I think supply chain managers see themselves as pragmatic, concrete people. Confronted with the reality of customers to deliver to, production resources to manage as best they can, and supplier...
In one of my first professional experiences, at the end of the 80s, I was in charge of the methods team at an industrial site. Our team included specialists in...
Our companies operate according to plans. We draw up forecasts, draw up budgets, formalize a production program, and allocate our resources to execute this plan. MRP2 logic is firmly rooted...
At our French user conference in June 2023, our partner DFYA reminded us that we’re constantly making a huge number of decisions. One figure put forward is 35,000 decisions per...
Today we announce the partnership between Demand Driven Technologies, specialists in DDMRP, and SKU Science, specialists in demand planning. What are the benefits of this collaboration for supply chain professionals?...
Implicitly, when we think to pull flow, Kanban, for example, we think of short lead time. We trigger the next supply to renew consumption, so this implies a rapid reaction...
“Transformation” is the buzzword of the moment. “Digital” transformation, “Supply Chain” transformation, “Demand Driven” transformation, “Demand Driven Digital Supply Chain” transformation – let’s go for it!… ASCM is even announcing...
Let’s face it. As an avid Lean practitioner, I have an instinctive aversion to batch sizes. For a long time, I thought that the ideal would be that when a...
In the plants I worked in, I started orchestrating S&OP processes in the late 80s/early 90s. I always considered that it should be a monthly process – without necessarily asking...
To make use of forecasts in a conventional MRP system, you generate supply orders, called planned orders, that align perfectly with the timing of these forecasts. The example below is...
The need to make manufacturing and distribution operations more agile and resilient is no longer in question. How to do it is another matter. In global companies, ambitious transformation projects...
In a factory, the relationship between Supply Chain and Quality teams can be tumultuous… Quality hold manufacturing batches – put on hold for inspection or rework – queues on key...
Do you know how minimum orders, minimum production releases, and transfer batches affect your distribution network? As a supply chain professional, it’s essential to understand the impact of lot sizes...
We know that the future is uncertain. Actual demand will differ from forecasts. Supplies and production will be subject to uncertainty. Therefore, projecting inventory carries significant uncertainty – as we...
There is sometimes confusion when we talk about pull flow. When it comes to pull flow, there is often confusion with just-in-time supply chain management. In this article, we’ll define...
