Lead Time variability calculation measures Supply Chains

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Lead Time has a cost Lead Time variability should be an important input for Operations Planning and Scheduling. However, although lead times are a factor in MRP calculations, few companies update lead times as they change, using the same values inputted when the ERP system was installed. As discussed in the previous blogpost, the lead time from a supplier is … Read More

Enhanced Resilience in Supply Chains is the new normal

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A systems failure On April 28, millions of people and metro systems, airports hospitals and communication systems across Spain, Portugal and parts of France were affected by an unexpected power outage. Across Europe, the aim is for an integrated electricity system, but what about small events far away that can quickly escalate into serious emergencies, without national governments being aware? … Read More

Core Supply Chains can be more Agile with MTO and ATO

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MTO and ATO Providing Availability of products for customers is governed by the management of inventory, capacity and lead times. Of the three, operational capacity within a business is the resource least influenced by external events and decisions. As discussed in the previous blogpost, Make to Order (MTO) includes production operations that transform materials, and Assemble to Order (ATO) is … Read More

Operations that can respond to changes in Supply Chains

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Operations model The current geopolitical actions add more Uncertainty in a business, which is the driver of risk, so enterprises could be reviewing their business model. The Supply Chains group, or its functions of Procurement, Operations Planning and Logistics will provide input to the decision process. This input should provide options concerning the positioning of Operations from the perspective of … Read More

Bad data through supply chains provides poor outcomes

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Bad data example There continues to be a deluge of articles, videos and conferences extoling the benefits of Artificial Intelligence. But there is less emphasis on what businesses must do internally to implement the technologies. One of the major requirements is to use clean data, otherwise it is ‘garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) for IT systems. The lack of clean … Read More