Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2021
I am constantly amazed that business leaders can engage with technologists month after month (often over eight and sometimes over a year) to select a supply chain planning system and then call me to ask for help on the decision. As the director of planning, Joe is involved in a multi-year process to select a new planning solution.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 29, 2024
I find that most companies’ understanding of supply chain planning is immature, and that next week, at the Gartner Supply Chain Summit in Orlando, that many will don their Mickey ears to discuss what I consider outdated supply chain planning models. Buying supply chain planning software is hard.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2021
I am constantly amazed that business leaders can engage with technologists month after month (often over eight and sometimes over a year) to select a supply chain planning system and then call me to ask for help on the decision. As the director of planning, Joe is involved in a multi-year process to select a new planning solution.
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. Over the last two years, I actively engaged technologists and business leaders to redefine demand planning.
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. Taxonomy of Outside-in Planning Based on the Art of the Possible To accomplish this goal, we need to discard the current crawl, walk, and run models and just jump.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 13, 2024
In my recent Mea Culpa post, I mentioned my prior work on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and the importance of leadership. If you have walked in the shoes of the supply chain leader, you are probably laughing by now. In assessing the health of the plan, what do you measure? Is your plan feasible?
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 9, 2024
Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm. How Do You Define Excellence? Most supply chain leaders are stuck in their own paradigms. And, that the same techniques used in planning for a regional company could work for a global multi-national.
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