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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

An enlightened leadership team wanted to be sure that the organization knew how to make money through bi-directional orchestration of the bill of materials. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Lately, as I reflected on my conversations with John (fictitious name) when I was at AMR Research, I yearn to go back in time. AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. John and I held differing beliefs. I disagreed.

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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. As a result, after three months of research, writing the sequel on S&OP technologies is a challenge. Dependency on Excel. Driving supply chain excellence is a balancing act. The question central to the research?

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

Supply Chain Shaman

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. The translation of independent demand into cycle stock reduction in production planning and material buying in demand-driven MRP. The Building Blocks.

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Integrated Planning: Is It Rubbish? Be Careful What You Ask For….

Supply Chain Shaman

Most companies would be better off if they started slowly, learned how to build good plans and then evolved. Buying From the Same Vendor Improves Integration. Order your copy today through Amazon to learn more about our research on building the global supply chain. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030.

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A River Runs Through It…

Supply Chain Shaman

At almost every client that I speak to, they ask how to have “one-number forecasting.” To move the product, the company discounted the cars to stimulate purchase. Order your copy today through Amazon to learn more about our research on building the global supply chain. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030.

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AI in eCommerce: Benefits, Use Cases, and Risks

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Shoppers can now enjoy more personalised buying journeys, as merchants make it faster and easier to find the products that they’re most likely to purchase. It enables businesses to be more targeted with their websites by intelligently recommending the products they’d most likely be interested in buying.