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 13, 2015

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. Figure 2: Descriptions, or Metaphors, that Describe Today’s Supply Chain.

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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. As a sourcing manager for Cummins she managed $165M in annual spend.

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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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