Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This thing called research in the supply chain market has many arms and legs. I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one. In a nutshell, the research states there is a correlation between cost, inventory, and forecast performance.

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4WL Consulting

JUNE 12, 2015

This heightens the need for having a global procurement network which can support and respond to a company’s supply chain needs in a timely manner. A lean manufacturing environment should involve a shorter lead time, lesser inventory and improved throughput.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2015

The last 15 years have been a rollercoaster for supply chain professionals as companies embraced supply chain innovation, moving up the five steps of the supply chain maturity curve, supported by new technologies. Figure 1: A fresh look at the Five Tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains.

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Arkieva

MAY 31, 2016

I pride myself on being an expert in designing and implementing Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning. There is no one-size-fits-all in your supply chain. It will put your supply chain at a more effective use. For A-products we may define higher service levels and carry more inventory. Product Management.

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Arkieva

MAY 5, 2016

As a Phd in inventory optimization, I’ve started my supply chain career in adjusting inventory parameters with surgical precision. I was, and I still am passionate about applying statistics and advanced analytics to the supply chain domain. I’m still training supply chain experts on how to do this.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2015

In Part I of my Supply Chain Strategy series, I explained why the five tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains remain a great starting point to build your supply chain strategy. This post will explore the three capabilities essential to supply chain redesign.

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BlueYonder

MAY 17, 2022

In the current market environment, this places high demand and risk on manufacturers to balance an ever-growing complexity of article portfolios, with the right level of stock across their supply chain. With this in mind, manufacturers have relied on customer service as a partial saving grace.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2015

Building a High-Performing and Profitable Supply Chain. In Part I of my Supply Chain Strategy series, I explained why the five tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains remain a great starting point to build your supply chain strategy. Stage 2—Supply Chain Focus.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Forge a strategy? At this time of year, we find many companies planning workshops to stimulate thinking on building a digital supply chain and igniting next-generation supply chain thinking. Understand inventory write-offs, impact of forecast processes and technology satisfaction in the planning benchmarking.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2012

The Aberdeen Supply Chain Summit in Chicago earlier this month was a productive event for supply chain executives and practitioners. I also had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable session on supply chain segmentation along with Bob Heaney , Aberdeen’s lead analyst for Supply Chain Management.

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RFgen

JUNE 29, 2017

Inventory management improvements can lead to operational gains across multiple lines of business. A change to production demands has implications all the way through to the supply chain, and vice versa. With all of this in mind, here are three non-warehouse lines of business that benefit from innovation in the supply chain: 1.

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RFgen

JUNE 29, 2017

Inventory management improvements can lead to operational gains across multiple lines of business. A change to production demands has implications all the way through to the supply chain, and vice versa. With all of this in mind, here are three non-warehouse lines of business that benefit from innovation in the supply chain: 1.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2017

Finance speaks a different language than supply chain. But by monetizing Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), supply chain planners can speak the language of finance while developing S&OP into a more mature process. Gartner’s research is echoed by Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The beauty of the supply chain is all around us. I guess I’m a supply chain junkie…can’t get enough of it. So rather than write another one, I thought it would be interesting to look at this omni-channel world in a daily life setting, but viewed from a supply chain junkie’s perspective.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Supply & Demand Chain Executive recently announced its annual list of the best 100 supply chain transformations and projects that deliver bottom-line value to small, medium and large enterprises across a wide range of supply chain functions. Highlights from SanDisk’s supply chain transformation.

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BlueYonder

JULY 16, 2012

In each issue we aim to cover a cross-section of topics that span regions, industry verticals and business functions with a goal of introducing strategies and best practices that resonate with a broad cross-section of supply chain practitioners.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

MAY 14, 2014

Discussion Questions: Carefully explain the difference between a “resilient” and an “efficient” supply chain. What strategies do the authors suggest for making a supply chain both “resilient” and “efficient” at the same time? Supply Chains Can Be Both Resilient and Cost Efficient.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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BlueYonder

JULY 2, 2015

Omni-channel profitability for retailers and other value chain participants will increasingly depend on a matrix of available-to-promise possibilities across the various supply chain entities that make, move, and store inventory. Now, let’s fast forward to 2015.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

My hand was enjoying the warmth from the porcelain coffee cup and I was loving the solitude when a supply chain leader approached me with a cup of tea in his hand. Translate independent demand into a product segmentation strategy. Actively design the supply chain. Conference speaking takes a lot out of me.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I always come back from these conferences inspired and fascinated at how diligent chemical supply chain managers must be to mitigate risk and adverse events. The chemical supply chain continues to faces significant challenges, with more global and complex supply chains, leaner inventories, and rising customer expectations.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Agility will be a key factor, as manufacturers will need to be able to quickly shift their manufacturing strategy and supply chain processes to address market changes. Relying on inventory as a buffer will no longer be effective from a cost or customer service perspective. Product, meet the backseat.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Today, in the digital age, the ability to personalize has become a key strategy for winning market share. Yet a century later, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to supply chain has persisted well beyond its apparent sell-by date. What is supply chain segmentation? How has this happened?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Supply Chain Management. Supply Chain Matters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

It was a strategy day in 2006. Mark Hersh (shown here) is now a Director of Supply Chain Strategy at Clorox while Dave retired in 2018. Mark and Dave, both career Clorox employees, drove a program to customize the supply chain response using Value Chain Segmentation. I share it here.

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The Network Effect

APRIL 16, 2015

It is difficult to come across many supply chain leaders today who do not subscribe to the principle of Demand-Driven Supply Chains. As supply chain experts we continue to write about, provide webinars, present at conferences, and assist numerous client companies to progress towards the Demand-Driven Supply Chain model.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The next time you feel the need to toast someone, raise your glass to all the supply chain professionals involved in omnichannel retail operations. To meet consumer needs, everyone in the supply chain needs to work harmoniously together or risk bad reviews and loss of business. Lack of Inventory Visibility and Metrics.

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Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Today’s supply chains are facing similar challenges with personalizing logistics operations for customers. Let’s look at some key steps on the journey to a customer-focused supply chain. Segment customers to match incentives to needs. Establish multi-channel fulfillment centers with real-time inventory.

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E2open

MARCH 13, 2018

The 6 W’s of Supply Chain Planning Systems of Record. If you’re unfamiliar with the term “supply chain planning system of record,” it is essentially the one place where an organization can bring together all supply chain data and plan its enterprise operations. Multi-tier supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Supply chain resilience is “the capacity of a supply chain to persist, adapt, or transform in the face of change” Wikipedia. I am thinking a lot this month about business resilience and the role of supply chain leaders. In the last decade, supply chain performance regressed.

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