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In my recent Mea Culpa post, I mentioned my prior work on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and the importance of leadership. Leadership and S&OP? If you have walked in the shoes of the supplychain leader, you are probably laughing by now. 60% change management, 30% process and 10% technology.)
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However, one-third of SCP leaders cite “the lack of effective decision making in the S&OP meeting process as the most critical problem to solve for their function’s overall performance” (source: Gartner, Improve S&OP Decision Making Through Scenario Planning , SupplyChain Research Team, 4 May 2020).
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My head is wobbling with announcements, late-night Friday press releases, company name changes, and executive turnover in the supplychain planning market. Let’s hope that these new executives see the light of a new day. OMP’s press release this week announced nine new chiefs. Is it musical chairs?
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” Here is an excerpt from the article: “…it isn’t by becoming more efficient that the supplychains of Wal-Mart, Dell, and Amazon have given those companies an edge over their competitors. According to my research, top-performing supplychains possess three very different qualities. The gap was large.
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Manufacturers like Hyundai are experiencing a shortage of components that threaten s to halt production. The virus continues to compromise supplychains and disrupt companies at a troubling rate, but a re businesses prepared from a supplychain planning perspective? . – Tweet this. questions.
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She wrote, “I have been working in the supplychain 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. Unfortunately, the industry is full of a lot of Anna(s) and her friends, the doubting Thomas (s).
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