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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

Most companies do not analyze the coefficient of variation (how forecastable the data is), the quality of the demand forecast (Forecast Value-Added) , or the impact of the latency from the dependency on the order signal in the distortion and amplification of the supply signal (bullwhip effect). Imagine Supply Chain 2030. Build Teams.

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S&OP: Can You Make Decisions at the Speed of Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. And, when it comes to their case studies, I do not find the step change. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. What am I hearing? Fifteen years later, I expected more.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

History will also include case studies of mergers and acquisitions. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. At the event, technologists and business leaders work shoulder-to-shoulder to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. No company in the past decade achieved the promised economy of scale.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

Advanced companies are building cross-functional teams to use unstructured data to analyze warranty, quality and service failures. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. I only know of five case studies of cross-functional listening.

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The March of the Lemmings.

Supply Chain Shaman

Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. At the event, technologists and business leaders work shoulder-to-shoulder to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The agenda shares case study work by members on blockchain, supplier onboarding, and sharing of data. What is different? The event focus?

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

The lengthening of payables by Mondelez will boomerang into rising costs, quality issues and supplier viability concerns. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. At the event, technologists and business leaders work shoulder-to-shoulder to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. Step Three.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

The goal of the agile supply chain is to deliver the same cost, quality and customer service given the level of demand and supply volatility. The most advanced case studies of success in analytics platforms are in the financial, insurance and services industries. Large-scale product write-offs or a quality problem?