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

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) (I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) At the time, I was fascinated how the most mature teams bucked the system. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008.

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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 question is, “Why?”

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. While good news travels quickly in an organization, bad news travels slowly. Supply chains operate blindly on order data. The problem?

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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

Supply Chain Shaman

Inventory, in this time of uncertainty, is the organization’s most important buffer to protect against variability. In times of uncertainty, cash is king. In times of growth, when companies are funding inventory builds, cash is needed. Here I share perspective on cash-to-cash abuse. Let me explain. I am troubled.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

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However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. ” It adds: “We believe a business should strive for not just the lowest prices, but the lowest true cost for all. ” The Key’s To Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Excellence over the Year. .”

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

Squeezing in this much time to write this deep report between working on the Supply Chain Insights Global Summi t and finishing customer deliverables is tough. It is just too easy. When I wrote a summary report at AMR Research in 2007 and 2009, there were two or 6% of the market. The reason? It is about more than magic.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

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Just in case you missed some of our supply chain strategy posts , we’ve compiled a list of our popular supply chain posts from 2016 below (ranked based on shares and views). The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. If you’d like to avoid missing a post in the future. Please subscribe here.