Is Your Supply Chain Customer-Centric?
Successful salespeople tend to sign contracts without worrying about the logistical aspects affected by the conditions of the contract, which is a thorn in the foot for logistics who...
The Evolution of Supply Chain is Becoming Patient-Centric
The face of
life sciences has undergone a change. More and more organizations are aligning their
strategies and business models towards providing the best possible end-to-end experience
for the patient and their...
Why Planning?
Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Every company spends an enormous amount of energy to plan. How many meetings and revisions...
Demand Planning – We Must Grow our own Garden
In my backyard I have a garden where I grow fruits and vegetables. I am enjoying seeing the fruits of my labor such as frail buds of a tender...
The Evolution of the Demand Planner Role
The role of the demand planner has evolved during the past years, and so are the tools available to support their ability to forecast future sales and customer demand...
Top Trends in Luxury Brands That Will Influence the Future of Your Supply Chain
The luxury brand market has never looked so good!
Worldwide, the luxury brand market expects to reach € 915 billion this year. According to the latest...
The Effects of a Recall Can Be Minimized With a Connected Supply Chain
It seems like there are more product recalls now than ever before. Some recalls are for actual contaminated products and some are for precautionary measures. Regardless of the issue,...
Take These (Supply) Chains From my Heart – Planning for Valentine’s day.
Introduction - Well, hello
Supply chain planning may seem oh so unromantic - what with all the talk of S&OP, and IBP and all of our...
Becoming the Demand Driven Adaptive Enterprise
The DDAE model has a defined development path for companies to achieve increasing levels of success through their demand driven transformation. This path has five distinct stages. The entire...
Does Your ROI for DSCP Investment Include a Factor for Happiness?
It is easy for those of us involved in technology sectors to become completely enamored with the technology itself. We are correspondingly driven to calculating some quantitative measurement of...