Supply chain excellence
Patterns Tell the Story of Supply Chain Excellence
The use of pattern recognition and orbit charts to study supply chain excellence.
May 26, 2024
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The use of pattern recognition and orbit charts to study supply chain excellence.
Concerned about the impact of the Gartner Top 25 on the market, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, shares insights on the performance of the companies selected to be on the list.
What metrics should supply chain leaders use to drive value? Here we answer this question and share a metrics hierarchy for consideration.
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 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
The supply network–shipments and production of trading partners–represents over 70% of the environmental impact of supply chain decisions. Despite the importance, the investment in networks
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.