Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

An avid student of supply chain performance, I have asked the question of What makes a “supply chain leader” for the last six years. Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. improvements. I was wrong.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Companies with the lower score on the Index are driving faster rates of metrics improvement. Energizer and Unilever are driving the fastest rates of improvement and Clorox and P&G improvement rates are the slowest on the Metrics That Matter of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)).

Supply Chain Design Software 163

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The author, Osgood Vogler, Director, Analytics, Celestica Supply Chain Managed Services, describes an insight-based demand management process: So, how do you take the guesswork out of forecast planning? Demand planning has a big impact on business performance. How predictable is the demand?

Forecasting 100

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Logility

JANUARY 16, 2018

Sometimes demand planners focus too much on forecast accuracy and miss seeing the forest for the trees. I was guilty of this from time to time when I led a demand-planning group because we were evaluated on forecast accuracy as one of our key metrics. Here in lays the crux of the issue with demand sensing.

Supply and Demand 102

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2015

The first element are the comprehensive set of strategies covering all the functional elements of your supply chain, including supply management, procurement, demand management, production, inventory management, distribution, customer service, and reverse logistics.

Cost Reduction Strategies 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

By building demand management processes to focus on channel movement, companies can cut demand latency and model independent demand–customer purchases. I hope that this market correction can help us to redefine demand management. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

Supply and Demand 150

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

There has been so much discussion on the “top” supply chain lists. While there was always passionate discussions on companies and metrics, the end goal was to raise awareness of supply chain as a practice. They are a supply chain that I very much like, especially from an S&OP practice.

Supply Chain Planning Software 279

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