Enterprise-wide supply chain transformations begin with a clear articulation of business objectives that the program is expected to achieve. They expand into an analysis of revenue-accruing & cost-optimizing functions, and result in the identification of capabilities that the organization aspires to develop or enhance. Distillation of such ... (Read More)
Are you holding your supply chain data hostage in siloed software solutions or data warehouses? It's time to use all of that data to your advantage. Organizations work hard at collecting all of the data but what happens next? Yes, that's right…non value added activity extracting data, merging information between systems, waiting for results and [. ... (Read More)
No matter which industry you are in, I am sure you would have constantly encountered the term - "Best Practices". In order to maximize the shareholder value, organizations are constantly striving to adopt these best practices in almost every domain or process relevant for them. Demand planning is the most critical process in the CPG industry, ... (Read More)
Guest Post ByBob Ferrari, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Matters blog Just about a year ago,I penned a guest posting on the Infosys Supply Chain Management blog that commented on the pending 2010 holiday buying season and how consumers would test retailer multi-channel operations (MCO) and synchronization. In our commentary, we cited three trends ... (Read More)
The following posting can also be viewed and commented upon on the Supply Chain Expert Community web site. Business media is now sensing product demand trends that many supply chain demand planning teams have already sensed- that demand across various tiers of global supply chains is slumping further. An ongoing lack of confidence and uncertainty ... (Read More)
In my last post, I presented some problems with traditional S&OP systems. I then pondered what if you could… Create a new demand plan (or several) and instantly see how this new plan would impact your supply chain down to the smallest component? Drive your supply plan from any forecast stream (Sales, statistical, marketing, customer, ... (Read More)
I presented a couple of sales and operations planning (S&OP) workshops at our Kinexions user conference this week. One of my sessions focused on how the ability to "connect" supply and demand planning in S&OP can result in faster and more accurate S&OP planning cycles. Let's think about the traditional S&OP world. Most companies ... (Read More)
OK, now I can say it. I came to Kinaxis because I was suffering from a widespread and very serious condition – DPSS – disparate planning systems syndrome. The biggest problem with DPSS is that people don't know that there is a cure. But there is! First, what are the symptoms of DPSS? The most obvious symptom [...] (Read More)
A recent white paper by JDA and Oliver Wight attempted to set out the top 10 myths and realities of Sales & Operation Planning. According to the authors, these are the Myths The S&OP process should be owned or sponsored by the demand planning or supply chain function. S&OP is a tactical, real-time process that enables the ... (Read More)
Response Management is all about what you do when what you planned to do (forecast) does not match what is happening (actuals). This can be applied to any forecast, whether that is the traditional sales forecast of the number of units sold in a region, the projected cash position of a company, the expected completion [...] (Read More)
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