Sales and Operations Planning is a continuous business process that enables firms from hospitals to chemicals to respond to emerging situations intelligently. Today we will discuss the relevance of buzz words such as Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning, for S&OP.

I was lucky to attend the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix last May. 1 of the keynote speakers...

Good handling of market demand data is one of the most vital concepts in any supply chain. But how to create powerful demand planning implementation? The five-step approach outlined below provides guidance.

Last time in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) - Part Two I talked about the Demand step of the cross-functional process...

Last time in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) - Part One I talked about the Segmentation and Product Management...

How will Big Data change the way we work and approach the world?

Is it possible to use a company's public financial data to strategically benchmark inventory? Bram answers this in the two part conclusion to his 'Inventory Benchmarking’ blog series.

Is it possible to use a company's public financial data to strategically benchmark inventory? Bram answers this in the two part conclusion to his 'Inventory Benchmarking’ blog series.

In this post we talk about how to align the Supply Chain Triangle with your business strategy and the three types of leader strategies observed by Treacy and Wiersema: Product Leaders, Opex Leaders, and Customer Intimacy Leaders.

As a follow-up on two earlier blogs ‘Balancing Cash Cost and Service: The Supply Chain Triangle’ and ‘The Best Practice Frontier in the Supply Chain Triangle.’ Bram explains the importance of using financial benchmarking for inventory turns and working capital.

The day is nearing where the next CEO will be a former VP of Supply Chain. Continue to develop your skills and you will become a great fit for that position in the future.

In many companies we see a lack of alignment between the three corners of the Supply Chain Triangle, so let's take the triangle into three dimensions and explain the concept of the “best practice frontier”.