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

Supply Chain Shaman

I forecast this disruption period as the new normal is not over. At the beginning of the pandemic, the forecasted period of disruption of seven-to-eight months. Seasoned supply chain professionals used the mental model from the recession of 2007 as a guidepost.) Forecast Sharing. Sales Forecasting. The Future.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Tight coupling of the supply chain forecast to the financial forecast will improve value. If you want to know future sales ask sales. Don’t believe me?

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Dissecting the Headwinds and Tailwinds of Digital Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

Public markets reward growth, and the average growth for companies for the period of 2011-2016 was 1/3 the rate of growth for the period of 1986-2007. At the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit last week, Gita Gopinath, Harvard University economist forecasted worldwide global growth at 3.6%, but only 1.9% How to get started?

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

As the markets plummet, it is time to remind ourselves that demand is not a forecast. Traditional forecasting approaches are not adequate in a time of market volatility. In the real world, companies operate with a Mean Absolute Forecast Error of 24-60%, and have a bias of 9-40%. I remember December 2007 like yesterday.

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result. There are still variables, but experts in the industry are aware of them and know how to bypass them. Opportunities for manufacturing Walmart is not the only retailer that requires RFID – and you can expect many to follow suit.

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Four Strategies To Deploy As Supply Chain Hits Main Street

Supply Chain Shaman

Meanwhile, turbulence is the norm for manufacturing supply chains. My forecast? When the recession of 2019-2020 happens, the whiplash will be higher than the 2007 recession. A few solutions optimize distribution and tactical manufacturing supply together through in-memory modeling. I watch in amusement. The answer?

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. Market-Driven Processes. Demand Sensing.