Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. The metrics reward functional thinking. The focus of APICS is manufacturing, CSCMP’s foundation is in logistics, and ISM serves the procurement organization.

Supply Chain Design Software 161

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Network Design Software Modeling 161

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Production/manufacturing. Transportation. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. KPIs should comprise a handful of metrics that CAN be realistically monitored and reacted to on a continuous basis.

KPI 94

KPI Guinea-Bissau Virgin Islands Papua New Guinea 94

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The combination of technology along with the advancements in transportation made it possible. Today, I unpacked my bags.

Supply Chain Design Software 191

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design 191

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. I am a manufacturing gal by training. Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets. Include the supplier’s warehouse and manufacturing locations. Where is the risk?

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software 150