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Mike Burkett wrote in this Mondays’ First Thing Monday, a regular Gartner commentary on supply chain issues that requires registration, that Although there may be no such thing as a perfect forecast, there are plenty of opportunities for improvement and …
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It is easy to be a ‘free trader’ while your economy is dominant. It is a lot more difficult to hold the line when your economic dominance is being eroded. I am referring of course to the blog titled “ Low cost of labor – How long will it last? ” …
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This is part two of a series of blogs I will write about the Gartner Supply Conference in Scottsdale on Jun 1-3, 2011. Check out my first thoughts on event here . I’m still mulling over the implications of the Top 25 list, so that will have to wait for …
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I always feel like a kid in a candy store at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. First of all as a vendor it is great to get so much practitioner talent in one location. There really is a lot of good thought leadership coming out of the leading …
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For a while way back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, before Supply Chain Management (SCM) was a discipline, I worked for one for the management consulting companies doing business process reengineering (BPR). These were the days when most companies …
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I have been following the debate about the use of the terms IBP (Integrated Business Planning) and S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) over the past few months with a lot of interest. It is with much trepidation that I step into this proverbial hornet’s …
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David Manners wrote a blog on Apr 28, 2011 titled ‘ Why is the supply chain so opaque? ’ on his Mannerisms blog, in which he states The complexity of the electronics supply chain is such that, six weeks on from the earthquake, no one is sure what its …
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I am fascinated by the social and cultural changes taking place throughout the world, driven largely by the emergence of the so-called BRIC countries, and hastened by the predominantly Western recession in 2008. I used to love the fact that only certain …
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I have been on a trip literally around the world, well, the Northern Hemisphere actually. My trip was originally to take me to Tokyo to meet some customers, Shanghai to speak at a conference, and, finally, London to speak at a conference and meet with …
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Believe it or not, I didn’t plan the alliteration. But that is my central point: So much of actual demand is unplanned. Which is fine as long as it is near to what was expected in terms of items purchased, period in which purchased, and the …
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Here is the final part my interview with P.J. Jakovljevic from Technology Evaluations Centers (TEC) on sales and operations planning (S&OP) . If you missed them, check out part one , part two , and part three. The entire Q&A along with PJ’s introduction …
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Here is part three of an interview I had with P.J. Jakovljevic from Technology Evaluations Centers (TEC) on sales and operations planning (S&OP). If you missed them, check out part one and part two . As mentioned yesterday, the entire Q&A along with PJ’s …