This week, I was introduced by phone to a marketing leader new to supply chain planning. I listened in amazement when she said, “My marketing
The populist narrative of supply chains focuses on sourcing ignoring the impact of historic practices that are no longer best practices creating waste and inefficiencies.
Build political capital to drive a supply chain planning culture.
The sharing of concerns by the business leader on the evolution of SAP HANA to SAP RISE as heard at the Consumer Goods Forum. Here I share the concern, some options, and some background.
Do these dogs hunt is a blog challenging the validity of the concepts of autonomous planning, probabilistic planning and the use of artificial planning in planning systems.
The role of leadership in driving excellence in S&OP.
Reflection and restatement of formerly held beliefs of supply chain management by Lora Cecere.
Traditional supply chain planning approaches push all products through a common engine to produce time-phased output. The demand stream is analyzed for error and bias, but in traditional processes, companies do not see the patterns. Pattern identification is key to drive successful supply strategies. This is a missed opportunity in traditional approaches.
Let me start with why I selected a baby with ears for this post. I find that most companies’ understanding of supply chain planning is
When teams say that they want to move to outside-in processes using the crawl, walk, run approach, I say not so fast! The shift is a step change not an evolution. Here I share how to jump into the new paradigm.
