Implementing integrated business planning

Implementing integrated business planning

Published on April 18, 2013
I’m assuming, of course, that you intend to implement integrated business planning. After all, ...

Why integrated business planning (really) matters

Why integrated business planning (really) matters

Published on April 13, 2013
Integrated business planning is what S&OP looks like when it’s all grown up. Or so the anal...

The missing piece of the profit economy

The missing piece of the profit economy

Published on April 5, 2013
"Show me the money." Supply chain directors don’t always put it like that – but they always mea...

How supply chain implementations succeed

How supply chain implementations succeed

Published on April 4, 2013
Highly successful supply chain implementations are highly disciplined – but not in a rigid, “He...

How supply chain implementations fail – even when they ‘succeed’

How supply chain implementations fail – even when they ‘succeed’

Published on March 28, 2013
“Is this really very much better than what we had before?” It’s probably the last question anyo...

Fatigue risk management: A planner speaks his mind

Fatigue risk management: A planner speaks his mind

Published on March 15, 2013
Fatigue risk management is an idea whose time has come. Or is it? As I made my presentation on ...

Achieving S&OP maturity one step at a time

Achieving S&OP maturity one step at a time

Published on March 6, 2013
The statistics are certainly disappointing: Two thirds of organizations with an S&OP proces...

Big data for the skeptical CIO

Big data for the skeptical CIO

Published on March 1, 2013
Is big data all it’s cracked up to be? The CIO I was chatting with didn’t express his skepticis...

Centralized supply chain planning: Making it work (Pt 2)

Centralized supply chain planning: Making it work (Pt 2)

Published on February 21, 2013
If your planners are struggling now, relocating them to a central planning facility isn’t going...

Centralized supply chain planning: Busting the myths (Pt 1)

Centralized supply chain planning: Busting the myths (Pt 1)

Published on February 19, 2013
It was quite a coincidence. In a single week I visited two manufacturers with the same burning ...

Employee scheduling KPIs: Are yours missing in action?

Employee scheduling KPIs: Are yours missing in action?

Published on January 24, 2013
“How good are your schedules?” The director of operations at the field services company I was v...

Santa’s secret (supply chain) sauce

Santa’s secret (supply chain) sauce

Published on December 26, 2012
It’s official: Santa achieved all his KPIs this year. According to our marketing department, he...

Are your strategic plans walking around naked?

Are your strategic plans walking around naked?

Published on December 14, 2012
The company I was visiting had made several major acquisitions over the years and I was curious...

Who’s sabotaging your optimization results?

Who’s sabotaging your optimization results?

Published on November 6, 2012
It was puzzling.We’d identified hidden optimization potential and our customer – a transportati...

Detecting hidden optimization potential in a field services company

Detecting hidden optimization potential in a field services company

Published on November 2, 2012
The director of services was skeptical. How could there be any optimization potential – hidden ...