2015 Forecasting Metrics Procurement Solutions 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
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. The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Belief in efficient procurement. Alignment Barriers.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 18, 2014
At this point, most leaders wring their hands and say, “If only the forecasting team could do a better job of forecasting.” Improving forecasting is not the answer. This also does not mean that you should abandon forecasting processes. The traditional tools and approaches are not up to the task.
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Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 8, 2016
As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The initial software product release name was Real-Time Forecasting. DS replaced rules-based forecast consumption with better math (statistics and pattern recognition).
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 23, 2014
When your phone rings, and you and your supply chain team is called to the corporate office to talk about the expansion of your ecommerce strategy for 2015, here are my recommendations: 1) Embrace the Each. Some of the packages on the trucks moving right now are the first shipments of Metrics that Matter. Redefine it. Make it work.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Here are the three questions that I would like people to ask: Table 1: Comparison of Results for Best of Breed Solution Providers to ERP Expansionists in Supply Chain Planning. The first evolution of technologies were built by best-of-breed solution vendors. This new solution was favored by the Information Technology (IT) organization.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. In fact, the teams ignore the forecast.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. We easily navigate the digital world in our personal lives, but enterprise software is not digital. As shown in Figure 3, the period of 2015-2020 will be about analytics. I feel strongly that it needs to happen. Supply has not.
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