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Our partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘What If You Could Take The Guesswork Out Of Forecast Planning?’. The author, Osgood Vogler, Director, Analytics, Celestica Supply Chain Managed Services, describes an insight-based demand …
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A quick post to let our readers know that we’ll be at the 2015 Pharmaceutical Innovation in Manufacturing Summit (PIMS). This year’s event will be held at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, London, February 10-11, 2015. If you plan to attend the …
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Gartner recently published their Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation and we take great pride in the fact that Kinaxis has been placed in the Leaders quadrant and is situated highest on the Ability to Execute …
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I live in a 40 year old house and in some ways it is certainly showing its age. When there is something that isn’t working, not meeting my needs, or simply has gotten out of date, I find myself asking the question of do I try to fix up what I have or …
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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been around for a long time. It’s been called “old hat” and “the new kid on the block.” Both are true. And despite having been around for decades, S&OP continues to gain momentum and grow in maturity. Most of us in …
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Can the S&OP process be done without technology? The answer to that question has certainly evolved over the years, and while there are still some holdouts, most will now agree that technology is indeed required. Whether its objective should be to support …
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In a previous post , I talked about the ineffectiveness of Excel, ERP, and legacy planning for S&OP . If those aren’t the right tools for the job, what is? I heard a colleague once give the following analogy: Imagine a pilot flying from New York to Los …
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In my previous blog post , I compared a pilot flying from New York to LA at night without any modern navigation systems or instruments, to supply chain teams trying to effectively manage their organizations without a proper S&OP process. Obviously, the …
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In a previous post , I discussed the sometimes surprising technology choices some organizations are making to manage their S&OP process. Now I’d like to take a look at the Top 4 technology capabilities you need in order to achieve a successful sales and …
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Do you have trouble meeting customer demands at your manufacturing site? Is becoming truly customer-centric a goal for your organization? To become a truly customer-centric organization, Roland DG made the decision to connect their global organization. At …
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Do you find yourself fighting fires in your supply chain? Too focused on being reactive? At Anritsu, they had several issues causing the team to be in “firefighting” mode. There were different shortages where procurement might be short cycled, or there …
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As a leading supply chain management cloud provider, we are proud to be named one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers. First created in 2014 by the editorial team at Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Kinaxis has won the national honor every year since its …