Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

How do they buy from you? How will the policy be executed? How do they buy from you?” Today, there is not a well-defined template on how to build and operate a supply chain defined by customer policy and segmentation strategy. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. Why does it matter to you?

Inventory Reduction 150

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 150

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. Order Policy. Definition of Outside-In Processes.

Material Savings 186

Material Savings Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 186

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In 2015, I worked with a manufacturer of men’s underwear. (My Older men buy less underwear than younger males and their packaging was not as attractive to the female shopper buying for the family. The manufacturer had an infestation problem. Rules, engines, policies and metrics need to align.

Analytics Software 243

Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing 243

NC State SCRC

MAY 21, 2020

Beginning in 2015 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine led a standing committee to inform Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) decision-making. 4) The SNS should have the critical function of communicating with partners across the supply chain, and with policy makers who influence the supply chain.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Agile and Lean Supply Chain Price Reduction 52

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

When I called Mark to tell him that Clorox outperformed for the period of 2009-2015 in the Household Products sector and won the Supply Chains to Admire Award, he commented, “ Lora, I am happy to help. In Agrosciences is the customer the distributor of seed/additives, the farmer or the downstream purchaser of food products?

Cost Reduction Strategies 150

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Supply Chain Strategy 150

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth. Orbit Chart of VTech for the Period of 2006-2015 at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns .

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Supply and Demand 150

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” This is in preparation for the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire Report. When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds.

Inventory Reduction 150

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Management Software 150