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In Supply Chain, we have to keep the business flowing, regardless of the variations in demand. Integrating key partners, sharing information and events, using dashboards and identifying alternative options to react to the unexpected help operations and make the supply chain more robust and responsive...
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I'd like to start a series of blog entries titled "Close the Loop" and addressing how, through a better use of supply chain information, companies can improve their operations, creating a more agile ecosystem while reducing risk. In this entry, I would like to give you an overview of the...
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The latest recession has gotten a profound impact on many supply chains and forced rethinking strategies . In a quest to reducing costs, many have diminished safety buffers, established lean thinking, and redesigned their flows. In that process they have made themselves more vulnerable to variance, while...
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There are an increasing number of cloud based Supply Chain services, offered as SaaS, appearing on the market. But that is not the subject of this blog entry. Actually the question is way simpler. Are you aware of all the players participating in providing you the latest SaaS service you have bought...
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Two weeks ago I was asked to run a workshop on collaboration at an event in China. Based on some of the ideas I shared in an earlier blog , I developed the content of the workshop. What daunted on me, listening to people in the audience, is that both the users and the providers keep talking about tools...
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Delays encountered by both Airbus and Boeing have demonstrated the importance of cross-enterprise collaborations as eco-systems become increasingly global and complex. As both companies continue battling for the number one position, they rely increasingly on their development partners and suppliers....
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A lot is written about S&OP, Sales & Operations Planning , and I will not resume it here, but S&OP only goes as far. Fundamentally what COE's are confronted with is balancing supply and demand to maximize revenues while delighting customers. To achieve that they have trade-offs make,...
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I had promised last year to focus some time on describing best practices in the HP Supply Chain and how they helped making the company more responsive. Today I want to focus on one, called Procurement Risk Management (PRM) that has been widely publicized and received a number of awards. My "google...
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In my last post, we talked about the need for building partnerships with suppliers. I mentioned the difference in approach taken by the Japanese and the western companies. But how do we change our approach? What do we do differently? Do we just blame the procurement department, or are we ready to do...