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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Improve cross-government data sharing and analyze resilience. Maximize the value of the purchase order flow data already in the existing networks. (A

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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

The issues are largely rooted in politics and the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence. Or planned orders to purchase orders?) The data encapsulated in Table 1 represents two years of testing with APS providers. The data encapsulated in Table 1 represents two years of testing with APS providers. I don’t know.

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The second disturbing fact is that business leaders cannot access planning data, so a planner must interpret the data. This week, I was at Informs Analytics Conference. The Evolution of Self-Service Planning One of the fundamental fallacies of today’s planning solutions is that planners, and only planners, can access data.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

One of the goals of the conference was to challenge the audience to redefine work. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Using Analytics In the World of Gray.

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Manufacturers Should Focus on This Most Critical Component for Manufacturing Operations Excellence

GlobalTranz

We conclude this two part series about manufacturing operations excellence by consultant Chuck Intrieri, by outlaying why manufacturers should focus on a critical component that will help sustain manufacturing operations excellence for years to come. What is Driving Sustainable Manufacturing Operations Excellence? Work centers?

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

Less than 50% of the required data for supply chain planning comes from ERP. Functional excellence drove regional supply chain performance in the 1990s, but a focus on functional metrics in large, global and complex supply chains over the last two decades threw the supply chain out of balance. In addition, the promise was overstated.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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