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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. The supply chain career is new.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical. Companies that operate separate systems for revenue management and demand management create a risk in understanding market trends and gauging price elasticity quickly.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?” In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. Low volume inconsistent demand. inventory turns.

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Yowza! A Nine-Step Decision Process to Help Guide Supply Chain Planning Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

The source of data for this blog comes from market triangulation. This includes A&D and active ingredients for pharmaceutical companies, but lacks constraint-based asset modeling for the process industries of chemical, consumer products and food. I have followed the supply chain planning market for sixteen years as an analyst.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

They wanted to know, “ How was the market affecting the chemical supply chain?” DuPont as a chemical supplier to the market sits four-to-five levels back in the supply chain with extreme demand latency (about six months) and high volatility of the true market demand signal due to the bullwhip effect.

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Where, Oh Where Should Demand Planning Go?

BlueYonder

Further, they often need to know the same information from other sources (merchandising, marketing, etc.) Recommendation: Supply chain is normally a good fit for a demand planning organization, with “pros” based on all three criteria. about events, promotions and new items.

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Where, Oh Where Should Demand Planning Go? – Part 4 of 4

BlueYonder

Further, they often need to know the same information from other sources (merchandising, marketing, etc.) Recommendation: Supply chain is normally a good fit for a demand planning organization, with “pros” based on all three criteria. about events, promotions and new items.