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Building Outside-in Processes: Answering A Question From the Audience

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

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Be Careful What You Ask For

Supply Chain Shaman

The solutions optimize source, make and deliver within silos, but lack the ability to drive alignment and improve agility. She had not mapped demand flows or studied the impact of network design strategies. This includes postponement, common platforms, product formula simplification, alternate sourcing, and buffer strategies.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I bought a shirt at Bloomingdales on Walnut Street in Philadelphia for 1$. Mature organizations focus on the form and function of inventory and tie the inventory strategy to corporate policy. Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. Insufficient Understanding by the Executive Team.

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Driving Organizational Alignment

Supply Chain Shaman

In supply chain strategy documents, terms like alignment, agility, responsiveness, and flexibility dot the page. In meetings, groups nod their heads that the strategy is correct. However, at a practical level, companies struggle with the implementation of strategy due to a lack of definition. Let me explain.

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The Fight of the Titans

Supply Chain Shaman

The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. But how do companies best translate strategy to action? The source of the data is public reporting of balance sheet information. The evolution sprung from chaos. Supply chain leaders are competitive.

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Navigating The End-to-End Journey

Supply Chain Shaman

The answer for many teams I work with is to wave their hands and declare the need for an end-to-end supply chain strategy. Building the Effective End-to-End Strategy. While companies believe that there is opportunity to building an end-to-end strategy, there is no standard definition. Figure 1: Supply Chain Descriptors.