Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

India remains committed to a bilateral deal that’s “fair, balanced and mutually beneficial,” the government said in a statement. Shifting Stance For much of this year, the Modi government had adopted a conciliatory approach toward Trump, revamping India’s tariff structure and offering several trade and immigration concessions to the U.S.

Russia

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The journey for S&OP is a road with many ruts and potholes. In my twenty years of following the progression of S&OP as an analyst, I am amazed at the number of “experts” with so little expertise. For most companies, building a great S&OP process is a missed opportunity. Governance.

S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) as a process has been around since the 1980’s. While the terminology evolved, the underlying thesis of S&OP has stayed the same, i.e., bridge the divide between sales forecasts and operational plans while respecting the budget.

S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

I spent time this week completing reference calls on the use of S&OP technologies. Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. What am I hearing?

S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Figures 2 and 3.

S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Importance Versus Effectiveness of Demand and S&OP Planning Solutions. The third issue is the lack of understanding that global processes–to maximize the economies of scale in transportation and material buying–need strong governance. Build a planning governance model based on a format like shown in Figure 2.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. S&OP is too slow and cannot achieve the needed alignment. Build in-market sourcing. Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine. Unrest in Sudan.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together. Local/Global Governance. Clear governance of global planning and local decisions.

Supply Chain Planning Software

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

What’s on the horizon for supply chain professionals? Moving past waste, water, and C02 reduction, they have begun searching for renewable energy sources, different forms of packaging, and increased efficiency overall. Supporting S&OP with prescriptive analytics . This promises to be a very eventful year.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

Logility

APRIL 13, 2021

Is it identical to sales and operations Planning (S&OP), an extension of it, or something altogether separate? Call it what you want, IBP is probably best thought of as mature S&OP. 2) Poor or Non-Existent Data Governance. Be prepared to work hard developing a single source of truth.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2023

Companies need a planning solution to analyze the trade-offs between make, source, and deliver. S&OP Is Over-Played. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is no panacea for the lack of clarity of an operating strategy or the absence of product flow design. I term this bi-directional orchestration.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

To entice you to participate let’s look at the data more closely. These gaps cannot be closed by a simple focus on S&OP or the implementation of a technology. Advanced planning solutions (APS) do not cross over make, source, and deliver with a common data model in the planning horizons. Organizational Alignment.

Manufacturing Procurement

Logility

AUGUST 11, 2023

Yet, few have a sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, as well as the reporting tools and integrated, coordinated network of partners, that’s comprehensive and responsive enough to keep up. Access to publicly available environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information can be leveraged throughout the planning process.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

This morning, the New York Times pushed me an article by Peter S. I would like for us to move past the conventional view of sourcing strategies and globalization to drive improvements to the supply chain in a variable world. The populist narrative of sourcing globalization is only part of the story. So, my reply to Peter S.

Waste Reduction

Kinaxis

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Conflicts, government policy changes, regulatory changes and coups can mean that supply is suddenly turned off or that a market is no longer available. Mitigating Risk – inventory tracking and dual sourcing are considered to be the most effective risk mitigation strategies. Political issues can also have a significant impact on supply.

Supply Chain Risk Management

Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

Early challenges to IBP included a lack of an accepted academic definition, the absence of a governing body and a bias toward supply chain applications. But research suggests the most widespread and stinging criticism of IBP was that it was just mature Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) by any other name.

Supply Chain Planning Software

ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Redwood, CA, 20th December 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that Canada’s largest co-operative, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), has gone live with its source-to-contract solution which includes a seamless integration to TealBook, the leading supplier data foundation.

Manufacturing Procurement

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

What’s on the horizon for supply chain professionals? Moving past waste, water, and C02 reduction, they have begun searching for renewable energy sources, different forms of packaging, and increased efficiency overall. Supporting S&OP with prescriptive analytics . This promises to be a very eventful year.

Modeling

Logility

JANUARY 25, 2022

The corporate responsibility solution can foster a strong, collaborative supply network, and can enhance corporate reputation with consistent social and environmental data that drives ethical sourcing decisions, transparent reporting and better risk management across the supply network. 626) 657-0013 or email kliu@amsoftware.com.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

S&OP

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Global Supply Chain & Sourcing Director for ECCO Global Shoe Production & Sourcing. I took up a role to develop and facilitate the regional S&OP program for BlueScope steel, spanning, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Family reasons relocated me to Bangkok in 2011. .

