Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 18, 2018
Her focus was on technology implementation. She had not mapped demand flows or studied the impact of network design strategies. In our research, we agility as the ability to have the same cost, quality and customer service given a level of demand and supply volatility. Instead, start with network design.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 3, 2018
My goal in this blog post is to answer a series of questions I got from the audience when I spoke at a couple of conferences this week. ” A supply chain leader from GE at another conference said, “Yesterday, we called it big data. Challenge them to build new capabilities working with innovative technology leaders.
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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JANUARY 3, 2023
Technology and automation are major enablers towards this. With technological advancements becoming a necessity, the flexible logistics model has recently started gaining popularity since it supports agility and resilience. Technologies Driving the Logistics Sector. Demand Sensing for Accurate Planning and Forecasting.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 21, 2016
The use of network design technologies along with simulation through a center of excellence can greatly improve the gap between finance and the supply chain organization. For reference, 52% of companies have a network design group, and 40% of these companies think that they do it well. This is less than 5%.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 3, 2015
Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” ” I have been studying the evolution of inventory technologies as an industry analyst since 2002. It is truly a case of process, people and technology.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. However, this mature team found the technology insufficient. They gave lip service to the need for IT standardization, but ran their process on a custom built model that enabled reverse bill of material, and profitability analysis.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
I attend and speak at many supply chain and logistics conferences throughout the year, but among my favorites are those that bring a relatively small group of executives together to discuss timely and important industry topics. Valerie Bonebrake, SVP at Tompkins International , on network design and optimization.
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