There is a lot of buzz around the supply chain industry with new technologies and trends disrupting the industry. With
Category: Supply Chain Planning
Supply Chain Innovation or Chaos?
Jim Kittridge once said, “Complexity is the sand that grinds all innovation to a halt.” Supply Chain Innovation or Chaos
Digital Disruption: Supply Chain Planning in the Digital Era
by Gene Tyndall, Executive Vice President, Tompkins International Digital disruption is sweeping through the business landscape. Supply chain planners need
Is Flowcasting the Supply Chain Only for the Few?
Flowcasting has often been referred to as ‘the Holy Grail’ of demand driven supply chain planning (and rightly so). Driving
Big Opportunity for Logistics Providers? Supply planning and inbound services….
Note: This is a series of posts exploring how logistics service providers can offer their customers solutions that go beyond
Bad habits in retail supply chain planning
Friedrich Nietsche said “Most bad habits are tools to help us through life.” This is especially true in the world
Replenishment in a Shelf-Connected Supply Network
Note: This is the next installment in an ongoing series that explores shelf-connected supply networks. In the first post, I
Why “Distributed Order Management” is a top retail trend and why you should care
Today I want to talk about an important concept in retail–Distributed Order Management (“DOM”). Read on to find out what
What’s new in the automotive supply chain? (Hint: Inventory Replenishment Policies)
This is an ongoing series of posts on new developments within the automobile supply chain, with examples of best practices.
Take this test to find out how demand-driven your organization is….
Note, this is the final post of an ongoing series. In part one , part two, and part three I explained how the
Check the box if you’re demand-driven…..
Note, this is part three of an ongoing series. In part one and part two I explained how the terms “shelf-connected” and “demand-driven”
Your shelf-connected checklist: How Demand-Driven are you?
The terms “shelf-connected” and “demand-driven” have been in use for years within the supply chain community. The prevailing strategy that
Do Lean and Six Sigma have a place in tomorrow’s supply chain?
Before I answer the title question, let’s have a quick refresher on what exactly Lean and Six Sigma are. Six
Uniquely Unqualified: Why ignoring your customers can be a good thing
Think back to the first microwave that your parents had and what are you likely to see? A rectangular box
Lost in Translation-Incorporating Consumer Demand into your Supply Chain
It’s interesting how a small mistranslation can drastically change the intended meaning of a word or phrase. While the result can
A shift in philosophy: basketball and your demand forecast
In January 1971, Fordham University Rams played an NCAA basketball game against the then mighty University of Massachusetts Redmen team.
5 New Best Practices of S&OP (part 2)
In part one of this series we talked about some of the new technology best practices for S&OP. The first
Neat Little Bows—There’s a better way to manage your promotions
For decades, retailers have been managing two supply chains: one for when a product is selling at regular price and one for when a
Vietnam riots expose brittle global supply chain
In case you haven’t heard, this past week there were large anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam regarding a territory dispute between
Supply chain is a game of chess, here’s how you can become a grandmaster
Forward-thinking companies understand that a reliance on analytics presents the only scalable approach to analyzing and gaining insights from deluge
Old Dogs, New Tricks in Supply Chain
There’s a saying, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. But if you were one of Susan Butcher’s dogs,
Our Automated Supply Chain….Insight From UPS Drivers
We’ve talked in the past about the classic traveling salesman problem, and how companies are investing increasing amounts of time
An Unfair Advantage: The Power of Technology+People in Your Supply Chain
In February of 1996, for the first time ever, a computer defeated a reigning champion human player in a regulation game
True or false? B2B has higher e-commerce revenues than B2C
Internet Retailer Magazine has reported that B2B industrial retailer W.W. Grainger surpassed $3 billion in e-commerce sales for the first time
Sticks and Ropes: Supply Chain Planning
Roy Hollister Williams is a consultant and author from Austin, Texas. He is a self-proclaimed ad man and is known within