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Beyond the Supply Chain Maturity Model Buzz

What is the Supply Chain “Maturity Model” Buzz? Aside from the terms big data and analytics, the most common buzz word in supply chain solutions is “Maturity Model”. As a 40+ year veteran of campaigns to bring better analytics to bear on key organizational decisions, my immediate reaction was: another buzz word with more hype than substance glossing over or ignoring a rich set of outstanding prior and current work that can be an inconvenient truth. Words of wisdom such as – how can we move forward, if we don’t know where we are going – seem obvious and a dangerous simplification!

By Dr. Ken Fordyce|2021-01-04T13:06:37-05:00July 14th, 2016|Supply Chain|

Good Advice: Don’t dwell in the past

Sometimes when we make a mistake it's hard not to dwell over it and relive the incident over and over in our minds. Reflection on a past mistake and help us avoid or learn from this mistake in the future, but how do we not turn this reflection into an obsession?

By Sujit Singh|2019-04-13T23:09:42-04:00July 5th, 2016|S&OP, Supply Chain|

Analytics and S&OP: What is Analytics, and how to spot Buzzwords

Sales and Operations Planning is a continuous business process that enables firms from hospitals to chemicals to respond to emerging situations intelligently. Today we will discuss the relevance of buzz words such as Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning, for S&OP.

By Dr. Ken Fordyce|2019-04-13T23:09:43-04:00June 28th, 2016|Inventory Management, S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Planning|

A Guide to Supply Chain Management: Making Intuition More Valuable

Organizations, from health care facilities to manufacturing giants to small restaurants, can be viewed as an ongoing sequence of loosely coupled activities where current and future assets are matched with current and future demand across the supply chain or demand supply network. These planning and scheduling decisions occur across a complex playing field. Read to learn more about these planning activities.

By Dr. Ken Fordyce|2019-04-13T23:09:43-04:00June 23rd, 2016|S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Planning|

Understanding Today’s Supply Chain Complexity: There’s No Substitute for Hard Work!

I was lucky to attend the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix last May. 1 of the keynote speakers was Mike Duke, the former CEO of Walmart. He summarized his career in 10 pieces of advice he got from 10 key persons throughout his life. His parents, his teacher, his first boss, … Advice

By Prof. Dr. Bram Desmet|2019-04-13T23:09:43-04:00June 21st, 2016|Inventory Management, S&OP, Supply Chain|

A Five-Step Approach to Effective Demand Planning Implementation

Good handling of market demand data is one of the most vital concepts in any supply chain. But how to create powerful demand planning implementation? The five-step approach outlined below provides guidance.

By Prof. Dr. Bram Desmet|2019-04-13T23:09:43-04:00June 16th, 2016|Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Supply Chain|

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part Five

Last time in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part Four I talked about the Supply step of the cross-functional process of SiOP. For this blog we will conclude this discussion with the Exec SiOP step.

By Prof. Dr. Bram Desmet|2019-04-13T23:09:43-04:00June 14th, 2016|S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Planning|

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part Four

Last time in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part Three I talked about the Demand step of the cross-functional process of SiOP. For this blog we will discuss the Supply step.

By Prof. Dr. Bram Desmet|2019-04-13T23:09:43-04:00June 9th, 2016|S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Planning|

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part Two

Last time in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part One I talked about the Segmentation and Product Management steps of the cross-functional process of SiOP. For this blog we will discuss the Demand step.

By Prof. Dr. Bram Desmet|2019-04-13T23:09:44-04:00June 2nd, 2016|Inventory Management, S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Planning|

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part One

I pride myself on being an expert in designing and implementing Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning. Companies that have a good SiOP process can’t imagine how to live without it. It is the key instrument for the CEO to navigate the business along the budget towards its strategic targets. In Part One of the SiOP series

By Prof. Dr. Bram Desmet|2024-04-18T13:03:32-04:00May 31st, 2016|S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Planning|

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