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Organizational Alignment: Overlooked, but So Important.

Supply Chain Shaman

” In this work, my observation is that large companies have a more difficult journey to drive organizational alignment, than smaller companies. Companies became less clear on the definition of supply chain excellence and how to implement decision support technologies. Organizational Alignment 2012.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. Belief in efficient procurement.

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Supply Chain Management – A 2012 Priority

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ChainLink Research and SupplyChainBrain just released “ Business Priorities 2012 – Research and Results ” which takes a look at where companies will invest in the coming year. And yet, our respondents do expect business expansion and intend to invest to make it happen in 2012.”

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E2open Acquires Zyme: A Bridge Too Far?

Supply Chain Shaman

For readers of this blog that do not know Zyme, the company focuses on the management of channel data in the high-tech industry. The company is a CRM solution. The Zyme solution improves revenue management, warranty and rebate processes. The focus was on automating procurement. per share.

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Should We Celebrate this Marriage?

Supply Chain Shaman

At the time, we were both deployed as consultants for Manugistics to help a manufacturing company to implement end-to-end planning. The software planning footprints are reminiscent of the work done in the 1990s when we struggled with insufficient memory using 32-bit hardware. Ellen currently works as a consultant at Cap Gemini.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. Only 7% feel that their company managed disruption well. When it comes to inventory and driving improvement in the face of variability, there are five issues: Poorly Implemented Advanced Planning Solutions. Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption.

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Navigating The Snails Trail: Moving to Outside-in Planning Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2012, I published an article on Sales and Operations Technology (S&OP) Maturity. (I In each phase, companies refine the models until they find that the future is discontinuous. In the evolution, companies find that 80% of data surrounding the enterprise’s supply chain is unused in current supply chain decisions.