RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Forget static network designs and gut-feel decisions. By harnessing the power of data science and analytics, you can gain end-to-end visibility across your entire network, breaking down information silos and optimizing every stage of your operations. That’s where data analytics comes in.

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Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Optimization Modeling Inventory Reduction 97

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

As an analyst in the battered supply chain software market for a decade, it is fun to watch you grow. Clients buy your software because you make it real. I always start the discussion of all software acquisitions with the same statement: the acquisition of software is seldom a good deal for the buyer/user of software.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. Show the technology vendors touting digital and AI transformation the door.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 15, 2024

This document serves as a roadmap for professionals involved in supply chain network design and optimization, providing valuable insights and practical guidance at every stage of the process. This initial step enables tailoring the supply chain network design to meet specific needs effectively.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. The gaps in our technologies are a barrier, but should not stop us from redesigning to improve performance. Service level is our most important metric. Reliability in both of these metrics is critical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2013

Demand volatility is escalating, product portfolios are more complex, and supplier networks are harder to manage. ” The technology investments from the last decade are not meeting expectations. Use tools like network design optimization and simulation modeling to help people model trade-offs. Make it real.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

And for supply chain improvement specifically, using the right technology in your business can give you the competitive advantage over other companies. In my experience the tipping point is around 6 vehicles – thats when the complexity of manually managing your fleet starts to outweigh the cost of proper routing and scheduling software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions. With the use of advanced technologies, planning decisions can also be automated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Demand sensing pilots are very early in evolution, but the results are not equal to Terra Technology’s demand sensing results. ” LLamasoft: Recycled Software Assets Offering Hope?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Each requires design and fine tuning. However, only 9% of companies actively design their supply chains. The strategy department in most shipper organizations sits in finance while the network design technology expertise is usually a much lower level in operations. Design Your Value Chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. The argument that I want to make here is that the supply chain problem has changed, but we are implementing the same old technologies without stopping to realign against new goals. You got it!

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). She is the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman , which attracts 5,000 readers weekly. Metrics that Matter became a three year research project.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2023

My primary insight is that many of the technology initiatives that were underway at the start of the disruption did not serve us well. The use of descriptive analytics along with agile planning techniques (what-if analysis, discrete event simulation, and network design) helped. It will publish next week. I hope this helps.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 19, 2023

Warehouse and supply chain planners rely on a surprising number of technologies to achieve this. Network design is used for this. The Limits of Artificial Intelligence Just determining the right location for inventory in a warehouse requires multiple systems and technologies. A WMS tells workers what to do.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Fred owned logistics and customer service for the organization. The metrics were not aligned. Map the different metrics and incentives in the organization to behavior. Use network design and planning tools to show flow.) I did not know Dan as an individual: we had a boss/subordinate relationship.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

Confluence of New Technologies. In contrast, the digital supply chain transformation solves problems and defines opportunities based on the confluence of technologies shown in Figure 1. There are many forms of decision support—price optimization, revenue management, transportation planning, spend management, network design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Last week, after booking an additional $1B in unexpected supplier costs in the third quarter, the CFO led the company’s focus on restructuring to “support efficient and reliable sourcing of components and internal development of key technologies and capabilities.” What is the issue? Excel usage increased during the pandemic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

Active Work on Design and Modify. The use of network design technologies, in combination with inventory optimization technologies, drives a higher level of satisfaction for the Center of Excellence. Network design technologies are growing up and becoming part of enterprise architectures.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

Active Work on Design and Modify. The use of network design technologies, in combination with inventory optimization technologies, drives a higher level of satisfaction for the Center of Excellence. Network design technologies are growing up and becoming part of enterprise architectures.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 18, 2014

I asked myself, “How ironic is it that the technologies and processes of the past are always presented as the answer.” Tactical forecasting helps us to think through the questions of long-term asset strategies and sort through network design optimization alternatives. Recognize that these are tactical processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

For the purpose of this discussion, I define agility as the design of the supply chain to deliver the same cost, quality and customer service given a level of both market volatility and process variability. It requires design. Achieving supply chain agility requires a much deeper design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

While most consultants and technologists want to sell technology, and are eager to slap in a new piece of software, my caution is to slow down and better understand root issues before having a technology discussion. When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

There is also the issue of data overload—IoT devices generate tremendous amounts of information, and managing, storing, and analyzing this data requires significant investments in both technology and technical expertise. Regularly updating and maintenance of IoT systems will further enhance their efficiency and reliability.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The digital twin allows for internal operations as well as customers to view the various processes, along with detailed metrices throughout the facility. Where many companies have exercised cost cutting measures, Schenker has conversely stepped-up investments in our people. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. Is your freight invoice accurate?

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

How can they do that in an informed way, accounting for complex cost and service trade-offs? AIMMS Network Design provides functionality that helps supply chain teams model carbon emissions and other non-financial metrics like water consumption and carbon equivalents. What are the key KPIs for SC Network Design? •

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Over the next five weeks, seventy business/technology and consulting leaders will complete the course. Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. As companies adopt a balanced scorecard, the functional metrics shift to a focus on reliability. Analyze inventory health.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Supply chain design looks very different by company. Today, three out of four companies greater than 10B$ have a network design group that averages seven people. So, how do companies get good at supply chain design? The work can use multiple technologies and combine cognitive learning, simulation and optimization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” Nine times out of ten improving customer service requires different management of the budget cycle and a rethinking of financial planning. Background. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Business leaders came and went as an analyst, technology shifted, and markets ebbed and flowed. We started charting public performance on Orbit charts studying the relationships between metrics and having conversations with manufacturing and retail teams about their results. Investment in Descriptive Analytics. Analytics Deployment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

The most common reporting relationship in the supplier organization is to a leader of supply (focus on logistics, distribution, materials sourcing and customer service). They lack the greater understanding of planning and value network design. Eliminate rebates, direct payments and services. Question conventional models.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Each requires design and fine tuning. However, only 9% of companies actively design their supply chains. The strategy department in most shipper organizations sits in finance while the network design technology expertise is usually a much lower level in operations. Design Your Value Chains.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Supply and Demand 195

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Each requires design and fine tuning. However, only 9% of companies actively design their supply chains. The strategy department in most shipper organizations sits in finance while the network design technology expertise is usually a much lower level in operations. Design Your Value Chains.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

Slowly, as shown in the image of the consumer value network, supply chain leaders expand the scope of their supply chain operations from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier with a clear view on the customer. The metrics reward functional thinking. Network Design Maturity Model.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The combination of technology along with the advancements in transportation made it possible. The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group. A Supply Chain Leader will make progress on both of these key metrics with a very tight and controlled pattern.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

The article is written and the story is spun, but the solution offered is a supply-centric solution based on yesterday’s technology. The original principles of a value network that can sense, shape and translate demand with near-zero latency are being lost in the fog. Their current technologies are inadequate. It is still early.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

Intuitive Surgical, L’Oreal, and Sleep Number drove excellence through product and service innovation to outperform their peer groups. We are currently working with the statistics group at Georgia Tech to understand how the relationship of these metrics changed over time, but more on that in a later blog.) Any takers here?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” ” I have been studying the evolution of inventory technologies as an industry analyst since 2002. It is truly a case of process, people and technology.

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