Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

Each are good at localized planning within a focused area of demand, supply, network design, transportation planning, material sourcing or finite scheduling. The traditional advanced planning tool footprints did not give organizations a path to do this well. Supply chain planning is decision support technology.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The combination of technology along with the advancements in transportation made it possible. While I believe that lean is a useful concept, I think that it is not the only tool within the Supply Chain toolbox, I often seen lean too widely applied as the fix of the day for supply chain maladies. Build network design capabilities.

Supply Chain Design Software 199

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design 199

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The use of unstructured text mining, and sentiment analysis, to understand and listen to customer responses to products and services in near real-time. Advanced companies are building cross-functional teams to use unstructured data to analyze warranty, quality and service failures. Buffer Design. Supply Chain 2030.

Material Savings 186

Material Savings Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 186

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

The market shift was dramatic, and if we had made a series of small cuts in staff or direction, we would have had the same fate as i2 Technologies or Manugistics. For many years (1992-2001), I worked at Manugistics, a supply chain planning technology provider. Last month we published our new Shaman’s Journal. I smiled.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Industrial 150