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Parts Are Not Parts

Supply Chain Shaman

For many, mandating SAP is job security for the IT implementation team. Bonuses and incentives align with functions and are often counter productive to driving supply chain excellence. The inadequacies of MRP is the genesis of the lean process of Plan for Every Part (PFEP). Organizational alignment is an issue.

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Demand Forecasting in the new normal

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Manufactures are continuously faced with the challenge of forecasting how much (raw material) to purchase and how much (finished goods) to produce. Even though business data availability has increased, customer purchase patterns has also become more complex, and therefore harder to predict with accuracy.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.

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Resilience in Defence: Analysis of the Defence Command Paper

Proxima

The Government’s initial analysis in 2021 was broadly correct: Russia remains the biggest danger to UK security, with China remaining a looming threat. Having observed the level of physical expenditure in Ukraine, ‘life of type’ buying and keeping stock in bulk is not necessarily going to work in response to modern day conflict.

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AGCO: Driving a Digital Manufacturing Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

AGCO was honored to receive the AME 2017 Excellence Award. When her employees kept breaking their tablets on the production floor, Peggy used lean-production thought processes to innovate for new answers. Next, the IT department worked on the issues of infrastructure, risk, data security, cloud storage, and data sharing.

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4 Key Inventory Control Issues to Solve for Increased Margins

OptiProERP

That isn’t something you can quickly pull together for analysis using Excel or Google sheets. Without accurate forecasting, you are prone to extremes in supply purchases, which can affect relationships with your suppliers. Also, you cannot easily forecast with spreadsheets because you need to look at historical information. Conclusion.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Danny Wang, VP at Canada Goose!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Danny Wang is currently the VP of Sourcing and Procurement at Canada Goose with accountability for Direct/Indirect spends and replenishment planning and purchasing. In my opinion this sped up our ability to secure raw materials and start production at 5x the regular pace. Tell our readers a little about your background and experience?

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