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As many of you will know, the AMR Top 25 supply chain lists have been published since 2004. While undoubtedly improvements could be made in terms of geographical coverage, revenue coverage, industry coverage, and KPI’s used, all of which AMR is working …
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I think everyone within the supply chain space is well aware of the resurgence of interest in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) over the last 5 years, particularly in the last 2 years. The question is what has caused this to happen? I believe the root …
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AMR (now Gartner) defined 4 stages of S&OP transformation: 1: Reacting, 2: Anticipating, 3: Collaborating, 4: Orchestrating. They report that many companies get stuck in stage 2 because it is stage 3 where they really need to go through an organizational …
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Often when I am asked to describe the difference between planning and response I use the analogy of going on vacation. I think the analogy best captures the benefits of planning – cost reduction, work place coverage planning – with spontaneity – waking up …
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I had the pleasure of participating in a webinar which featured Lora Cecere, a preeminent speaker on all matters regarding S&OP . Lora has worked for at a number of CPG companies; Manugistics (a software vendor); was the most read analyst at AMR for a …
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There seems to be a battle raging between the old guard of process consultants who state that S&OP is a process that requires minimal technology and those that state that S&OP has evolved to the point that more mature or sophisticated S&OP cannot be …
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As always, the AMR/Gartner conference, held this past week in Phoenix, was well attended, informative, and, believe it or not, a lot of fun. This year we had some of our Sales organization attend and that is always bad news for the Marketing folks. We …
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Human intelligence and machine stupidity: Supply chains are about effectiveness, not only efficiency
Before I start on the body of my blog posting, let me state unequivocally that I believe, no, that I know , that computers and software have a huge role to play in decision making and execution in a wide range of business functions. After all, I have …
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Without a doubt, Lean Manufacturing has been a transformative idea that has its genesis in the Toyota Production System Many companies have been able to reduce inventories and reduce order-to-delivery times simultaneously. There is nothing new in this …
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Tom Wailgum over at CIO.com wrote a blog titled “ Supply Chain Data: Real-Time Speed Is Seductive and Dangerous ” in which he quotes from an Aberdeen report by Nari Viswanathan and Viktoriya Sadlovska. Tom writes about the adoption of real-time data that …
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It is always good to have one’s ideas validated. It is fantastic when the validation comes from no less than the Economist. I wrote a blog in June 2009 titled “Recession or Reset?” in which I explored what the new normal would look like after the …
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The is a very good synopsis of the issues related to the SaaS model by Don Fornes titled “ The Software as a Service Dilemma ”. Don’s comments are related to the risks to the large incumbents such as SAP, Microsoft, and Oracle in transitioning to a SaaS …