- 21. Spreadsheets are Tracking Tool
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- According to Supply Chain Dive, companies still use Excel spreadsheets as part of the their supply chain management tool. A survey by Adelante finds that 68 percent of companies still use Excel for supply ...
- 22. Gaining Visibility
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- A sensing, intelligent, social supply chain sounds like nirvana, doesn't it? Not many have reached that level, though, and obstacles abound. However, global visibility and faster decision making are ...
- 23. Planning for a Global Supply Chain
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- Supply chains are supply chains, right? Except when you look at global vs. regional types.The Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere, has studied the differences and proposes 5 key lessons in planning for global ...
- 24. Procurement Needs 'Wins
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- The procurement function within the supply chain tends to operate in the background. That ought to change, according to an interview with a KPMG consulting executive.In a summary of the interview on the ...
- 25. Getting Started With S&OP
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- Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is an undeniably important part of supply chain management. Lora Cecere has studied the process and provides suggestions on how to get started in a new post on the ...
- 26. Next-Gen Supply Chain Talent Needs
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- The supply chain talent gap is still a common topic around the water cooler. It's not a static target, though, and predictions are that it'll only get worse.Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, has analyzed ...
- 27. Challenges to Consumer Products Supply Chains
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- The household products industry used to lead the world in supply chain effectiveness, but that's in the past. Industry leaders like Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark haven't evolved quickly enough,while ...
- 28. A Critique of the Gartner Top 25
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- Everyone in the supply chain world anxiously awaits the announcement of Gartner's yearly Top 25 Supply Chains, yet not everyone agrees with their selection methodology.When you're an ex-Gartner analyst ...
- 29. ERP Market Hits a Few Snags
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- ERP vendors are going through a lot of turmoil, with cloud computing, license model changes, and the strong dollar combining to affect year-over-year growth. None of the individual companies really excelled, ...
- 30. Supply Chain Performance Measurements
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- The Supply Chain Shaman is taking her yearly look at supply chain performance by industry. Lora Cecere, as usual, does a great job not only collecting and producing the data, but also providing expert ...
- 31. Supply Chain Maturity Models
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- Excellence in supply chain performance is related to where a company's supply chain resides on a maturity model, according to research conducted by Dr. Ernest Hughes.Various models exist and mostly cover ...
- 32. Using the Principle of Aesthetics in Supply Chains
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- In the 4th article in his series on supply chain design, Jonathan Lofton reviews the principle of aesthetics relative to the design process. In short, he feels this aesthetics='not cutting corners'. This ...
- 33. Designing a Beautiful Supply Chain
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- In the latest article in his series on supply chain design, Jonathan Lofton focuses on how aesthetics fits into the process. Making your supply chain 'beautiful' may sound funny, but using 'systems thinking' ...
- 34. Becoming a Data-Driven Supply Chain
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- If there's a 'hottest of the hot' topics right now, supply chain analytics may be it. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, sat down with a few supply chain executives recently to see where they're at ...
- 35. Connecting B2B Partners
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- On the Forbes site, Lora Cecere takes an in-depth look at B2B connectivity. This excellent article examines the entire flow of data between businesses, options for connectivity, and benefits and problems ...
- 36. The Changing Consumer Model
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- According to the Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere, if you're a retailer you need to be ready to ship to the EACH. That's the message in a recent post about changing customer value chains.Several trends ...
- 37. Pick Up the Pace
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- The ability to move quickly is almost always a positive trait. In the supply chain world, it's almost table stakes.Some areas of the supply chain, like logistics, have lagged, but speed has usually been ...
- 38. Putting Excel Out to Pasture
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- We've all used Excel for quick and dirty analysis, but did you know that some pretty large supply chains depend on it a little too much? That's not necessarily all bad, but the tool does have limitations ...
- 39. Clarifying Supply Chain Goals
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- It's a good question: what are the goals of the supply chain when they seem to be responsible for everything? As the function has morphed outside its traditional cost center role, the level of ambiguity ...
- 40. How to Excel at S&OP
- (News)
- ... it but there's no consensus on how best to execute it.Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, has researched companies who say they excel at the process and presents some high level best practice recommendations ...
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