Thinking about our clients, colleagues and trade association/ trusted partner contacts from across multiple industries and company sizes, four overarching themes emerge in response to the question, "What's ahead for business?". The customer experience: It doesn't matter whether we are talking about manufacturing, logistics, healthcare or services, the customer [...]
Published in Savantis on Aug. 6, 2018 “AI and machine learning will have a profound impact over the next few years! For example, instead of following preventative maintenance schedules according to a rolling calendar which is likely to create unnecessary machine downtime while not resolving all of the unexpected [...]
In supply chain circles, there are lots of exciting concepts to discuss and debate such as lean, master scheduling, theory of constraints and many more; however, we have found that our most successful clients start with the customer! If you concur that we are in an Amazon-impacted marketplace where [...]
For greater success with your SIOP process reach out to your extended supply chain for collaborative ordering, product development opportunities, and logistics improvements. The best SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) processes that deliver significant returns on investment involve the extended supply chain. Since SIOP is about how to [...]
November 18, 2015 I've been partnering with clients to design and implement SIOP (sales, inventory and operations planning) programs the last several years as I've found them to be a GREAT way to achieve several results simultaneously: 1) Support growth 2) Improved service levels/ quicker turnaround of deliveries (shorter [...]
Of all the overlapping metrics available to executives the best ones enhance SIOP and offer the most vital information for running a business. Which metrics are most crucial for SIOP (sometimes referred to as S&OP or sales and operations planning)? The simple answer is that it is those metrics [...]
