Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

From our eBook, S&OP in the 21st century , “An audit of 50 corporate spreadsheets in 2007 revealed that 94% had errors… one for $100 million!” Also, unless the file is kept in an environment where it needs to be checked out for revision protection, two people could be working on their own copies simultaneously.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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Arkieva

MARCH 2, 2016

Dale Davidson, famed economist who predicted the economy collapse of 1999 and 2007 warns, “Don’t imply that a 50% collapse is looming – it’s already at our doorstep.” Someone even went as far in a Washington Times op-ed to say “It’s worse than 2008, it reassembles 1937…”.

Supply Chain Planning 60

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

The news from SAP Insider is a continued drumbeat on the HANA rewrite of SAP’s supply chain applications. In the research for the inventory optimization and the S&OP reports, I find a handful of VERY experienced SAP clients doing codevelopment with the SAP IBP product. It will delay my report. Excitement abounds.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

” Steve’s response was fascinating and enlightening. I related to Steve’s story of death by a thousand cuts. 21 versus P&G’s.19 P&G’s rate of improvement on the Metrics That Matter was lower than the peer group. Let’s take the case of Cisco Systems.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

S&OP 60

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

2007) in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 246, Advances in Production Management Systems, eds. Oxford Economics and SAP (2020). Surviving and Thriving. How Supply Chain Leaders minimize risk and maximize opportunities. Oxford Economics & Sap. www.oxfordeconomics.com pp.1-15. Olhager, J., Persson, F.,

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 230

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Let’s take a closer look to see what progress looks like. The business drivers have outpaced the company’s ability to manage inventory through new technologies and processes. The market for multi-tier inventory management was overhyped and largely underdelivered in the period of 2005-2007.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 13, 2016

This is why mature S&OP’s are needed. The more difficult, and mature S&OP, is the value based, where, profit, opportunity, risk, and market share, are balanced. Source: © 2007 AMR Research, Inc The ability to make a trade-off decisions is the most important factor of a mature S&OP.

Supply Chain Planning 100

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Arkieva

MAY 12, 2016

From Figure 5 we see a premium gross profit for Company 1 in the period 2004-2007. Figure 9 – Benchmarking product leaders, opex leaders and customer intimacy players in the Supply Chain Triangle. We start with defining the benchmark for a product leader.

Benchmarking 60

Benchmarking Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Strategy Cost Reduction Strategies 60

Arkieva

MAY 10, 2016

From Figure 2 we see that has been the case in the pre-crisis period 2004 – 2007. If Company 1 were to be a product leader, that higher R&D spending should translate into a higher gross margin. As gross profit has come down during the crisis and did not fully recover, we see that Company 1 has been cutting its R&D spending.

Benchmarking 60

Benchmarking Expense Reduction Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 60

Arkieva

APRIL 19, 2016

When comparing EBIT% Company 3 is clearly superior in the period 2004-2007. EBITDA% is higher than the EBIT% as it does not account for the depreciations and the amortizations. There is a noticeable difference in the comparison of Company 1 and Company 3 for the 2 graphs. When comparing EBITDA% they seem to be closer.

Benchmarking 60

Benchmarking Inventory Reduction Inventory Expense Reduction 60

Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

It took a hit from 2007 to 2008, most probably because of the financial crisis and it never recovered. It has an average EBIT% of 0.68% which seems below standard. Company 3 has a better balance between Inventory Turns and EBIT%, however it lacks resilience.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 60

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Avaya has been a Kinaxis customer since 2007 and has generated tremendous value from the use of RapidResponse. Over the past several years we have focused on either configuring RapidResponse to help us manage supply, demand, S&OP, product cost reduction and most recently inventory.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

Supply Chain Design Software Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling 100

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

VTech drove significant improvement in operating margin through the recession of 2007-2009 and then drove improvement in both inventory margin and operating margin for the period of 2010-2012 with some regression in the period of 2013-2015. No matter what process you use–CPFR or S&OP processes–it starts with the customer.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

I am hoping to start a discussion by laying down the ABCD(s) of an excellent supply chain. Dale Davidson, a famed economist who predicted the economy collapse of 1999 and 2007 warns, “Don’t imply that a 50% collapse is looming – it’s already at our doorstep.” Excellent supply chains do a lot of little (and not so little) things right.

Inventory Reduction 61

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Bristlecone

MARCH 31, 2020

The financial crisis of 2007-08 was referred to as a black swan event because it caused catastrophic damage to the global economy and triggered widespread disruption to people’s lives. Here are six key strategies aimed at mitigating COVID-19’s impact on supply chains. Incorporate S&OP best practices to further hone demand levels.

Modeling 52

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

In 2014, Deere & Company was listed 80th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking and was 307th in the 2013 Fortune Global 500 ranking. The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities.

Cost Reduction Strategies 54

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 13, 2016

In 2014, Deere & Company was listed 80th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking and in 2013 was 307th in the Fortune Global 500 ranking. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Introduced a formal S&OP planning process.

Cost Reduction Strategies 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

Today’s populist movement is about new winners and losers. Border crossing(s), port unloading, and global visibility are barriers. Today’s global supply chain has positions open that they cannot fill. In today’s economy, where both are under attack, it requires a different level of leadership.

Supply Chain Design Software 185

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

One of Professor Christensen’s greatest attributes was a curious mind. ” His search for answers motivated him to write The Innovator’s Dilemma. Ten years after The Innovator’s Dilemma was published, Jena Mcgregor ( @jenamcgregor ), wondered whether the book and its ideas really had staying power.[2]

Innovation 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

” Let’s start with a definition. Seasoned supply chain professionals used the mental model from the recession of 2007 as a guidepost.) Let’s examine each dead-end street: Control Tower. Here I want to share insights on my beliefs on the future of Supply Chain Planning. ” Miriam Webster. Forecast Sharing.

Supply Chain Planning Software 395

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

Focus on tight integration of the budget to supply chain flows in S&OP. Manage the supply chain as a homogeneous process—treating all items the same. ” The assumption that traditional demand planning focused on order patterns or the use of S&OP to understand demand is insufficient.

Supply Chain Planning Software 355

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

He authors the Veridian blog, many posts of which have been featured in Op-Eds in the Wall Street Journal, Logistics Management magazine, the Cerasis blog and more. Patrick Burnson is the Executive Editor at Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review, a role he’s filled since 2007. Adam Robinson. Patrick Burnson.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2021

According to a 2007 paper by Duncan Watts, ‘large scale changes in public opinion are not driven by highly influential people who influence everyone else, but rather by easily influenced people, influencing other easily influenced people.” 3] It’s no secret that more and more people are spending time with social media.

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