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Leading Inventory Attack Teams with Richard Lebovitz

The Logistics of Logistics

Over his 30+ year career in the supply chain, Richard has worked with manufacturers around the world in operations, supply chain, and lean strategy roles to develop systems that can manage complex supply chains on a global scale. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

Medical Device Manufacturer. New Supply Chain Leader of a Regional Children’s Hospital. In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider. The focus has been on sourcing and managed costs. The problem is us.

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A Radical New Way to Think About Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

But when ARC has done writing on SCCN, we have written about how this solution set can help a company optimize its own supply chain operations. That is how enterprise and supply chain software solutions work. A company buys these solutions to optimize their business. Clearly, a new approach is needed.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?”

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Have You Given Your Planner Love Today?

Supply Chain Shaman

Each year, when we complete our annual talent survey, we note greater and greater dissatisfaction within the role of supply chain planners. In Figure 1, note the lowest satisfaction is Generation X (birth years of 1965-1980) in manufacturing organizations. Characteristics of High-Performing Supply Chains.

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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

Nvidia, Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, PCA (Packaging Corporation of America), ResMed, Rockwell Automation, Ross Stores, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company, Tempur-Pedic, TJX, Toro, Toyota, West Pharma, United Tractors, and Urban Outfitters. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm.

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Welcome Puff, The Magic Dragon, to Your Team

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2015, I worked with a manufacturer of men’s underwear. (My Older men buy less underwear than younger males and their packaging was not as attractive to the female shopper buying for the family. Their questions were could the supply chain help? The manufacturer had an infestation problem.