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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

New Year’s Eve is a time for parties. I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one. In the process, facts become gray and what’s ‘true’ is uncertain. S&OP: Five Steps to Get Started. They are all false.

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Supply Chain Management:Adding intelligence in the Forecasting.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. There has been a growing momentum across multiple industries to move from a "one-size-fits-all" approach to a portfolio of different supply chain strategies.

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Balance and Segmentation – What the Election Can Teach Supply Chain

Kinaxis

We must have an ability to monitor the supply chain, and detect when it goes out of balance. This is why mature S&OP’s are needed. I say mature, as most supply chains can detect the cost based – unit demand vs unit supply imbalance. And this is where the US Election can teach supply chains.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

I am thinking a lot this month about business resilience and the role of supply chain leaders. Inflation is today’s reality. …or long laborious discussions of the differences between Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). The future is uncertain.