Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Forge a strategy? Understand inventory write-offs, impact of forecast processes and technology satisfaction in the planning benchmarking. Three courses are scheduled for in Philadelphia. Summer is ending. 2018 is right around the corner. Is it time to start to plan the new year? Engage employees? Scalable pricing available.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

On Wednesday morning, when I finished speaking at the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing in Fort Lauderdale, an executive from J&J pulled me aside and said, “Our strengths, are now our vulnerabilities.” Strategy to Network Design. Leaders make choices on strategy and these decisions are tied to network design parameters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

Benchmarking is a measurement of the quality of an organization’s policies, products, programs or strategies against standard measurements. In most ‘benchmarking activities’, self-reported data is the most common source. 4) Best Forecasters do not Have the Best Inventory Results. Business Dictionary.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 7, 2015

The answer for many teams I work with is to wave their hands and declare the need for an end-to-end supply chain strategy. Building the Effective End-to-End Strategy. While companies believe that there is opportunity to building an end-to-end strategy, there is no standard definition. Figure 1: Supply Chain Descriptors.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

I knew nothing about the world of logistics, inventory management and order optimization. Much to my chagrin, when I entered into the world of supply chain, the processes of source, make and deliver were usually not designed. Instead, I think that it needs to be holistic to balance the trade-offs of source, make and deliver together.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

That said, there are several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in 2016: Oil Prices : Just a few years ago, there was plenty of talk about oil prices potentially reaching $300 per barrel and the impact it would have on supply chain and logistics networks and processes (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. On October 15th, I will be speaking on the Qunitiq World Tour in Philadelphia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

While companies want to improve costs and inventory, most are going backwards. The Supply Chain is a Complex System with Increasing Complexity. While many consultants will wave their hands and promise improvements in costs and inventory through projects, take pause. Avoid Artificially Constraining Inventory Levels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. …for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) The greatest value happens when companies can link across source, make and deliver. Process Integration Across Functions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

LSEG Workspace, a financial news and data platform, calculated inventory turnover ratios of 30 major U.S. The US is doing a “reset” on how it does trade policies with a focus on supply chain resilience Knight tells a live audience during her US Textiles and Apparel Industry Update at the World Fashion Convention in Philadelphia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. There is no true end-to-end solution that enables bi-directional orchestration across deliver, make, and source processes. The optimization routines single thread through functions not enabling trade-offs across source, make, and deliver.

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