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

Supply Chain Shaman

I spent time this week completing reference calls on the use of S&OP technologies. Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. What am I hearing?

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The March of the Lemmings.

Supply Chain Shaman

A lemming’s population rises and falls. In this blog post, I share quantitative research, mixed with stories, of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). Let’s face it folks, we have acted as lemmings over the last decade when it comes to S&OP. Effective S&OP takes work.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

Maturity in horizontal process development– Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and new product launch—also drives value. Apple, Broadcom, Dollar General, TJX and Ubiquiti Networks earn placement in the Winner’s Circle for three successive years. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. Outside-in Processes.

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Supply Chain Planning & Optimization Projections for 2018 - Back to the Future

Logility

The pace of the supply chain, increasingly driven by ever-growing customer expectations (Amazon Effect) can make monthly, weekly or even daily periodic planning processes on their own insufficient for today’s operations. For many, the current state includes difficulties interfacing IoT data in a high quality, repeatable fashion.

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

Supply Chain Trend

And last but nut least, Human centricity The human qualities and capabilities needed to support decision making. S&OE ENVIRONMENT. In the S&OE horizon , automation can be beneficial, since many decision processes, rules, and thresholds can be digitized and automated. Checklist for an S&OP mindset.

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Shifting the Learning Curve: Ramp Up Faster to Retain Employees

USC Consulting Group

It’s a problem plaguing companies across most, if not all, industries: the loss of institutional knowledge when a seasoned vet retires. That’s up from 38% before the pandemic. But, it’s not just a manufacturing issue. By 2030, one in five Americans will be 65 or older. For Gen Z, it’s even less: 2.3

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Intelligent IBP – Unshackle the Planners!

Supply Chain Trend

Often, you’re lucky to get the IBP deck out in time, without having any quality time to make simulations or prepare quality decisions. And McKinsey estimates a 24% rise in demand for social and emotional skills by 2030. In traditional IBP, planners live in this never-ending cyclical treadmill to get ready for the next meeting.