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Inheriting an organization facing one of the toughest retail environments in history, Mike Duke helped Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and biggest private employer, navigate an intense period of economic, social, and technological change while …
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When it is annual review time, supply chain professionals can go on and on about all of the things that they’ve done in the past year because those of us in supply chain are often hyper-productive. It is when we are asked to explain exactly how what we …
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The phrase “supply chain” used to garner blank stares from most who did not work in the industry. Then 2020 came along and supply chain stepped into the spotlight as conversations about product hoarding , meat shortages and vaccine distribution became …
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There’s no such thing as 100% when it comes to forecast accuracy . Let me say it again. One hundred percent accuracy does not exist. I don’t care how good your demand sensing is or how sure your sales team is of their market projections. It’s just not …
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If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. At the dawn of the new year, not many of us could have predicted the arrival of a global pandemic, let alone the devastating impact it would have on public health, the global economy and the …
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I came across this article by Colleen Crum, a principle with Oliver Wight Americas . In it, she outlines a compelling argument about how critical leadership involvement is to S&OP. I couldn’t agree more. Over the past few years, I’ve talked to many …
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I recently saw twitter post which linked to an article by Steve Banker at Logistics Viewpoints titled “ S&OP is not about Technology. Wrong!”. This position clearly aligns with my thinking about the place of technology in S&OP. There was once a time …
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I've been working on a presentation about the executive S&OP process that I'll be giving at our upcoming user conference. Working on this presentation has made me think about the many executive S&OP meetings I've observed and what factors contributed to …
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新型コロナウイルス（COVID-19）の危機の間、企業は、需要と供給の満ち引きの変動に追いつくべく急激な動きを見せています。そのため、企業にとって持続可能性は最優先事項ではないかもしれません。しかし、サプライチェーンのリーダーは、持続可能性を維持し、パンデミック後の潜在的な後遺症に対処するために、次に何をすべきかについて考えるべきです。ここでは、サプライチェーンマーケティングのエキスパートである女性3人からの予測を示します（どの人が母親で、どの人がミレニアル世代かは読者の皆様で推測してください）。 …
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In recent years, consumers have become more concerned with the environmental and social impact of their purchasing behavior. To address these concerns, firms are improving the sustainability of their supply chains, from plan, source, make, deliver and …
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I recently came upon an upsetting article on the NPR news blog that I thought I would share. Evidently beer consumption in Munich has been positively impacted by an unusually warm late summer and bottle and keg returns have been lower than normal. This …
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In 2013, global aid organization Oxfam launched the Behind the Brands campaign, aimed at driving awareness about the sustainability practices of some of the world’s largest and most well-known consumer companies. Amplifying the voices of key stakeholders …