June 11, 2019
Are you benchmarking?
Why not a little friendly benchmarking among peers?
I’ve personally used this process to keep the competitive fire between myself and a few peers.
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Are you benchmarking?
Why not a little friendly benchmarking among peers?
I’ve personally used this process to keep the competitive fire between myself and a few peers.
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We’ve all been there. The dreaded mandatory problem solving session.
The facilitator say’s we going to solve XYZ opportunity. There is a “brainstorming” mind dump of the issues, an excel file with filters and pivots, and to cap the meeting off, someone has a data visualization software they are eager to use. And before you know it you’re trying to Boil the Ocean or Solve World Hunger. Everyone forgets why we’re there in the first place…
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During a thought leadership meeting I was asked what can small and medium sized companies do to improve their Supply Chain Management.
Just completed an excellent two day session for Core User training of team members at Optimas Solutions. We not only were able to train the core team, we also validated our design with significant data for ToolsGroup SO99+ Inventory Optimization and Replenishment Planning modules. Step functional forward for all stake holders.
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Currently I’m working with a client to implement the Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization and Replenishment Planning solution, SO99+ from ToolsGroup.
After several months of hard work by the core team we successfully completed a significant milestone; Conference Room Pilot-CRP. I could not be prouder of a group of people
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Nothing wrong with a Ludicrous idea, we all have them, it’s part of brainstorming. Spending time and money on them is simply Scandalous!!
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Vendor get you peanuts, cracker jacks and popcorn at ball games. Supplier partnerships reduce the total cost of ownership across the Profit Chain™.
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I like to say “If it were easy, it would have been done”. This is what I like to call; Unlock the Art of Change™. These are used to get people to shift their frame of focus and start thinking differently.
Often I see individuals just stop trying, even after two or three attempts. Today we live in a society that craves instant gratification, when coupled with Leaders looking for the next big bang, an organization could be doomed.
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Ever notice within your supply chain. The further you are from the end customer, the lower the expectations of suppliers. How can this form of apathy be reversed? Let’s hear your comments.
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I recently read the June 2018 HBR article “The Death of Supply Chain Management” Shocking….to say the least. I liken this article to the mid 1980’s and the push for “Lights Out” manufacturing. Are they shouting from the same roof top? Have not educators and professionals alike learned that lights out manufacturing has an extremely …
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