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Lessons From the Suez Canal Blockage – Supply Chain in the News
In the past few days, the news of the blockage of the Suez Canal by a massive container ship called the Ever Given has been dominating the news, so much so, that even kids are talking about it. The phrase ‘supply chain’ is now being mentioned more often than ever before in news media. Some outlets have estimated the cost...
Hierarchical Supply Chain Planning – S&OP to Execution
For your business to effectively carry out the supply chain planning process, you will need to link up your short-term and medium-term, to the executive level S&OP plan so that it drives your tactical planning and operational planning.
Arkieva Recognized as Visionary by Gartner
We are pleased to announce that due to the amazing support of Arkieva customers, Arkieva has been named as a Visionary in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions.
Supply Chain Planning Improvement Implementation Steps
We often see companies wanting to make the transition from spreadsheet-based planning to a best-of-breed supply chain planning system. There is often a question about where to start, what the foundational elements are, and which are the more advanced elements.
Guide to a Successful Leap to Warp Speed in Central / Supply Planning – LP Genie
Learn when it is time to move from RCCP to LP Genie for your CPE as part of your organization’s journey pulling from years in the trenches and current ongoing activities with clients.
Cost and Complexity – Factory Perspective on Inventory Golden Rules
The purpose of this blog is to explain a basic costing challenge in factories and their impact on critical SCM analysis and decisions.
Building the Business Case for Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Making the business case for Sales and Operations planning is not always easy given that you will need to bring on board key decision-makers in your organization. Let us explore how one can go about making the business case for a proposed S&OP project.
Trim Loss Optimization
In this blog, we will explain the basics of trim/loss and further explore the potential disasters from failing to manage the big picture.
Using ABC Analysis to Determine Off-Balance Inventory
In this blog are some analyses based on the Pareto principle (or as is very commonly referred to as ABC analysis) that one can do in order to determine the alignment of the inventory with the overall needs of the supply chain.
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