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Reflection and restatement of formerly held beliefs of supply chain management by Lora Cecere.
May 10, 2024
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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 processes, companies do not see the patterns. Pattern identification is key to drive successful supply strategies. This is a missed opportunity in traditional approaches.
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
When teams say that they want to move to outside-in processes using the crawl, walk, run approach, I say not so fast! The shift is a step change not an evolution. Here I share how to jump into the new paradigm.
I take supply chain management seriously. My focus is writing research for the business leader that is an early adopter attempting to drive first-mover advantage.
Like a secretarial typing pool, the definition of work for a supply chain planning is ripe for rethinking work. The redefinition cannot be crawl, walk and run. Instead, companies need to just JUMP!
On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. The reason? The dialogue helps
A discussion on data latency and distortion and why it should come first before defining the supply chain architecture.
The supply chain is a complex, non-linear system. Supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. The Supply Chains to Admire analysis, now in its tenth year and publishes here, celebrates 34 winners.
In this blog, we challenge traditional thinking to embrace supply chain planning to better manage a complex system that is growing in complexity. Here, I share insights on the Leverage Points in the Supply Chain as places to start. The blog builds from the Donella Meadows Project.