Supply Chains IT decisions Like all technologies, Cloud computing services have good and not so good features. However, the common perception is that operating within a Cloud environment is always cheaper than the same functions undertaken on-premises. But this is only correct under certain conditions. Although IT decisions in organisations are typically driven by the IT department, about 70 percent … Read More
Supply Chains will go digital but in what direction?
Where are we? A challenge for many companies is a clear understanding about supply chains by the CEO and their executive group. This influences the approval of IT projects that can provide substantial improvements in understanding and planning the organisation’s Supply Chains. What does ‘integrated’ mean and ‘end to end’ and ‘visibility’? These and other terms are often used without … Read More
Three strategies to one Supply Chains Network strategy
Supply Chains Network strategy model Your organisation’s Supply Chains Network strategy is likely to be in place for between three and five years. However, it needs to be reviewed and possibly updated annually to reflect changes in user and supplier markets. An organisation’s Supply Chains Network strategy should be a consolidation of at least three strategies: Procurement, Operations Planning and … Read More
Implementing Supply Chains Tactical Planning software
Using planning software A speaker at a recent presentation stated that when the implementation of Supply Chains Tactical planning software began at their company, record accuracy was estimated at about 70 percent. Because there was not an implementation checklist and audit process, where the 30 percent of data that was incorrect remained unknown. Similar stories have been told since software … Read More
Improve Flows through your organisation’s Supply Chains
Flows in Supply Chains The critical perspective of your organisation’s supply chains’ success is not the efficiency of individual departments, but the effectiveness of Flows that provide customers with their orders ‘in full, on time, with accuracy’ (DIFOTA). A Flow in supply chains is a process, or ‘how things are done’. A business is likely to have between five and … Read More