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Prescient Strategy & Manufacturing Resilience Using SIOP (S&OP)
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Prescient Strategy & Manufacturing Resilience Using SIOP (S&OP)

Change Management, Customer Experience, Future Proofing, In The News, Leadership, Manufacturing, Profit Thorugh People, SIOP / S&OP, Strategy, Supply Chain, Talent, Technology

Prescient Strategy & Manufacturing Resilience Using SIOP (S&OP)

To thrive post COVID, manufacturing resilience will be cornerstone. Customers expect personalization, customization, and rapid deliveries without disruption, and they will change suppliers, substitute products and do whatever is required to satisfy their customers or get what's needed. For example, although the preference is for online purchasing, consumers will return to stores to ensure quick, reliable supply of critical items.

admin2022-01-19T01:56:07+00:00January 13, 2022|Categories: Change Management, Customer Experience, Future Proofing, In The News, Leadership, Manufacturing, Profit Thorugh People, SIOP / S&OP, Strategy, Supply Chain, Talent, Technology|Tags: consumer, customer needs, customization, design, engineering, foresight, insource, manufacturing, materials, nearshoring, outsource, outsourcing, product, profit, purchasing, quality control, reshoring, resiliency, SIOP / S&OP, source alternatives, suppliers, supply chain|

Supply Chain Shortages & My Interview on FOX Live Now
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Supply Chain Shortages & My Interview on FOX Live Now

Coronavirus, Customer Experience, e-Commerce, In The News, Logistics, Manufacturing, Skills Gap, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Briefing, Talent

Supply Chain Shortages & My Interview on FOX Live Now

It is obvious we are having significant supply chain disruptions, and I recently talked with FOX Live Now about these issues. We discussed what caused these shortages, what's going on with the labor shortages, whether it will impact the holiday season, which industries are most impacted, how long [...]

admin2022-01-17T15:53:32+00:00October 27, 2021|Categories: Coronavirus, Customer Experience, e-Commerce, In The News, Logistics, Manufacturing, Skills Gap, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Briefing, Talent|Tags: consumer, disruptions, drivers, incentives, inflation, innovate, innovation, interview, labor shortages, logistics, manufacturing, networks, ports, price increases, production, reshoring, retirement, shipping, solutions, supply chain, transportation|

Snowflake: Just-in-Time for Real Life
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Snowflake: Just-in-Time for Real Life

Coronavirus, Customer Experience, In The News, Logistics, Strategy

Snowflake: Just-in-Time for Real Life

"The minority of clients that are proactive were using just-in-time principles, but in a way that works during the pandemic," said Lisa Anderson, President of the LMA Consulting Group. "As a decision-maker, I need to have a certain amount of safety stock, but I will replenish that as we take orders, and we'll replenish those reserves [...]

admin2021-11-17T14:50:43+00:00July 21, 2021|Categories: Coronavirus, Customer Experience, In The News, Logistics, Strategy|Tags: consumer, just-in-time, logistics, manufacturing, supply chain, transportation|

Are Americans Willing to Pay More for Products Made in the U.S.A.?
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Are Americans Willing to Pay More for Products Made in the U.S.A.?

In The News, Innovation, Logistics, Manufacturing, SIOP / S&OP, Strategy, Supply Chain Briefing

Are Americans Willing to Pay More for Products Made in the U.S.A.?

According to a survey by FTI Consulting, 78% of survey respondents said they'd be willing to pay more for the products if the company that made them moved production out of China. Certainly, it depends on how much more, but we've seen a transition in the commentary of the value of reshoring. [...]

admin2021-11-09T18:22:24+00:00April 8, 2021|Categories: In The News, Innovation, Logistics, Manufacturing, SIOP / S&OP, Strategy, Supply Chain Briefing|Tags: consumer, logistics, manufacturing, products, reshoring, S&OP, Sales and Operations Planning, sales inventory and operations planning, SIOP, strategy, U.S.A.|

Quoted in the Signal on Restocking Shelves Amid the Novel Coronavirus
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Quoted in the Signal on Restocking Shelves Amid the Novel Coronavirus

Amazon Effect, Coronavirus, Customer Experience, In The News, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

Quoted in the Signal on Restocking Shelves Amid the Novel Coronavirus

I talked with the Santa Clarita Valley Signal on the problems keeping shelves stocked amid the coronavirus lockdown. We talked about the end-to-end supply chain and what impacts the supply chain would have on how quickly the shelves would be restocked. See below for the reprinted article from the [...]

admin2020-10-07T23:51:20+00:00March 29, 2020|Categories: Amazon Effect, Coronavirus, Customer Experience, In The News, Manufacturing, Supply Chain|Tags: consumer, coronavirus, demand, manufactuing, resources, restock, Santa Clarita Valley, supply chain|

The Resilient Supply Chain: Do You Have Vendors or Partners?
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The Resilient Supply Chain: Do You Have Vendors or Partners?

Manufacturing, Strategy, Supply Chain

The Resilient Supply Chain: Do You Have Vendors or Partners?

Since we did research on "The Squeeze" for a speech on the the squeeze in aerosapce (meaning, how does the supplier in the middle between the Tier 1 suppliers who supply final assembly parts for an airplane and the powerhouse mills survive, or preferably thrive), we have been thinking [...]

admin2021-12-27T21:40:28+00:00November 26, 2018|Categories: Manufacturing, Strategy, Supply Chain|Tags: A&D, aerospace, APICS, ASCM, consumer, growth, negotiations, operations, partners, partnmerships, scalable, squeeze, supply chain, vendors|

U.S. Small Business Optimism Climbs to 2nd Highest on Record!
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U.S. Small Business Optimism Climbs to 2nd Highest on Record!

Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Briefing

U.S. Small Business Optimism Climbs to 2nd Highest on Record!

August 17, 2018 A National Federation of Independent Business survey reported that U.S. small business optimism is close to a record high and is at the highest level in 35 years! Fueled by tax cuts, deregulation and robust consumer demand, business owners are optimistic about the future. Thus, unfilled [...]

admin2020-10-07T23:51:25+00:00August 17, 2018|Categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Briefing|Tags: collaboration, consumer, deregulation, impacts, National Federation of independent Business, optimism, tax cuts, teamwork|