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

…for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) To use the Barnes example, in this blog post, let’s focus on simplicity. Each are good at localized planning within a focused area of demand, supply, network design, transportation planning, material sourcing or finite scheduling. Let’s start with a definition.

Supply Chain Planning Software

GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

Using AI driven product nature of being and smart attributes, data can be structured to support the needs of ERP applications as well as strategic sourcing and Value Analysis activities , all from one data set.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. That''s why we ask our experts a very simple question " How to improve the operational efficiency in global supply chain? These are three examples: Rule 3.1:

Waste Reduction

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Today hurricane Nate’s north winds are pushing against the bayous of Louisiana. Today’s demand processes are inside-out. In today’s architectures, there is no place to put outside-in data like VMI, Point of Sale (POS) or rating/review data. Today’s demand management processes have many issues.

Supply and Demand

Kinaxis

AUGUST 29, 2014

Consider that the Chinese and India governments are investing in the semiconductor industry. With China already a source for semiconductor raw materials and the China/India end consumer market growing, there will be pressure to supply chips and hard drives to local China/India OEM’s first. Global pressure.

Metrics

Logility

MARCH 22, 2022

A recent McKinsey study found that, in 1958, the average lifespan of an S&P 500 company was 61 years. Consolidating data across silos helped them make sense of their information and led to a more effective S&OP discipline,” says Fischli. Company lifespan is indeed shrinking. It’s now less than 18 years.

Modeling

ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

And while each market can be unique, we found a few repeating themes in our own experience and from sources including Gartner and our customers Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Cipla Medpro. It included an advanced planning algorithm, a self-tuning forecasting engine, SAP ERP connectors, and S&OP capabilities.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

Today’s populist movement is about new winners and losers. Border crossing(s), port unloading, and global visibility are barriers. Today’s global supply chain has positions open that they cannot fill. In today’s economy, where both are under attack, it requires a different level of leadership.

Supply Chain Design Software

DynaSys

JANUARY 20, 2021

Develop a plan for rehiring, re-engaging or (if necessary) increasing staff, based on demand and your S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) decisions. Add S&OP in your Supply Chain Model. Periods of supply chain disruption are where your Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process can really show value.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nothing is more important for humankind’s future than food security. government study, authored by U.S. wrote in an email, “The American people, businesses, and government all need to move past the ‘Oh my God!’ That’s a lot of data — too much for humans to analyze effectively in a timely manner.

Sourcing Strategies

SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, having an efficient supply chain department is more important than ever. Here’s why a structured approach is important: Efficiency A structured department creates a clear division of labor and defines processes for procurement, production, distribution, and returns. Grab yours now!

Optimal Sourcing

Adexa

APRIL 29, 2020

We continue to expand and provide our innovative solutions to both industry and government authorities for not just healthcare but also for state of readiness in urgent situations that require deployment of many different agencies and forces that need to come together. Expediting and panic take over.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Next up, Puneet moderated a panel discussion that featured Ryan Inouye, Vice President of Supply Chain at Western Digital; Jen Guda, Supply Chain Management IT Director at Analog Devices; and Mohan Dhamodaran, Senior Director of Supply Chain Management and S&OP at Marvell.

Supply Chain Design Software

Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

Over a third of the world’s food produce and products are wasted. From reducing the quantity of on hand foodstuffs to JIT inventory control – or less food delivered more frequently – optimising inventory control assists businesses to better manage food waste and reduce it at the source. Commercial composting.

Waste Reduction

DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 17, 2023

Thank you for helping us conserve the earth’s vital resources.” There are many links between supply chain planning and sustainability goals, as illustrated by the following examples: The process of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) aims to align demand and supply for the complete supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software

QAD

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving consumer landscape, the way products are packaged plays a pivotal role in the success of consumer goods manufacturing and the overall supply chain. The transformation has touched all inventory levels from material sourcing to end product delivery.

Packaging