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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

Global supply chain leaders understand that designing and implementing a robust risk management practices are essential and fundamental to running the business. In this report, companies with leadership support score rate themselves significantly more effective on the execution of risk management programs.

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

The gloomy streets will soon be alive with Mummers to ring in the New Year in Philadelphia. The Mummers Parade is a Philadelphia tradition. To gain competitive economies of scale and drive the segmented response, the back office operations–procurement, manufacturing and transportation–are automated and effective.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

It was a sultry day in Philadelphia. Definition of push/pull decoupling points and the role of postponement to improve inventory as a supply chain buffer to improve agility. Concerted plans that focus on inventory management as one part of the supply chain as a complex system. Procurement. client meeting.

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Integrated Planning: Is It Rubbish? Be Careful What You Ask For….

Supply Chain Shaman

The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. Few implementations of planning connect to procurement and transportation. As a result, for three consecutive nights, I crawled into bed at 2:30 AM. Process Integration Across Functions.