Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 16, 2024
Yes, there is a great opportunity, but the question is how to jump. How to get started? Technology providers focus on serving the planner, but I find that they are blind to the larger requirements of how to serve the organization better. How do I improve the plan? Guess what? Adding more planners is not the answer.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2024
In addition, a purchase order changes three-to-four times and there is a black hole (data is caught between email systems of trading partners for one-to-two days). Shipment data is the most important, but we have not figured out how to best move logistics network data across trading partners. Each network has a self-serving strategy.
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Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 21, 2024
At the time, many business leaders did not know how to type and had no idea how to use a computer. In my first classes, I taught the group how to speak the language of demand—forecastability, Forecast Value Added (FVA), backcasting, demand and market latency, and market drivers. Within a year, we eliminated the typing pool.
Logistics Bureau
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like? But consider, too, how you can turn those needs to your advantage in inventory management.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 9, 2022
This warehouse runs at a perfect optimum with fixed capital in the form of inventory balanced perfectly with sales and purchasing, and all the items perfectly distributed to the various storage areas of the warehouse. Both predictive and retrospective data analyses are key in making fundamental decisions and defining logistics strategies.
Procurement Academy
OCTOBER 19, 2023
A crucial part of successful procurement strategies is the art and science of negotiation. An important aim of successful negotiation strategies is to secure the best possible terms and value for the organization while maintaining a positive and productive relationship with the supplier.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 15, 2022
When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often see statements like “move from a functional-silo’d focus to a drive a more holistic response.” To help, I will ask, “How do you define value? ” Followed by “How are you organized, and what defines functional excellence?
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