help clients uncover transportation savings, build scalable supply chain strategies, and ace retailer compliance programs. third-party?logistics. About Zipline Logistics.

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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

On average, industries carry 38 more days of inventory than in 2007. As a result, the river of demand becomes dirty and turbulent as demand flows through the organization to procurement. Each plan operates on its own island, and procurement and contract manufacturing are isolated. Days of Inventory Shifts. Unlearning.

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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. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Without clear governance, customer data never sees the light of day. Measure it.

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The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Lynch and his team leverage data intelligence and strong industry relationships to help clients uncover transportation savings, build scalable supply chain strategies, and ace retailer compliance programs. third-party?logistics. About Zipline Logistics.

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The expanding scope of procurement analytics: Some initial thoughts

NC State SCRC

Procurement analytics, which supports decision making in procurement management, typically handles problems and decisions that are related to cost reduction, supplier management, cost modeling, procurement-led innovation, market strategies, supply chain risk, and stakeholder value improvement (Handfield, Jeong, and Choi 2019).

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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. Lockdowns and Disbelief.