How to Select a Supply Chain Planning Tool
How to Select a Supply Chain Planning Tool.
So you’ve finally had enough! You’ve just been chewed out by the Head of Accounts because she...
Why should you invest in agile planning?
What is agile Planning
Simply put, Agile Supply Chain Planning is the ability to sense and respond to unanticipated changes in demand or supply quickly and...
The role and value of supply chain partners
The common phrase that “two heads are better than one” has been applied through the years to highlight the value and power of bringing the knowledge, expertise and collective...
3 ingredients for a Successful Food & Beverage Supply Chain – Ingredient #3 –...
Welcome to our third and final blog on key ingredients to improving your food and beverage supply chain. We have been discussing the concept that the food & beverage...
3 ingredients for a Successful Food & Beverage Supply Chain – Ingredient #2 –...
We recently introduced to you the concept that the food & beverage supply chain is similar to that of a recipe for a manufactured food product. There are critical...
Mobile and Socialized Supply Chains
This article is the second part of a two part series discussing the importance of Collaboration in the Supply Chain.
Discover part one,...
To Be Successful, Any Recipe Needs Key Ingredients; Same for Your Food & Beverage...
In today’s competitive food & beverage marketplace disruptions are a daily occurrence. We are not talking about customers changing orders, ingredients and supplies coming in late or even a...
Improving Sales forecasting after Covid
Variability, inaccuracy, surprises, pains, … Covid-19 crisis has highly impacted the entire supply chain. I can now see myself again, 19 years ago, as a sales planner. What would...
Covid-19 and the Supply Chain; Complicating an Already Complex Entity
One of the most complicated processes in any manufacturing business is the supply chain. Regardless of industry; automotive, high tech, life science, or consumer packaged goods, the supply chain...
What is new for CFOs in Sales and Operations Planning?
The Sales and Operations Planning process has evolved over the years to become what Oliver Wight calls Integrated Business Planning (IBP), providing, among other characteristics, a full integration of...