Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. The reason? Is this leadership?

Gartner 235

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Vendor Managed Inventory processes–once hailed as the panacea of demand sensing–largely operate in isolation within sales organizations (of the thirty-three organizations that we interviewed last year, no market leader has connected these demand signals). It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston. Why is this important?

Supply and Demand 150

Supply and Demand Forecasting Modeling Forecasting Software 150

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The GCC chemical industry is second largest manufacturing industry in value add, after refining. 2017 Facts and Figures report by Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the chemical industry accounts for 3.1 Following COVID-19 the global chemical supply chain market reported a severe decline in output.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2022

In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, two men, disguised as police officers, talked their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where they blindfolded and tied up the two security guards, and made off with thirteen works of art. Last Friday marked the 32 nd anniversary of the largest art heist in the world.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 203

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

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

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

The chemical industry is the first to feel a recession, and the early travel freezes is a definite caution flag. Kearney, Boston Consulting Group, Cap Gemini, Deloitte, E&Y, IBM, and McKinsey, they get more of the same. Second Step: Understand the Role of Inventory. Companies are unsure if inventory is a bad or a good thing.

Inventory Reduction 197

Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies 197