Expert Perspectives to Drive Supply Chain Agility and Resilience
Faced with a changing geopolitical environment and capability challenges, the aerospace and defense supply chain need to reinvent itself. This industry has traditionally adopted classic MRP planning methods and has...
Tariff changes can reshape cost structures and sourcing strategies overnight. For supply chain teams, the key isn’t predicting every change, it’s being ready to respond with clarity and speed. Intuiflow...
Investing in turmoil You’re an investor, involved in the industry. Perhaps you’re part of a private equity fund. Or perhaps you’re evaluating the possible acquisition of a new entity for...
While browsing the website of a supply chain planning solution rated “leader” by Gartner, I came across the workflow below, designated as a reference for IBP best practices. I won’t...
To ensure plant performance and productivity, all you need to do is ensure that the flow flows naturally and without friction through the manufacturing stages. As soon as something is...
Anticipating capacity constraints in an industrial company is an essential but delicate exercise, and one that is rarely properly carried out and equipped. What is RCCP? According to ASCM, RCCP...
A Smarter Approach to Planning & Scheduling In today’s fast-paced and unpredictable market, businesses must align operations with fluctuating demand while maintaining efficiency and resilience. Traditional APS systems have often...
The virtues of anticipation As supply chain professionals, we’ve all been trained to think ahead. Forecasting sales, foreseeing capacities, material requirements, personnel needs – a good part of our activity...
A effect bullwhip with no apparent cause. The bullwhip effect: supply chain practitioners know this phenomenon well – a slight change in demand downstream can create large fluctuations upstream, and...
A recurring question is: what are the prerequisites for deploying Demand Driven tactics in the supply chain? Will it work with our ERP? Does this apply to our company? Do...
In our factories, a practice has become established: short-interval animation. Team meetings are held with operators, reviewing what has happened in the last few hours, the team’s priorities for the...
2014: Do You Know VUCA? When I started arguing with companies about the relevance of Demand Driven tactics eleven years ago, I had to explain the volatile business environment at...
Understanding Good vs. Bad Stock When you work in any industry that deals with products, you quickly realize that inventory management is a complicated process. Businesses constantly struggle to find...
Urban legend has it that we need a very accurate forecast. Of course, we know that this won’t happen, as actual demand will differ from forecasts. Nevertheless, major efforts are...
Understanding Safety Stock Calculation Strategic inventory positioning is critical in supply chain management, and one of the most important aspects of this is determining safety stock. Statistical formulas are commonly...
