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Running an automotive supply chain on instinct stopped working a long time ago. One vehicle program can pull thousands of part numbers from hundreds of suppliers…
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Supply chain teams rarely fail at analytics because they lack tools. They fail because the people who understand the supply chain do not have time to…
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The Synergy Number Nobody ChecksEvery acquisition model in industrials carries a purchasing synergy line. In a buy-and-build platform it is often the single largest contributor to…
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Most logistics teams are not short of data. Shipment records, carrier invoices, WMS transactions, order files, EDI status messages. It piles up fast. What these teams…
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Most hospitals are not short of reports. There is a purchase order report, an inventory report, a spend-by-category pack that lands in the monthly operations meeting…
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In the automotive industry, numerous data sources are generated during the various processes performed by manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers. The relevant data can be stored…
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A manufacturing plant generates more data in a day than most teams look at in a month. Machines log cycle time, downtime and speed. MES and…
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Having a lot of data is not the same as having useful information. Sales, finance, supply chain, service and production each run their own systems and…
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Most procurement departments do not have a savings problem. They have a data problem that looks like a savings problem.A CPO recently asked how much his…
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Demand planning process measurement for the supply chain: The main process measurement for demand planning – in terms of numbers on a monthly basis – is…
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Forecast error in procurement turns into cost through four mechanisms: carrying cost on inventory you didn't need, expedite and emergency purchase premiums, lost sales when you're…
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A company can know exactly how much inventory it has and still have no idea why that inventory is increasing.It can know which suppliers delivered late…
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