Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. In short, resilience is what keeps things running during a disruption — and what helps companies get back on track afterward. I cannot get a clear answer.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Over 85% of companies turned their systems off, turning to spreadsheets and ad hoc manual analysis. The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Mistake #4.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 28, 2021
As an analyst for nearly two decades, I am constantly amazed watching companies throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat. What do I mean? There are 192 ways to cut up a cow.)
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 25, 2021
Only four percent of companies outperformed their peer groups. While market potential declined, individual company performance declined faster. I strongly believe that we adopted practices in the last two decades that degraded performance and threw companies out of balance. Implementation of Sales Forecasting.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2021
Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. I disagreed.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 24, 2023
Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. The visibility to spend allows them to provide excellent benchmarking in several areas. Coupa, formerly public, became a private company. Coupa has been a very fast-growing company.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2022
Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. Yes, lead times are a factor in ERP, but few companies keep them updated.”
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