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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

I hopped on the plane in Baltimore on my way to Atlanta last week. Analyze the Coefficient of Variation (COV) at different points in the demand hierarchy to understand forecastability, and analyze the bias, FVA and latency of the current plan. In the pilots, both companies have a negative Forecast Value Added (FVA).

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Procurement Technology: An Update from Spend Matters in Baltimore

NC State SCRC

Today I travelled to Baltimore to attend the ISM/Spend matters Global Procurement Tech Summit. I will be speaking on procurement analytics tomorrow, but got to attend a set of great sessions over the first half of the day. The first speaker was Anne Rung, Administrator from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

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Bait and Switch

Supply Chain Shaman

Each time that they are published, the Shaman sighs and chuckles in her little apartment in Baltimore. Demand in the demand-driven network is about much, much more than forecasting. As a result, articles are written proclaiming demand-driven results and then the reader is given a solution that is anything but demand driven.

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Hurricane Irma Updates

Elementum

Keep yourself updated: as Irma approaches the contiguous United States, more detailed forecasts will become available. Kitts & Nevis. Cuba has initiated its hurricane preparedness plan, attending to communications and infrastructure maintenance ahead of any hurricane watch declarations. BEST PRACTICES.

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What are Block Chains? – Jason Busch on the Future of Money, Trust and Transparency

NC State SCRC

Jason Busch provided a great view on Block Chains, and their impact on the future of funds in the supply chain, at the Global Procurement Tech Summit in Baltimore. Most retailers and CPG spend time gathering data from sources to create a demand forecast for suppliers. How do we connect all these systems with trading partners?

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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. Start by forecasting transportation requirements by lane, and focusing on taking the steps to be a good shipper. When The Wheels Fall Off Idiom: An unexpected problem arose, causing something to fail or go terribly wrong.