Blockchains as a disruptor. Start-up businesses become disruptors when entrepreneurs can see a business opportunity caused by failings in the current business model or complexity that can be reduced; but it requires availability of suitable technologies . This could happen to financing within supply chains, through the adoption of Blockchain technology. A recent report by Bloomberg describes a trial that is … Read More
Implementing the best Warehouse Management System
Structure of a WMS. Should the Warehouse Management System (WMS) module be a ‘reasonable or acceptable’ fit within your ‘integrated’ ERP system or an application that meets your business and operational requirements, but is interfaced to the ERP system? This is the question raised in my last blog, Interfacing or integrating supply chain IT applications, concerning software application used in … Read More
Free New eBook – Supply Chains Operating Performance
Supply Chains Operating Performance – A Financial Approach to Measurement. In 17 easy pages, Supply Chains Operating Performance – A Financial Approach to Measurement outlines an approach for measuring the value of Supply Chains in your organisation. Use the eBook as a useful starting point to gain support for a new approach to performance measurement. Support must be obtained from … Read More
Interfacing or integrating supply chain IT applications
Justify Supply Chain applications. Justifying expenditure on software for Supply Chains is a tough sell – there are other functions with equal demands for money. It requires a careful definition of requirements, commencing with answers to a few basic questions. What are the business reasons for needing the application(s)? What are the criteria for evaluating and buying the software? What methodologies … Read More
Implement the S&OP process for supply chain success
S&OP as the hub of your business. My previous post discussed Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) becoming the ‘hub of your business’. After about six months, a successful implementation of the initial stage can result in the executive team working from one plan. That is an improvement over the more common situation, where the profit centre manager is lobbied by … Read More