Bristlecone

MAY 31, 2020

Bristlecone has introduced several new fixed-price, fixed-scope offerings for SAP products across supply chain planning, procurement and execution. S/4HANA system support for North American electronics company. IBP S&OP deployment replacing tech company’s homegrown system. NEW SAP-QUALIFIED PARTNER-PACKAGED SOLUTIONS.

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement SAP Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2016

3rd S&OP in Russia and CIS. 12th Edition Advancing S&OP to IBP. eWorld Purchasing & Supply. 2nd Annual Global Process Improvement & Operational Excellence Summit. The Global Procurement & Supply Chain for Oil & Gas Industry. What’s Going on in Retailing.

Pharmaceutical 60

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Procurement Gartner Optimal Sourcing 60

Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Planting the Seeds of Resilience Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are critical to minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently.

Optimal Sourcing 175

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 175

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving. (The The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. Let’s start with the basics.

Supply and Demand 358

Supply and Demand Modeling Demand Planning Supply Chain Planning Software 358

Kinaxis

MAY 18, 2016

Procurement might have hit their cost savings metrics, but if it meant purchasing more than needed, and that might hurt your warehouse inventories. We spoke about the onslaught of data and the need for people with analytics skills. The S&OP process 3-4 years ago didn’t lean on that as much as it does now.

Supply Chain Software 100

Supply Chain Software Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

S&OP 60

S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 60

Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are a critical part of minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand. Planting the Seeds for Success.

Manufacturing Procurement 130

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Scenario Planning 130

SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. Francine has been an Interim (project) manager and senior business analyst with a track record in Operational Excellence, Process Design and Data Analysis.

Supply Chain Design Software 59

Supply Chain Design Software Negotiating Skills Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software 59

Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2018

What is much easier to measure is cost — so that’s what drives the metrics and incentives.”[1] Gilmore cites a passage from a book entitled The Supply Chain Revolution written by Suman Sarkar, CEO of Three S Consulting. Horizontal (versus Vertical) Process Excellence. ” Let’s face it. ”[5].

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

It goes beyond just maximizing the overall supply chain performance in terms of material delivery excellence. Managing inventory is one of the most crucial aspects of supply chain optimization as it affects several other parts of your supply chain, including procurement, order fulfilment and production planning. Inventory control.

Optimal Sourcing 59

Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 59

ThroughPut

APRIL 2, 2020

It goes beyond just maximizing the overall supply chain performance in terms of material delivery excellence. Managing inventory is one of the most crucial aspects of supply chain optimization as it affects several other parts of your supply chain, including procurement, order fulfillment, and production capacity planning.

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 52

6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Building supply chain resilience isn’t a new goal, but it’s become a primary focus for supply chain leaders in the wake of the pandemic crisis, particularly in the hardest-hit industries, such as food and beverage. It’s also becoming law, from pharmaceutical serialization to US FDA food safety.”

Supply Chain Planning Software 116

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Modeling 116

6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Here’s some research on this topic. So, my answer would be the single biggest supply chain problem is forecasting accuracy as part of S&OP. Also, Gartner says that sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the single, most-important and critical cross-functional process.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 96

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

But shortages are anathema , because it’s too easy for your customers to buy from competitors if you can’t fulfil their needs—and once customers defect, you might never get them back. For example, have you been using Excel spreadsheets or similar for your planning and forecasting? If that’s the case, now might be the time to do so.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Network Optimization Software Material Savings Negotiating Skills Inventory Reduction 52

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 14, 2016

So procurement will buy ahead, and work with suppliers to understand the situation in the market, and that may drive up inventory in one sector. I may be carrying inventory for supply I wouldn’t normally take, but we have to buy ahead to avoid cost increases. The big priority is on “protecting supply”. We did this in 5 months.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning 40

6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

To help you determine what tactics, processes, technologies and practices are a must-have in a winning supply chain strategy, we reached out to a panel of supply chain professionals and asked them to answer this question: “What’s the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy?”

Sourcing Strategies 88

Sourcing Strategies Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 88

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

…for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) To use the Barnes example, in this blog post, let’s focus on simplicity. Let’s start with a definition. Companies with a deep focus on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) will often default to this definition. What is integrated planning?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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