Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I have heard presentation after presentation on supply chain excellence, and I have heard industry leaders wax eloquently on how their supply chain objectives have improved value. They will be digitally shared through Amazon, iTunes and other sources. The links are listed below: S&OP: A State of the Union.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The topic that often comes up in these conversations is Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). While S&OP as a discipline has been around for over two decades, it has been generating great interest recently. From time to time, I hear comments such as: “My monthly S&OP process takes 6 weeks to execute”. “We

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The phrase signified uncharted or dangerous areas where cartographers warned mariners “we don’t know what’s there, so beware.” Like medieval cartographers, honest prognosticators say, “We don’t know everything that’s out there, so beware?” Supply Chain Restrictions.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

In this edition: Jaro Caban, Global S&OP, Cargill Animal Nutrition. My responsibility is Global S&OP and Process Improvement Lead and I take care of three elements: Firstly, to establish S&OP across CAN. Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional.

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Demand Solutions

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

So let me provide a more compelling reason than, “Everyone’s doing it”: When you embrace the cloud, you may be able to more fully implement sales and operation planning (S&OP) or integrated business planning (IBP). S&OP: Collaboration for a Better Bottom Line. The ultimate goal?

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Demand Solutions

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

So let me provide a more compelling reason than, “Everyone’s doing it”: When you embrace the cloud, you may be able to more fully implement sales and operation planning (S&OP) or integrated business planning (IBP). S&OP: Collaboration for a Better Bottom Line. The ultimate goal?

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Source: Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Extending its S&OP process. P&G knew that it needed to improve its S&OP forecast quality, while reducing the human effort and inventory needed to meet customer service levels. Next it implemented in Russia, followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Let’s Start With Clear Definitions My inbox is full. Let’s have fun! Let’s start with the definitions: Graph AI uses Machine Learning on graph-based technology to understand the relationships between variables to drive insights. Many of today’s solutions include Narrow AI. Or transform work?”

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been around for three decades. Many pundits, however, believe the S&OP process, as originally conceived, needs to change. What’s going on? ”[2] Think back 30 years to around the time the S&OP concept was first developed. They are: 1.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

(NASDAQ: AMSWA), a leading provider of innovative AI-powered supply chain management and advanced retail planning platforms, today announced that Allan Dow, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Vincent Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, will present virtually at the following investor conference: Jefferies Virtual Software Conference.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 9, 2018

A new report from Nucleus Research, Value Drivers of Single Model S&OP , concludes that the historical disconnect between planning and execution in S&OP is best bridged by a single unified data model that allows companies to continuously synchronize their strategic, tactical and execution plans.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

My schedule had me on a plane to Chicago at the time of the presentation. We rescheduled my flight and I quickly put together some slides for the presentation. (To I had successfully adapted to give a presentation on agility to 254 people. Is it S&OP? The APICS event was not there. Defining Agility.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 15, 2023

The top issue we heard was ensuring resiliency in supply chains today, Decision Centric Planning, followed by the drive to accelerate digital transformation across supply chains, and then day 3’s keynote and a number of user-presented sessions focused on the people managing and the teams working in our supply chain. Look no further.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

Then Jabil handles the sourcing and manufacturing of those products. They are sourcing from over 27,000 suppliers. A lot of effort by our people went into creating this proposal and presenting it to the customer,” Ms. The company engages in contract manufacturing services for companies. Jabil is a big company. Tymon said.

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Logility

JANUARY 13, 2022

A live webcast of the presentation will be accessible via American Software’s website and archived for a limited time at www.amsoftware.com/investor-relations. Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Time: 10:00 am ET.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

At the conference, I was fortunate to see a presentation from Brent Wilson, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Qualcomm. The solution was implemented in 2012 in order to deliver a comprehensive sales and operations planning (S&OP) solution that was able to move into execution with high integrity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Let’s examine some of the facts from recent research. If so, let’s start working on an answer. Planning roles are at the bull’s eye of this “perfect storm.” ” Supply chain planning roles have the largest number of vacancies with the longest time to source. Cross Train.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. Today, I am again teaching an open class on outside-in planning concept s. In today’s training class, we focused on determining the balanced scorecard. If not, let’s pack more hamburger.

