Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Manufacturing Presentation 
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 2, 2025
” In this type of presentation, I struggle to sit in my chair. I prefer a grounded, data-driven presentation focused on improving value. As I listen to most presentations, I ask myself the question of how we got here. Most are living in the altered reality that companies can buy end-to-end planning. I often leave.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Most of the business networks were hollowed out by venture capitalists or purchased by opportunists. The big data architectures are often present in the current “AI offerings.” The session is open to manufacturers, retailers, consultants, and academics. The business network market is in need of innovation.)
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 21, 2023
Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers.
Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. S&OP is all about aligning manufacturing and sales. It does this by gaining alignment across the sales, demand planning, manufacturing and finance organization. by John Westerveld.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The secondary problem is the lack of definition of process requirements and a buying team that cannot see past simple MRP/MRP II/DDMRP requirements. Today, there are no authoritative identifiers to track and trace for containers, warehouse locations, trucks or manufacturing plants. These are authoritative identiers. Close this gap.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 1, 2014
When I finished my presentation on “past practices,” that I cannot call “best practices,” and outlined the methodology for the upcoming Supply Chain Index, a woman who had listened intently in the audience told me that I had thrown “cold water” on the audience. My message in the presentation was simple.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 10, 2017
AGCO was honored to receive the AME 2017 Excellence Award. I loved Peggy’s presentation at the Summit. While many employers would have penalized the employees for tablet breakage , Peggy explored the world of wearables to enable her digital manufacturing transformation. Improvement in Digital Manufacturing.
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