Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Given your expertise, I’d love to hear what alternatives you recommend for better demand forecasting and real-time visibility beyond what’s commonly adopted today.” I know that your primary focus is procurement. Unfortunately, the industry is full of a lot of Anna(s) and her friends, the doubting Thomas (s).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Let’s look at some of the market trends to understand the severity: Lumber prices skyrocketed 60% in the last six months. A moderately-priced new home in the United States now costs an additional $16,500. The focus on IBP in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Demand-driven MRP (DDMRP) make us less market-driven.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s a fast-paced, evolving industry that has a lot of challenges, but also plenty of rewards, including a potentially lucrative income. We enable them by providing high-quality supply chain on-demand courses, guides, best practices, tools, and mentoring from industry experts. It is the era of digitalization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

There is greater satisfaction with demand planning than supply. The fit of the data model to adequately reflect a feasible plan drives success. This requires an industry-specific data model. I struggle to find both in today’s market. In the absence of data, marketing perception wins.

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ThroughPut

MAY 16, 2024

However, responding to evolving market demands can seem almost impossible with legacy systems, siloed data and/or manually-driven human-intuition-based processes. Cost Reduction An optimized supply chain helps businesses streamline their operations, and identify inefficiencies and areas of improvement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . Planners spend their precious time collecting and synthesizing the data to drive insights.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

I am hoping to start a discussion by laying down the ABCD(s) of an excellent supply chain. View the full post or view the snippet below: I was talking to a director of demand planning for a big chemical company at a trade show a few months ago. Supply Chain Planning and an Uncertain Economy. Read More ».

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