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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. Over the next five weeks, seventy business/technology and consulting leaders will complete the course. Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. I love the questions when I present. The reason?

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When the Rubber Hits the Road

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, after booking an additional $1B in unexpected supplier costs in the third quarter, the CFO led the company’s focus on restructuring to “support efficient and reliable sourcing of components and internal development of key technologies and capabilities.” What is the issue?

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. Show the technology vendors touting digital and AI transformation the door.

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Many try to start with technology. Responsive. The gap was large.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

While most consultants and technologists want to sell technology, and are eager to slap in a new piece of software, my caution is to slow down and better understand root issues before having a technology discussion. When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

However, this mature team found the technology insufficient. They gave lip service to the need for IT standardization, but ran their process on a custom built model that enabled reverse bill of material, and profitability analysis. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.)

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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

Much to my chagrin, when I entered into the world of supply chain, the processes of source, make and deliver were usually not designed. It was hard for me to rationalize the world of manufacturing that was deliberate and designed versus the emerging practices in supply chain. Supply chain design looks very different by company.