There used to be a commercial (with Orson Welles for Paul Masson wines) on television back in the 1970's advertising that they would "sell no wine before its time." This implied that they wouldn't release any wine until it reached full maturity and perfection. I thought this would be a good analogy for the concept of [...] (Read More)
Supply Chain Agility represents how fast a supply chain responds to the changes in environment, customer preferences, competitive forces etc. It doesn't talk about random variations in executing day-to-day supply chain operations. It rather specifies how a company's supply chain responds to changes, once business is aware of external ... (Read More)
Transdek UK has streamlined its manufacturing capability by consolidating production at its headquarters near Doncaster, which will improve operational efficiency to meet growing demand and target new business opportunities. Established in 1997, the award winning company moved to brand new premises in Harworth, South Yorkshire, in 2010 and is now ... (Read More)
The market is showing signs of recovery after a rough 2011 in which natural disasters disrupted the supply chain (Read More)
Supply Chain Matters has previously noted that in these challenging business times, even the best organizational supply chains can experience a snafu. Procter and Gamble, on just about every influencer’s listing as one of the top rated supply chains, is experiencing an uncharacteristic supply snafu which is gaining wider visibility. The timing is ... (Read More)
In March of 2011, Supply Chain Matters had posted commentary related to high-level executive re-organizations occurring at Johnson and Johnson. The noted reorganization came in the wake of prior executive re-organization which Supply Chain Matters commented upon in December 2010. Each of these prior executive changes was in light of the ... (Read More)
I came across an interesting post today at SearchManufacturingERP that talked about how to pick a tool to support your S&OP processes. They raised a number of good points that I thought were worth going a bit deeper on. The first point they make is that for most companies, Excel is not a viable S&OP tool. Anyone [...] (Read More)
AP - Cereal maker Kellogg Co. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income rose 23 percent as its investments in its supply chain paid off and higher revenue from North America helped offset weakness elsewhere. (Read More)
Today's guest post is from Robert A. Rudzki, President of Greybeard Advisors LLC, who has (co-) authored a number of acclaimed business books, including Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise, On-Demand Supply Management, and the just published text on Next Level Supply Management Excellence that is a follow up to ... (Read More)
The Coming Tech-led Boom is a recent article published in the Wall Street Journal. In January 2012, we sit again on the cusp of three grand technological transformations with the potential to rival that of the past century. All find their epicenters in America: big data, smart manufacturing and the wireless revolution. Now, that’s ... (Read More)
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