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Ann Grackin: Is the Crisis in Demand Management Being Exacerbated by Spreadsheet Dependency?

Logility

This blog post is in response to recent results from the APICS/Logility Survey, Consumer Goods S&OP research, and ChainLink’s end-user research. Demand management has always been at the top of supply chain professionals’ list of challenges.

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What the Analysts Are Saying About…A&D Supply Chains

Kinaxis

Even if you’re not you should check out Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Thanks to Metrics That Matter, not only did I get some valuable A&D insights but it took my mind off of sitting in row 32 on a delayed flight out of Newark. No registration required.).

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How Can You Seize Opportunity If You Cannot Manage Risk?

Supply Chain Shaman

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)).

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10 Best Inventory Book for All Experience Levels

Supply Chain Opz

Inventory Management Overview Many people think inventory management is a clerical task but they're absolutely wrong. Citation count is a metric we use to separate great inventory book from their peers - Lastly, we carefully review each inventory book and make a final cut Results Drum roll please!

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

In our annual survey, supply chain planners rate low on job satisfaction. To accomplish this, the first step is for companies need to align functional metrics to balance sheet goals based on strategy. (I find that like a German soldier in War World II on the Russian front, they are continually searching to find a new home.)

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A Toast to the Shaman

Supply Chain Shaman

The most popular posts are on demand management and Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. If companies give us ten minutes to finish one of our surveys, then we will give them an hour and review the findings with them. I quickly did a search for Supply Chain Shaman…and voila, the new blog was born.

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Good People Can Make A Difference In Outcomes

Supply Chain Shaman

Each day, I also wrote a personal letter to Marriott management on their corporate site telling the story of a Marriott Platinum member sick on the 20 th floor of the Marriott Marquis trying to get a bowl of chicken soup. As I facilitated the class and discussed the findings , the theme of data sharing and demand management was prevalent.