Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

The story unfolds as Max’s bedroom undergoes a mysterious transformation into a jungle environment, and he winds up sailing to an island inhabited by malicious beasts known as the “Wild Things.” The business requirements have outpaced the first and second generation of capabilitie s of the Advanced Planning Systems (APS).

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2016

I will also pen my 95th report for this week’s Supply Chain Insight’s newsletter. It is one that is often asked: “S&OP How Do I Get Started?” ” S&OP: How Do I Get Started? I asked, “Why is S&OP important to your business?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Figure 2: Descriptions, or Metaphors, that Describe Today’s Supply Chain. For clarity, let’s start with a definition. This is often coupled with Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes. This week, I will host our monthly webinar on S&OP: Why is it So Hard? Want to connect?

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

And, no surprises here, I attach metrics so I can measure the baseline. I cover ERP implementation, S&OP, and source-to-pay, but I do it in a way that’s like a story that takes place within a medium-sized business that wants to grow. I often look at the different cycles, like cash to cash, and analyze that.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

While MRP and S&OP were defined as early as the 1980s, these provided rough cut analysis at the aggregate level, nowhere near the level of detail that is possible today. Now they want to deploy an S&OP process. Their words. This is Lora’s point. Unfortunately I cannot be there.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Industrial companies are increasingly discovering the benefits of handing over control of their logistics operations to a 4PL company, which not only provides logistics and transportation services but also takes charge of vital reporting, usually through a supply chain dashboard that tracks KPIs and metrics in a single display.

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