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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2016, we finished a study on continuous improvement. In follow-up qualitative interviews, one of the largest issues with organizational alignment was metric definition and a clear definition of supply chain excellence. In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics.

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Analytics and S&OP: What is Analytics, and how to spot Buzzwords

Arkieva

We might use “availability in Excel directly or with Add-ons” as an “age metric’.). 2016, “Defining Analytics: A conceptual Framework” ORMS Today pp. Demand Management. The term analytics emerged over the last 10 years (Rose, R. In the list of topics above and most articles – there is no mention of S&OP!

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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

A car is necessary for the suburbs, so I plopped 5K on the used car lot desk and rode off in a 2016 Lincoln Mercury. Bring up a parallel demand management solution using market data (point of sale, distributor data, and market indicators) and look for trends. ” In August 2021, after a long road trip, this happened.