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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

We explore the concept of holistic inventory strategies focused on the form and function of inventory. In the process, we learn that only 15-20% of inventories are safety stock and that the current APS frameworks do not enable a holistic analysis of the form and function of inventory. I think that the answer is no.

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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more. So what exactly is the definition of “Supply Chain Management”? The Evolution of Supply Chain!

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

SCMDOJO

SCaaS offers a solution by enabling hospitals to engage in strategic procurement, ensuring standardized operations throughout the contract duration. This partnership improves inventory management, particularly for medicines with limited shelf life, utilizing dedicated storage facilities.

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What Value Are You Getting From Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

The industry does not have a definition. Operations complexity coupled with the rise in demand volatility increases corporate risk. Outsourcing–procurement, manufacturing and transportation– decreased visibility and increased data latency. Forecast Value-Added (FVA) is a measurement of demand management improvement.

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Supply Chain Management in a Post-pandemic World

Enterra Insights

.”[3] She adds, “Regardless of sector or size, supply chain management (SCM) is a vital part of every organization looking to maximize customer value and optimize profits. In essence, supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies.”[5] ” What lies ahead.

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Essilor – The secret of a global & robust S&OP process

DynaSys

The goal with production restart was not to produce too much of the wrong inventory. Zone’s demand management team entered the volumes with different “ what if ” scenarios in several SpreadSheets “ what if we lost 30%, or 40% or even 50%… of the sales versus 2019 ”. David Bourgoin] Yes, definitely.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition. Definitions of Planning Horizons. While the term demand sensing is used with abandonment in the industry (often over-used), it is seldom clearly defined. Many times, the term is confused with the use of market data as an input in a tactical demand forecasting model. The current state is a quagmire. Be careful.