Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2025

I laughed at Neils Van Hove’s recent post. Neil’s post in response to my post of Driving Value From Outside-in Planning : In her post, ‘Driving Value from Supply Chain Planning’, Lora Cecere provides great supply chain analysis and benchmarking for her supply chains to admire.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

A lasso is what supply chain leaders would like to have. To align S&OP. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. Metrics Definition. There needs to be a common definition of supply chain excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. S&OP is too slow and cannot achieve the needed alignment.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 8, 2025

Sales & Operations Planning: Why Execution is Essential In today’s fast-changing business environment, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is essential for aligning demand, supply, and financials goals. Underwhelming S&OP outcomes and lost opportunities. The result?

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. by John Westerveld.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

A lasso is what supply chain leaders would like to have. To align S&OP. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. The proliferation of S&OP is not a trivial topic. Metrics Definition.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

Life for the supply chain leader is more complex. We are living in a world of rich supply chain case studies. Each day, the Wall Street Journal features a supply chain failure as front-page news. Traditional processes accelerate the bullwhip impact leaving leaders chained and forced into reactive behavior.

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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. This isn’t just aligning financial planning with S&OP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

This is a story for the Eds, Franks, and Toms working together in supply chains across the globe. It is also a story for a young supply chain manager attempting to make a difference, but feeling stymied. As a result, we shelved Ed’s idea. Testing Ed’s idea was beyond my circle of control.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. The companies with the strongest year-over-year performance (placing in the winner’s circle for six more times in ten years) are Apple, L’Oreal, Nike, Paccar, TJX, and TSMC. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm.

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AIMMS

MAY 14, 2018

In fact, it’s become internalized to a degree that companies often have several (competing) S&OP pro cesses in different geographies & business units. Why is it that despite its popularity, only 42% of companies rate their S&OP process as effective? . Your S&OP solution should: .

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Kinaxis

JULY 14, 2014

by Melissa Clow Just a quick post to share some research courtesy of Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights LLC. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: A Focus on Aerospace and Defense. The research highlights the supply chain challenges for this industry, as well as the critical importance of getting it right.

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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. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Figures 2 and 3.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

An efficient supply chain strategy is one that takes every aspect of your supply chain into account, from inventory management and warehouse design to freight tendering and transport optimisation. Let’s look at some of the best ways to make your supply chain more efficient.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Their goals were lofty, but their understanding of supply chain planning was hazy. In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Supply Chain Design. Frequent and systemic supply chain design.

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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. We now reach 23,000 supply chain leaders globally with our newsletter and have over 50,000 views/month on Slideshare. It is one that is often asked: “S&OP How Do I Get Started?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 11, 2015

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is over thirty years old. With the rise of the global multi-national, S&OP increased in importance as a way to align and drive organizational balance. Today, companies do not have one S&OP solution. Our journey to better understand S&OP continues.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

An effective S&OP plan is the goal of many, but there is no clear industry definition of an effectiveness. To better understand the characteristics of an effective S&OP plan, we just completed a study of seventy-three companies. 2) Tie the S&OP Plan to Execution. This is a maturity factor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2015

” I think it is the most complete assessment of the S&OP value proposition I have seen in the industry. Names for the Cross-Functional Process to Align Demand and Supply. Building S&OP maturity takes time, discipline and focus. Profile of S&OP Respondents. S&OP Challenges.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Do Invest in Distributor Capability Building : Provide training, digital tools, and performance incentives. A well-equipped distributor is an extension of your brand and a key to market penetration.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 17, 2022

Many organizations are still struggling to understand and implement basic Sales and Operations Planning processes to cope with supply chain disruption. Unfortunately, the definitions of S&OP and IBP are often confusing as they seem to be both distinct and overlapping processes. There’s a clue in the name.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Yesterday, I finished a post on supply chain planning maturity. A client had asked me, “How do I know if we have a mature supply chain planning organization?” Excellence in supply chain planning is a cultural shift. The average supply chain leader has five distinct supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

I feel that topic of supply chain management is analogous to the downward cycle of the news channels. What Drives Supply Chain Excellence? I analyze supply chain management. Maturity in horizontal process development– Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and new product launch—also drives value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often see statements like “move from a functional-silo’d focus to a drive a more holistic response.” Companies became less clear on the definition of supply chain excellence and how to implement decision support technologies. ” Sound familiar?

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 18, 2019

Therefore, traditional push-driven supply chains are wholly unfit for this situation. 1] Mohawk sought to profit from the resurgent demand for ‘ analog experiences ’ by owning the fine paper space and transforming its extended supply chain. Their S&OP program, however, was only the beginning.

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Logility

JULY 31, 2023

Businesses are grappling with many uncertainties, from fluctuating market trends to unforeseen supply chain disruptions. This turbulence sends ripples through their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, adding complex layers and challenging the essence of effective decision-making.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Definition As I follow the evolution of supply chain technology, I am struck by what I see as a stream of paradox and anomaly, and the tendency of supply chain leaders to cling to convention. Let’s explore nine in this blog. Building the Effective Global Supply Chain. Art of the Possible.

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AIMMS

MAY 14, 2018

In fact, it’s become internalized to a degree that companies often have several (competing) S&OP pro cesses in different geographies & business units. Why is it that despite its popularity, only 42% of companies rate their S&OP process as effective? . That was a big eye-opener for us.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Before that I was in management consulting doing what would be called supply chain design or reengineering today. 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. Their words. She states that.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I have worked for Gartner Group, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and now my own company, Supply Chain Insights. I have now been an industry analyst in the supply chain management space for ten years. This month, I am proud that the Supply Chain Insights team will announce the Supply Chain Index.

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Silvon Software

JUNE 1, 2023

KPIs are essential in S&OP as they provide a quantitative framework for gaining visibility, aligning efforts, supporting decision-making, and driving continuous improvement across the business. But how do you know if you are using the right KPIs, including both stakeholder and supply chain performance measures?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over the last five years, I have helped two companies, Sonoco Products and Owens Illinois (OI) with their selection of technologies to improve Sales and Operations (S&OP) planning. They were unclear on their supply chain strategy and the role of supply chain planning. Owens Illinois (OI), a $6.3

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

by Alexa Cheater Bridging finance and supply chain operations improves efficiency. In my earlier blog , I examined common obstacles organizations face when bringing together finance and supply chain operations. Combining rolling forecasts and S&OP to streamline business processes.

Modeling 185

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 24, 2016

Puricelli A few weeks ago, I launched a new blog series on sales and operations planning (S&OP ). To make sure everyone is on the same page, I want to review the basics, the foundation, which is… what exactly is S&OP? S&OP is so much more than a process or a meeting.

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