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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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Supply management. Supply chain management. Supply chain planning. Today’s headline news includes AllBirds, Boeing, Canada Goose, Chemours, EMC, Hanes Brands, Fisker, Ford, Krispy Kreme, LKQ, Ryder, Tesla, Timken, Tyson Foods, Weight Watchers International, and WestRock. Are these terms the same?

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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.” ” Dragons are a good analogy for the risks faced by supply chains. No one can say for sure what dragons lie ahead in 2025 for supply chains, but some risks are known.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

She wrote, “I have been working in the supply chain for 35 years, and we are still trying to solve the “demand” issue. Solving from a supply side seems to work for many companies I work with. I know that your primary focus is procurement. ” Anna, this blog post is for you. .” Clear mission.)

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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

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. Supply Chain Design. Ad hoc design planning often focused on a function of the supply chain. Frequent and systemic supply chain design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The supply chain space is heavily laden with acronyms, gobbledygook, false narratives, and over-hyped, fast-talking technology sales teams. Let’s take an example. “At the Digital Supply Chain event at SAP. Let’s take another example. In my writing, I try to get clear on definitions.

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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

What we do at Enchange Supply Chain & RtM Consultancy 💹 Deliver sales growth for our clients 🌏 Work globally, with our local experts 🎓 We are Route to Market & Supply Chain experts At Enchange our passion is helping companies improve their route to market and supply chain so they can sell more, at a higher margin and lower cost.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The supply chain world is dominated by men. So, why is it that in this male-dominated world of supply chain there is very little chutzpah? The supply chain team takes and ships orders. The supply chain team with chutzpah has courage. My circular logic goes like this. Men have cojones.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Companies implementing supply chain planning (SCP) have traditionally been very big companies or companies with complex supply chains. Supply chain planning is not just for the big boys. In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“Over the last fifteen years,” writes Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, “Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) enjoyed a renaissance.”[1] ”[1] She also hints it’s time to move on. ”[2] Quasney’s views motivated Robert J.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

After a dramatic drop at the beginning of the pandemic, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software public valuations are near twice the ten-year average. The majority of the transactions are in Enterprise Resource Planning (91) versus supply chain planning (31). Imagining What Could Be.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been a longstanding practice for businesses across nearly every industry. However, this critical supply chain process has been under enormous stress lately from departmental silos, complex trading partner networks, and geopolitical turmoil.

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Logility

MAY 19, 2023

Today’s sales and operations planning (S&OP) process encompasses people, process, and technology to create a business plan that will deliver the predictable financials executives seek. We’ve been working for years to break the walls between functions in the supply chain. At its most basic form, this is correct.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

It is one of those high-end brands with global recognition, and to my surprise, the manufacturer’s own website did not have any stock and no indication on when it would be available. When the pandemic started in 2020, no one could foresee the impacts of the global supply chain disturbances would last this long.

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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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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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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As businesses become increasingly global, professionals in the supply chain field must keep up with new technologies, trends, and best practices. Summary Table edX Supply Chain Courses vs. SCMDOJO Aspect SCMDOJO edX Focus & Specialization A dedicated platform focused entirely on supply chain management.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2024

SCMDOJO Academy elevates your procurement and supply chain skills through its extensive course library. Mastering Procurement – Essentials Skills and Competencies Mastering Procurement by Maryna Trepova is the ultimate Procurement and Purchase Management course for Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Students.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2023

In Figure 1, I share a supply chain planning taxonomy or what I lovingly term an old-fashioned jalopy. Few companies design their supply chains (research data shows that 9% of companies actively design their supply chains), and few planning systems actively analyze and drive answers to the questions: Do I have a good plan?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2013

Some days when I need a pick-me-up, I watch the videos of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests. It is a discussion of supply chain design and the sharing of research that supports that the best supply chains have flexibility in the joints and are well designed on the ends to propel commerce. Supply Chain Team.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 20, 2018

This week I spoke at an SAS Global Analytics Summit on the connected supply chain. In my view, the connected supply chain is very, very different from the integrated supply chain. This model endorsed ERP as the system of record for the supply chain. What Is a Connected Supply Chain?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . These capabilities can bring efficiencies to decision-making across the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Companies of all sizes have been capturing the value from Global Supply Chain to increase the economies of scale and scope for years. In this article, we will show you tips from worldwide experts that you can use to streamline your global supply chain operations. However, you may wonder what kind of practices really work.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

Supply Chain Planners Analogous to Secretarial Pools? In my forty years of studying supply chain planning, the groups became larger, but with questionable results. We sidestep vacuous terms like digital supply chain and attempt to measure and redefine flows based the redefinition of planning. The So What?

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

One day, a product is flying off the shelves, and the next, it’s gathering dust. That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Supply chains are particularly vulnerable during recessions. Consequently, it is imperative to develop a recession-proof supply chain to make them more resilient and adaptable. A resilient supply chain is one that can absorb shocks and continue functioning with minimal disruption.

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Logility

APRIL 22, 2015

Today’s sales and operations planning (S&OP) process encompasses people, process and technology to create a business plan that will deliver the predictable financials executives seek. More than Balancing Supply and Demand. At its most basic form, this is correct.

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Logility

JANUARY 2, 2018

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), first introduced more than 30 years ago, has many documented examples of success. However, many companies still struggle to master the basics and get to a successful, repeatable S&OP process. Executives must internalize the S&OP process so that they ‘own’ it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

This morning, the New York Times pushed me an article by Peter S. Goodman titled “ The Supply Chain, Reconfigured.” ” His narrative centers on the evolution of the global supply chain evolving with a focus on labor arbitration ignoring geographic distance and shipping issues. Let me explain.

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Logility

APRIL 22, 2015

Today’s sales and operations planning (S&OP) process encompasses people, process and technology to create a business plan that will deliver the predictable financials executives seek. More than Balancing Supply and Demand. At its most basic form, this is correct.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. ” The company’s press release rhetoric is bullish. Is Steelwedge a Tragic Hero of Supply Chain Cloud Technology? E2open’s Story.

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