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Download: SCM Consulting Subway Map Europe 2015
In the rapidly changing economy, countless companies need advice on strategy and especially supply chain management. In spite of several acquisitions, the landscape of supply chain consulting firms...
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Blended learning in The Value Chain Academy
Involvation, a supply chain consulting firm with Dutch roots, has joined forces with two partners to launch The Value Chain Academy: a continuous supply chain management-related learning experience at...
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Inventory is our treasure
Inventory is waste: a statement I still hear far too often. Even recently in a debate with supply chain professionals about the impact of e-commerce. Perfectly in line with the populist Lean view, but...
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S&OP Self-assessment
What is the S&OP process in your company like? Like a sprinter, a relay runner, triathlete or like an entire hockey team? Your objective is a supply chain which is optimally aligned with market...
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As simple as possible, but not simpler
When I recently returned from a customer appointment with a frowning face, a colleague asked what was the problem. To my own surprise, I was not able to explain to him why the particular case was so...
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Mind Map for Sales & Operations Planning 2.0
Increased demand volatility is one of the main reasons why many companies are busy implementing Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). They are trying to go further than simply balancing expected...
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More control thanks to less planning
Not too long ago I spoke with a couple of planners at a manufacturing company. With a certain despair they confided that the planning they created had to be changed continuously. It was certainly no...
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Lean, QRM and DDMRP: they’re all the same!
Not long ago, QRM was heralded as the new Lean, and now we are bombarded with DDMRP as the panacea for all our problems. It seems as if the different schools, in their hunger to sell more books,...
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10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation
Management at the helm Some companies have a well-developed sales & operations planning (S&OP) process as a safeguard for structured decision-making. Those companies take an integral view of...
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S&OP and Stephen Covey: Begin with the End in Mind
In my recent article “Towards an effective S&OP with Stephen Covey” the power of Covey’s bestselling theory was applied to Sales & Operations Planning. Habit 3 “Put First Things First” was used...
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S&OP and Stephen Covey: Are you empowered?
It will be difficult to find a manager in any professional organisation in the western world who would dare to claim that employees should not be empowered. Effective managers can get great results...
View ArticleBlended learning in The Value Chain Academy
Involvation, a supply chain consulting firm with Dutch roots, has joined forces with two partners to launch The Value Chain Academy: a continuous supply chain management-related learning experience at...
View ArticleInventory is our treasure
Inventory is waste: a statement I still hear far too often. Even recently in a debate with supply chain professionals about the impact of e-commerce. Perfectly in line with the populist Lean view, but...
View ArticleAs simple as possible, but not simpler
When I recently returned from a customer appointment with a frowning face, a colleague asked what was the problem. To my own surprise, I was not able to explain to him why the particular case was so...
View ArticleDownload: SCM Consulting Subway Map Europe 2015
In the rapidly changing economy a lot of companies need advice on strategy and especially supply chain management. In spite of several acquisitions the landscape of supply chain consulting firms...
View ArticleMore control thanks to less planning
Not too long ago I spoke with a couple of planners at a manufacturing company. With a certain despair they confided that the planning they created had to be changed continuously. It was certainly no...
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S&OP Self-assessment
What is the S&OP process in your company like? Like a sprinter, a relay runner, triathlete or like an entire hockey team? Your objective is a supply chain which is optimally aligned with market...
View ArticleLean, QRM and DDMRP: they’re all the same!
Not long ago, QRM was heralded as the new Lean, and now we are bombarded with DDMRP as the panacea for all our problems. It seems as if the different schools, in their hunger to sell more books,...
View Article10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation
Management at the helm Some companies have a well-developed sales & operations planning (S&OP) process as a safeguard for structured decision-making. Those companies take an integral view of...
View ArticleS&OP and Stephen Covey: Begin with the End in Mind
In my recent article “Towards an effective S&OP with Stephen Covey” the power of Covey’s bestselling theory was applied to Sales & Operations Planning. Habit 3 “Put First Things First” was used...
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