Holding my coffee tight, I gingerly slid into the last seat on the bus. It was early morning following a long night of travel. I courteously introduced myself to the stranger sharing my seat. My ...
This week, I was introduced by phone to a marketing leader new to supply chain planning. I listened in amazement when she said, “My marketing plan is based on the fact that supply chain plannin...
The populist narrative of supply chains focuses on sourcing ignoring the impact of historic practices that are no longer best practices creating waste and inefficiencies.
https://www.supplychainshaman.com/if-only-the-supply-chain-was-reconfigured/
Build political capital to drive a supply chain planning culture.
https://www.supplychainshaman.com/build-political-capital-to-drive-supply-chain-planning-success/
The sharing of concerns by the business leader on the evolution of SAP HANA to SAP RISE as heard at the Consumer Goods Forum. Here I share the concern, some options, and some background.
Do these dogs hunt is a blog challenging the validity of the concepts of autonomous planning, probabilistic planning and the use of artificial planning in planning systems.
https://www.supplychainshaman.com/a-treatise-on-dogs-that-do-not-hunt/
The role of leadership in driving excellence in S&OP.
Reflection and restatement of formerly held beliefs of supply chain management by Lora Cecere.
Traditional supply chain planning approaches push all products through a common engine to produce time-phased output. The demand stream is analyzed for error and bias, but in traditional processe...
https://www.supplychainshaman.com/navigating-demand-streams/
Let me start with why I selected a baby with ears for this post. I find that most companies’ understanding of supply chain planning is immature, and that next week, at the Gartner Supply Chain ...
https://www.supplychainshaman.com/thoughts-selecting-supply-chain-software/