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What Supply Chain levers can be activated to anticipate symptoms of a recession?
What are the symptoms of a recession in a Supply Chain, exactly? Let's take a closer look at the possible mitigating levers that can be used in response...
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Supply chain and Sales teams, the dream team to improve your forecast accuracy!
Forecast management is a today's challenge for all industrial companies. Afterward, what about improving accuracy with the mix of sales and supply chain skills? We are working with multiple Supply Chain teams of industrial companies from different fiels (Aerospace, pharmaceutics, medical device, chemical industry,...). As a result, we identified a missing connection between sales and … Continued
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Push or Pull Supply Chain, what about to be Demand Driven?
Today’s Supply Chain managers must define their supply chain strategies regarding multiple methodologies available. But it’s not black and white! You can’t be completely PULL with a spread product mix. Supply chain push, pull or demand driven ? What about finding the hybrid solution and have a demand driven supply chain? Thanks to our R&D … Continued
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Demand Driven Supply Chain, 4 websites to go deeper into the DDMRP methodology
When we talk about the Demand Driven supply chain, people often ask for additional references to learn more about this supply chain management methodology. As demand-driven supply chain trainers and consultants, we share our top 4 websites to visit if you are in an investigative process about DDMRP methodology. Methodology and use case - … Continued
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Benefits of the Supply Chain network design analysis.
Why do we need to launch a Supply Chain Network design analysis? New suppliers, new customers, new market rules, … There are so many changes in our markets today and impacting the management of our global supply chain(s). We know that CHANGES are part of Supply Chain Management, and as part of the change management, … Continued
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The essential role of the Supply Chain Manager
He/She is now almost essential in the organization chart of our companies, whether industrial, distribution, retail... However, when we ask people to explain the role of their company's Supply Chain Manager (SCM), the vacuum quickly emerges or - conversely - we put everything in! But who is he/she? What is he/she doing? Where is the … Continued
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DDMRP implementation in Automotive Industry
DDMRP implementation in Automotive Industry CONTEXT An industrial company that designs, manufactures, and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, and motorcycles. The company has 69 manufacturing sites & 130 retail centers. The Supply Chain faced the bullwhip effect and many inventory issues. MAIN RESULTS STAKES … Continued
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The survivor bias applied to DDMRP projects
The survivor bias applied to DDMRP projects. First, let's recall what survivor bias is: Survivor bias is a selection bias. It consists of overestimating the effectiveness of a method by focusing on those who used the method successfully…. (and ignoring those who used the same method and failed). Then, we can ask ourselves whether this … Continued
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Our PhD students, our drivers for innovation!
If we have often had the opportunity to recall here the strong dynamics of innovation that reigns at AGILEA (cf. AGIRE joint research lab), we have rarely spoken of those who do. Those who think beyond the current practices and dogmas of our professions. We want to talk, of course, about our PhD students! They … Continued
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How to make your Supply Chain planning a competitive advantage and not a nightmare anymore?
If you are working in supply chain management, you know planning management could be a nightmare. Supply or demand planning in our supply chain scheduling process is complex. We can see multiple planning within one week due to changes from customers, suppliers, even internal changes. And at the same time, we have many work orders … Continued
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Inventory management tools or supply chain transformation?
"Google, what is the best inventory management software?" "Hey, Siri, what is a Demand-Driven Supply Chain?" Suppose you are like me; you embark on the exercise of doing an internet search to find the best fit for your Supply Chain inventory management. In that case, you will face a long list of results, a lot … Continued
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Supply Chain simulation: an investment, but for what return on investment?
Before imagining embarking on any improvement or transformation project, a natural and human reflex is to ask the famous questions: How much it cost? What is the cost or investment of a simulation project? A simulation project takes time from your teams and has a cost for your business. You have to define how it … Continued
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S&OP Process and NPI
There are kinds of projects defined as innovation for the next years. Some projects are incredibly ambitious and impressive in terms of their stakes and impact on the company’s market. Yet all these projects started! Some are successful, some quickly abandoned, and others remained in the project portfolio pipe, but all already started. If we … Continued
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How to adapt your Supply chain skills to the market's volatility?
Supply chain certifications. 2021 begins in an unprecedented economic and health context. After a sudden stop in the economy during the 1st lockdown, the 2nd lockdown, less violent for employment, will nevertheless have impacted companies' confidence and candidates in the short-term outlook. The epidemic has brought to light the shortage of staff in the healthcare … Continued
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Supply Chain Flow simulation promotes teamwork and speeds up decision-making
What are the common points between process reengineering, reorganization, and investment decision for a strategic project? It's never easy to define a supply chain transformation project's roadmap with quantified benefits, especially in a complex supply chain network. Moreover, we have many functions affected by the change; then the situation starts to get complicated to reach … Continued
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The use of a digital twin to help to define your future supply chain
In the thematics about the industry of the future, you have undoubtedly heard about "digital twin/s". A digital twin's primary purpose is to represent an organization's physical, information, and financial flows. What are the advantages of a digital twin? You can test many ideas and have a scripting logic called "what if?" and simulate them … Continued
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How to adapt your team's Supply chain skills to face the challenges of the future?
Talent and skills management is the challenge of the Supply Chain management performance of tomorrow just explained in a recent article by Gartner. Let's see how to define the key skills for your teams. Continuous evolution is Supply Chain management today's challenge Whether confronted with digital technology and disruption, changing workforce skills, or transforming operating … Continued
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Which Supply Chain Management certification is the best fit for you?
Are you looking for a Supply Chain training and/or certification? Do you want to upgrade your career? Are you looking for a Supply Chain professional certification for your team? Picking one certification in all the ones available in the market isn't easy. Let's look at the different steps and questions to ask yourself; and then … Continued
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Implementation of the Theory of Constraints in Pharmaceutical retail
As part of its expansion, AGILEA was brought in to participate in the TOCICO conference. During the conference, a company specializing in pharmaceutical products - including a distribution network - shared their feedback on the application of the Theory of Constraints solution in di
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What keys for a resilient Supply Chain?
What business has never faced a supply disruption? You want to become resilient? Discover 7 keys for a resilient Supply Chain.