Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 21, 2023
Bloated inventories. Despite investments in planning, today, industries hold 28 more days of inventory than in 2004. Changes in Inventory Year-end inventory values by industry from Y Charts. Retrospective Why do we have issues managing inventory today? The story continues. Rising inflation. Next steps? Measurement.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 3, 2024
Supply chain network design, a branch of operations research, helps in strategic decision-making about nodes, sourcing, transportation modes and inventory levels.
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Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? The reason?
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 22, 2023
A Supply Chain Design Solution from Coupa Imagine you’ve just received the job offer of your dreams. If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. The interview process is over, but more challenges are ahead.
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Supply chain, with its complex planning questions, is typically an area where optimization technology is required. Supply Chain Network Design. Inventory optimization. Prescriptive analytics is a type of advanced analytics that optimizes decision-making by providing a recommended action.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Recent supply chain disruptions are forcing organizations to challenge the prevailing wisdom and look for newer approaches to decision making. The simultaneous shocks to demand and supply, and the magnitude of these shocks are not something the world ever experienced.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Why tell this story?
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Speaker: Robert Olszak- Vice President, Global Supply Chain Optimization, RGP
As a supply chain director, you want to ensure that your supply chain network can withstand any disruptions and be optimized for peak performance. The global logistics market is growing, and companies need to prepare for the next generation of supply chain management.
Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix
Can we use historical data to plan for demand and design our networks, or is there a better way? If we're going to offer the speed of shipping and variety of inventory that today's customers have come to expect, there are a lot of different questions that need to be asked. January 30, 2019 12:30 PM PST, 3:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM GMT.
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