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 29, 2016

To help your company to execute its strategy, executives need to aspire to implement advanced S&OP. The ultimate goal of S&OP is to plan ahead and provide visibility and support to execute the company strategy. Therefore communication needs to be integrated in an S&OP process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Planning and Execution systems in turn consider the rules, policies, and flow path assumptions recommended by Supply Chain Design as key inputs and assumptions guiding the S&OP and S&OE decisions. This is leading these organizations to move from Design being an episodic activity to a continuous process.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 16, 2023

Decision-centric planning has gained traction in situations where the standard S&OP process is too rigid to handle the real-time decisions that need to be made. This requires breaking S&OP and S&OE into smaller processes and pulling them together as needed to address the issue at hand.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented. There are two things Boeing and Airbus have in common, utilization of lean manufacturing system and strategic sourcing concept.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

We implemented demand/supply balancing, full integration to 4 source systems, a custom production planning solution and integrated project management. I’m most looking forward to picking their brains at every chance presented. From the beginning, I looked at implementing RapidResponse as the opportunity of my career.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. Here are nine considerations: #1 S&OP Budget Constraints. The Role of the Budget in S&OP. The takeaway?

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Logility

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Blockchain Allows Brand Owners and Retailers to Trace Source Materials Ahead of Pending U.S. In addition, we see broad applicability across many industries as consumers demand greater visibility and understanding of where products are sourced and manufactured.”. ATLANTA/MIAMI — December 3, 2020 — Logility, Inc.,

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2024

AI has presented challenges and opportunities for business leaders seeking to leverage its potential across their organizations to improve efficiency and increase profitability. However, AI is based on artificial intelligence and machine learning methodologies that have continuously evolved since the 1950’s.

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Logility

JULY 31, 2024

In this blog, we will present first hand visuals on how sales, marketing, and finance can realistically use AI-powered collaboration, what challenges each department might face, and how they can overcome them. They are managing complex spreadsheets populated by multiple sources and stored in too many locations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

Let’s face it, the definition of demand-driven is evolving. Today’s processes are supply driven. In the 1990’s demand latency in a regional supply chain was weeks. In the SAP presentation, I saw traditional supply-centric concepts rebranded as demand driven. There is no single definition. Absolutely not.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions. The Cardinal Health Supply Chain Cardinal Health’s medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Double-Edged Sword of Inventory Management: Declining demand presents a significant dilemma for inventory management. Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) should evolve into a strategic instrument for continuously aligning demand forecasts, production capacities, and inventory levels in the face of uncertainty.

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Logility

JULY 31, 2024

In this blog, we will present first hand visuals on how sales, marketing, and finance can realistically use AI-powered collaboration, what challenges each department might face, and how they can overcome them. They are managing complex spreadsheets populated by multiple sources and stored in too many locations.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Welcome back to the present (assuming you’ve just been to the future and back)! Combine multiple sources of information to improve accuracy of forecast. Integrate your demand planning with sales & operations (S&OP) to close supply chain gaps and increase profitability. Quintiq (@Quintiq) September 19, 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 1, 2013

At the end of the presentation today, it happened. Let’s start with the difference between market-driven versus marketing-driven processes. Today’s conventional supply chains only respond, and the design of the systems usually gives us a “fairly dumb response” based on history. It is ok. .

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

S&OP Maturity Series, part 3 of 5. s growth, it can’t rest on its laurels just yet – the company’s headquarters has adjusted the company’s annual plan. Their S&OP software enables them to increase their planning horizon to 18 months. Learn how to improve the process in this 35-minute presentation.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 28, 2019

To learn more about these efforts, we spoke with Wilko Sierksma , HEINEKEN’s manager for Network Design and Global S&OP. . Heineken’s brewery in Zoeterwoude, image credit: Heineken. The other part of my team’s responsibilities is what we call global S&OP. HEINEKEN is a very de-centralized company.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

APRIL 29, 2014

The intensity and aggression on display presented a mental image of a tennis match with John McEnroe, Ilie Nastase, Goran Ivanisevic and Marat Safin all on court at the same time with each competing against three opponents in multiple, parallel games. What is more, the S&OP process is obviously not very healthy.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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