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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

” The answer lies in the need to redefine work to improve the demand planner’s ability to model. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. We started the pandemic with twenty-one more days of inventory than we had in 2007. Optimism and Reconnection.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model. Forty interviews and two quantitative studies helped me build the model in my mind. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Mistake #5.

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A Real World Humanitarian Logistics Model

MIT Supply Chain

When a disaster such as a flood strikes, the response can be chaotic as various agencies and sources of supply converge on the stricken area. A humanitarian logistics model developed by the Center for Latin American Logistics Innovation (CLI) improves the efficiency of response efforts by taking a holistic view of these operations.

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Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Frustration abounds Traditional thinking on linear optimization and enterprise automation is not equal to the challenge. The group is working on case studies to test new technologies like blockchain, cognitive computing, supply chain operating networks, and open source analytics. The reason? Why Should You Care? Companies are busy.

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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. The goal is to redefine supply chain planning on a multi-dimensional data model. Traditional supply chain planning focused on optimizing the planning signals within the enterprise.

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6 Strategies for Better Supply Chain Management in the Current Economy

Oracle SCM

The years from 2007 through 2009 were notable for their economic volatility, reflected not only in the global economic recession but also the instability of customer demand and rapid movement in raw material, fuel, and commodity prices. By Maha Muzumdar. Original version published in APICS Extra , July 2010.