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What Is Old Is New Again. Maybe, Just Maybe, the Emperor Is Getting Some Clothes.

Supply Chain Shaman

At a time that marketplace offerings were super-hyped, I forecasted the doom of ten e-marketplace providers. While there is work within SAP to rethink SNC and use the assets purchased with Ariba to build multi-tier capabilities, the progress is not encouraging. I have never been in Africa. was controversial. Marketplace Rebirth.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. 2) Market-Driven Forecasting. How can you build market-driven forecasting processes? Bio-engineering?

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

Yet, few are willing to raise their hands and admit that current demand planning processes of forecasting based on order or shipments do not work. Food instability in Africa could be an outcome because Russia and Ukraine supply 29% of worldwide wheat exports and 17% of corn with significant exports to the middle east and Africa.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #3

Supply Chain Trend

However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. The process is implemented because its deemed the right thing to do, but there is limited belief and buy-in by the executives. What was special in that instance?

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Expertise: Agile Project Management, Lean Implementation in Warehouse, Supply Chain Simulation & Modelling, Warehouse Management Systems, Inventory Management, Business Intelligence (Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio), Advanced Excel Skills, warehouse management. Muddassir Ahmed Location: United Arab Emirates/Remote Rating: 5/5.0

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. To my surprise, I was selected to present in the main conference hall following behind well-known S&OP author and consultant Bob Stahl.

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