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Head Scratcher

Supply Chain Shaman

I clumsily stuffed a fat folder into my bag and pushed it under the seat, and filled the awkward silence with an off-handed comment on my frustration with the editing process on the book that I was writing at the time, Bricks Matter. Balancing starting a business, writing a new book and personal life changes was taking its toll.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

Functional silos define today’s supply chain organization. My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. Inside-out processes assume that the order represents demand, and that the supply chain’s role ends with a perfect shipment. The silos compete. They lack alignment. This is not an easy transition.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

” 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.

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A River Runs Through It…

Supply Chain Shaman

It starts with the needs of the customer’s customer and flows through the extended supply network. Demand is seen as a fixed set of numbers, and as a result, the team’s focus is on numbers without understanding the drivers of the markets. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Each supply chain is unique.

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S&OP: Five Steps to Get Started

Supply Chain Shaman

I will also pen my 95th report for this week’s Supply Chain Insight’s newsletter. It is one that is often asked: “S&OP How Do I Get Started?” ” S&OP: How Do I Get Started? I asked, “Why is S&OP important to your business?”

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

S&OE ENVIRONMENT. In the S&OE horizon , automation can be beneficial, since many decision processes, rules, and thresholds can be digitized and automated. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused much supply chain disruption, increasing system complexity for S&OE as well as business impact, and at an unprecedented scale.

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Will 2018 be the Start of the Robot Revolution?

Enterra Insights

1] Some pundits might argue it’s not surprising companies are looking to automate positions since they can’t find qualified individuals to fill their job openings. That’s why the MENAFN staff remains sanguine about the future. According to the Department of Labor, at the end of 2017, there were 5.8 Undoubtedly.