We believe that when building your supply chain career, you should build in lateral moves, growing both horizontally and vertically. Will you have the necessary skills to build the supply chain of the future, balancing service, cost and cash, in order to maximize ROCE?
When launching an inventory reduction program, success is contingent on keeping the Supply Chain Triangle in balance. However, keeping Cash, Cost and Service in balance may prove difficult for a traditional supply chain organization whether the business is a success or if it is struggling. Please read more to learn how to deal with pressure within the Supply Chain Triangle.
Sometimes companies implement a forecasting system but do not realize the anticipated gains in the forecast accuracy. Very often, it is not the actual software but the setup that is to be blamed. And I do not mean the setup at the technical (parameter level) but more the process level. Read this blog post on how to get the setup right.
Have you just started a customer-product segmentation project? Sales is king, but you need to define a strategy and carefully plan which customers and products to grow, and which opportunities are the right ones to seize. Read this post from Bram for many useful ideas.
Looking for the characteristics of an excellent supply chain? Look no further. Many colleagues have provided their input on the topic. Also look for the first part of this post from a few weeks ago.
The traditional approach of doing a software technology project has been to do blueprinting, followed by software selection and then implementation. In this post, Bram argues that it is time to shake things up and do it differently.
Renaud Perray of Cardone Industries was recently recognized as the Supply Chain Pro to Know by the Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine. We extend our congratulations to Renaud and his team via this blog post.
Supply Chain Planning deals with the future and therefore uncertainty with economy. As a result, the planners sometimes have to question other people’s assumptions. Whether for this or some other reason, they do not get credit that is due to them for the great job they do. Eric Wilson from Tempur Sealy gives them the due credit and then some and calls them the super heroes of business. We agree!
Arkieva’s Dr. Ken Fordyce recently participated in the Dagstuhl Seminar, "Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Supply Chains" in Wardern Germany. While attending he was able to participate in great discussions about “end to end” planning – aka master scheduling, and has written about his observations in regards to Advanced Planning and Schedule (APS), supply planning, and Central Planning Engine (CPE).
This past week Arkieva attended the India Manufacturing Supply Chain Summit & Awards 2016 in Mumbai. While attending the Summit we were able to discuss with our supply chain colleagues the many supply chain planning challenges we face every day in the industry. We invite you to share in the knowledge and discussions we were able to collect for this blog post. We at Arkieva are already preparing for those exciting supply chain planning challenges ahead; are you ready for these exciting times?