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How to make S&OP meetings a highlight in your team’s calendar

AIMMS

We recently offered a workshop at LogiChem, a chemical industry conference. Our workshop simulated a Capacity Review session. During the workshop, we learned that virtually all attendees had a pain point in common: they always had to go back to their desk to test different scenarios after an S&OP meeting.

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How to make S&OP meetings a highlight in your team’s calendar

AIMMS

We recently offered a workshop at LogiChem, a chemical industry conference. Our workshop simulated a Capacity Review session. During the workshop, we learned that virtually all attendees had a pain point in common: they always had to go back to their desk to test different scenarios after an S&OP meeting.

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Has China lost its relevance as a production location?

Supply Chain Movement

This is one of the most common questions that I’m asked when holding keynote speeches, workshops or supply-chain training courses. This is still very favourable in comparison with wages within the EU, and wages have increased more significantly in other nearby countries, such as Vietnam and Bangladesh to name but a few.

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Getting Real About Supply Chain Transparency

Enterra Insights

… Unsurprisingly, to adhere to these principles, ethical supply chains require much more vigilance to set up and to crucially oversee (in comparison to traditional supply chains).” In practice, this means weaving these principles into the fabric of the business.

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COVID-19: Readjust, Recover, Reboot

Proxima

Decisions that will underpin recovery, reboot, and acceleration of business strategy; Make vs. buy 2.0 – rapid comparison of internal, external and digital solutions Risk assessed balancing of fixed vs. variable cost levels Agile planning and next-generation ZBB establishing operating minimums. Supplier Management and Ecosystems.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Reflecting on our many meetings with industry representatives and discussions with small groups at workshops and conferences it became very clear that individual actors within the industry are expending significant human and financial capital to address a number of environmental, social, and economic issues.

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Clorox Successfully Implements a Program for Value Chain Segmentation

Supply Chain Shaman

Value Chain segmentation—designing a fit for purpose supply chain—was the focus of the strategy day workshop. Orbit Chart Comparison of Personal Products, Household Companies and Broadline Retailers (Period of 2006-2017). Designing a Fit For Purpose Supply Chain. At the time, I was a Research Director at AMR Research (now Gartner).