Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Deployment of deeper statistical engines for inventory management with a focus on safety stock will improve inventory levels. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007.

S&OP 195

S&OP Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 195

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This is despite the purchase of Terra Technology Demand Sensing and Multi-tier Inventory Management (MEIO) in 2014 for 12-14M$ (including implementation). The supply chain investments of the last decade focused on improving black & white processes–order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. The solution was too black box.

Optimal Sourcing 217

Optimal Sourcing Analytics Software Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software 217

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory. Time horizon. The takeaway?

Supply Chain Design Software 183

Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting 183

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2015

When I started my career at Motorola in the early 90s, I worked in a group called People Reaching Out for Innovation in Semiconductor Manufacturing, or PRISM for short. Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it. I speak from personal experience.

Negotiate Pricing 100

Negotiate Pricing Pricing Training Purchasing Training Negotiating Skills 100

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

It is a story of supply chain innovation. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. Traditionally E2open sold to the procurement organization. In the market announcement yesterday the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 150

Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. The only option was to try to reduce levels of inventory, which, up to that point, had been kept very high to support a nine-week order cycle.

Cost Reduction Strategies 54

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 54

Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. 68% think behaviours are not addressed enough in S&OP implementations.

S&OP 60

S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 60