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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Revenue management is siloed and distinct from demand management, while Transportation Management (TMS) has nothing in common with Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP). The shifts over the last decade are profound: Is the answer a Supply Chain Center of Excellence? Lack of executive buy-in.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. I find three: organizational design, executive understanding of supply chain, and the lack of a clear definition of an optimization function for supply chain excellence. Clarity of Supply Chain Excellence.

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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Medical Devices. | Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. Overall,retailers performed a decent job in forecasting holiday demand,managing promotions and overall inventory in the 2010 season.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. If you have the ability, time, and money for tertiary education, that’s really good. Purchasing Agent. This post requires a good head for figures as well as excellent negotiation skills.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Stuck with inputs from the traditional processes of collaborative forecasting, and traditional definitions of demand planning, demand error and bias are high. First- and second-generation supply chain applications defined demand management based on order and shipment data. Orders do not represent market demand.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving. (The The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. Demand is a tough subject.

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Supply Chain Management:The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. As we approach the latter stages of the 2011 holiday buying season, the uptick in online buying has indeed occurred.