Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” I do believe in demand planning, but most companies overstate forecast improvements. Today’s demand management processes have many issues. Redefine Tactical Demand Planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2017

I miss the days of Walter Cronkite reporting the news. The first session has sixty participants across Europe, Asia and Americas. As I facilitated the class and discussed the findings , the theme of data sharing and demand management was prevalent. And, there is less impact if the purchase is a tactical purchase.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error. This gives supply chain leaders a false sense of security.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

For fast moving products, they use the production facilities in Europe. During a short term planning (less than one month), they pay much attention to the coordination between purchasing, production and sales. Tesco is one of the prominent retail stores in Europe. Zara is very famous for its time based strategy.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

A few years ago I purchased a sofa from a well-known furniture store. Many companies try to overcome this problem using ERP systems, demand management tools and other advanced software. or Europe only takes three to four weeks, yet lead times from order to delivery can be 20 weeks or more (and are rarely less than 12 weeks).

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

While Asian markets are struggling with the shifts in demand in Europe and North America, they have relative stability in their home markets. The lingering impact of the costs of healthcare of COVID and the decimation state/local government budgets for testing/contact tracing lay before us. The net/net?

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