Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Most companies have made their own organizations more efficient (ROA), but they have not reduced inventories and they have pushed costs back in the supply chain on suppliers that are less able to bear them. We have let buy- and sell-side transactional relationships erode value. I order 75% of my purchases online.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Short cycles require buffer inventories and short lead times.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Multichannel selling allows customers to shop and purchase through whichever channel they prefer. Each channel offers a separate opportunity to interact with the brand and make purchases. When businesses are looking to buy from other businesses, the B2B model comes into play. What is multichannel selling? What is B2B eCommerce?

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Then, we turned toward execution, reviewing replenishment process mapping and rolling out a pilot with examples of how to engage suppliers ( Start Your eKanban Implementation with Value-stream Mapping and Engaging Your Suppliers ). Of course, they ended up with too much on hand inventory.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

” — Alexandra Wrage, How to Mitigate Supply Chain Corruption During High-Risk Periods , ASCM Insights; Twitter: @ascm_org 2. Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. Build flexible supply networks to minimize the risk of disruption.

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

At the end of the day, customers buy based on value not on the cool factor of the technology. Most are clueless about driving a better-planned order flow from tactical planning to procurement or transportation planning or how to improve forecast-value-added (FVA) processes. Second Step: Understand the Role of Inventory.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Two MIT professors, Vivek Farias and Devavrat Shah, founded Celect in 2013 based on research they had done around how to model the purchasing choices consumers make. QuestaWeb Launches TradeGear Product Line.

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