All blog posts by Randy

2009

• Making the case for Lean process lead-times July 16th, 2009
• Shifting gears: ramping up for growing business sales July 9th, 2009
• Are you “change ready?” June 26th, 2009
• Colleen “Coco” Crum: Advances in communicating information across a supply chain aid in better decision making and collaboration June 17th, 2009
• Unreliable sales projections ripple through company June 11th, 2009
• Larry Lapide: Aligning demand management processes to achieve strategic goals June 10th, 2009
• Dave Blanchard: Top performing supply chains consistently do things differently June 3rd, 2009
• Four steps to take now to prepare for the recovery June 2nd, 2009
• Are you looking at your supply chain from your perspective or your customers? May 28th, 2009
• Clarence Chen: The three disciplines required to operate a multi-enterprise supply network May 27th, 2009
• Doug Lada: Balancing short and long-term thinking May 20th, 2009
• Demand planning: how to reduce the risk and impact of inaccurate demand forecasts May 15th, 2009
• The need for a cohesive procurement strategy May 13th, 2009
• Nari Viswanathan: Complexity leads to losing supply chain visibility and control May 13th, 2009
• The top supply chain disasters May 12th, 2009
• Getting supply chain on the boardroom agenda May 7th, 2009
• How CIOs can improve supply chain management May 6th, 2009
• Corey Billington: The time to prepare for the next upturn is now May 6th, 2009
• Are you prepared for an upturn in business? May 6th, 2009
• Tom Wallace: Leveraging S&OP to cope with change and complexity April 29th, 2009
• Market leaders “accelerate in the turns” April 22nd, 2009
• Bob Ferrari: Global supply chain structural changes are underway April 22nd, 2009
• Poor inventory management angers customers and suppliers April 20th, 2009
• Rationalizing your inventory management strategy April 17th, 2009
• Inventory control and inventory reductions continue to take center stage April 16th, 2009
• Are your suppliers on solid financial footing? April 15th, 2009
• Mary Hayes Weier: The economic impact on enterprise technology adoption April 15th, 2009
• Building better links in high-tech supply chains April 14th, 2009
• Staying lean during a recession April 9th, 2009
• Inventory reductions continue to ease glut of goods April 9th, 2009
• The human side of SCM April 8th, 2009
• Robert Kugel: Integrating financial and operations planning April 8th, 2009
• Meeting the operations performance and IT challenges of modern supply chains April 7th, 2009
• Simon Ellis: The globalization of demand and the commoditization of the supply chain April 1st, 2009
• Supply chain got you shackled? Spreadsheet hell March 31st, 2009
• 93% of CFOs say inability to measure customer demand is among top concerns March 27th, 2009
• Inventory rationalization and right sizing strategies March 26th, 2009
• Gary Lynch: Getting supply chain risk management right March 25th, 2009
• You can’t engineer all problems out of a global supply chain March 24th, 2009
• Andrew Reese: Supply chain lessons learned during this recession March 18th, 2009
• Supply chain got you shackled? The boss is coming March 17th, 2009
• Inventories decline as supply chains seek equilibrium March 13th, 2009
• Heightened complexities: recession creates unpredictable customer and supplier patterns March 12th, 2009
• Bruce Richardson: The future of manufacturing and supply chain management solutions March 11th, 2009
• Supply chain expert blog series March 10th, 2009
• Manufacturers trying to ride out the storm February 27th, 2009
• Supply chain got you shackled? Quarterly objectives February 26th, 2009
• Supply chain visibility and supply chain planning in an outsourced environment February 25th, 2009
• Inventory control plays critical role in economic recovery efforts February 25th, 2009
• How S&OP can play a vital role in dealing with the recession February 24th, 2009
• Supply chain management “anti-trends” for the down economy February 24th, 2009
• Moving beyond demand planning to demand management in a recession February 23rd, 2009
• Managing the supply chain through the economic downturn February 23rd, 2009
• Supply chain management strategies become focus for Hubbell Lighting February 20th, 2009
• Balancing cost reductions and performance improvement across a global supply chain February 17th, 2009
• Supply chain complexity on the rise February 16th, 2009
• Now is not the time to become insular in your thinking February 16th, 2009
• Why doesn’t the military get more recognition for supply chain management excellence? February 12th, 2009
• Dealing with wild demand swings February 11th, 2009
• Do IT investments matter? February 9th, 2009
• What supply chain managers need to know to compete in today’s global economy February 6th, 2009
• Supply chain risk management needs to be a strategy, not a project February 5th, 2009
• Chinese manufacturing on the mends? February 4th, 2009
• Kinaxis continues to see strong growth February 3rd, 2009
• Squeezing more working capital from your supply chain January 30th, 2009
• Inventory masking true GDP weakness January 30th, 2009
• Globalization in the midst of economic turmoil January 29th, 2009
• Lockheed Martin to implement Kinaxis RapidResponse for superior supply management January 29th, 2009
• What is your organization’s top priority for supply chain investment? January 27th, 2009
• Inventory cycle critical to economic recovery January 26th, 2009
• Manufacturing Insights 2009 supply chain predictions January 26th, 2009
• High-tech forecasting & planning summit January 26th, 2009
• Top supply chain risks and best-in-class supply chain risk management January 24th, 2009
• Building a supply chain risk management strategy January 20th, 2009
• Developing a supply chain risk management strategy January 19th, 2009
• On-demand SCM tools on the rise amongst best-in-class companies January 15th, 2009
• Intelligent Enterprise 2009 Editors’ Choice Awards January 15th, 2009
• Finding fault throughout the supply chain January 14th, 2009
• Supply chain integrity and valuation January 13th, 2009
• Manufacturing continues to contract. What will the recovery look like? January 12th, 2009
• Wal-Mart seeks zero defect supply chain in Asia January 7th, 2009
• 21st century sales and operations planning (S&OP) January 6th, 2009
• Cost cutting inspiration January 5th, 2009

2008

• Video: Essential requirements for today’s SCM solutions December 19th, 2008
• At least in Nintendo’s case the answer is no December 18th, 2008
• P&G builds supply chain for its future self December 18th, 2008
• Demand for supply chain managers set to soar December 17th, 2008
• Supply chain risks. They seem to be everywhere December 17th, 2008
• Current environment requires a true sense of urgency December 17th, 2008
• Balancing strategic supply chain management objectives December 16th, 2008
• Riding for a cause December 12th, 2008
• Longing for lean manufacturing results December 10th, 2008
• Kinaxis successfully completes SAS 70 Type II examination December 9th, 2008
• White paper: Four essential requirements for today’s supply chain management solutions December 5th, 2008
• Amazon’s Kindle suffers from poor demand planning December 4th, 2008
• AMR analyzes sources of supply chain risk December 4th, 2008
• Blending analytics and insiders’ insight December 4th, 2008
• Video: Re-evaluating your approach to supply chain planning December 3rd, 2008
• Supply chain risk management within the S&OP process December 2nd, 2008
• AMR’s John Fontanella December 1st, 2008
• Technology enablers to transform supply chain management December 1st, 2008
• Beyond the supply chain plan (free white paper and podcast) November 26th, 2008
• Companies don’t compete, supply chains compete November 26th, 2008
• Survey: Supply chain dynamics November 25th, 2008
• Clear supply chain visibility impacts the entire organization November 25th, 2008
• Jim Carrey takes a humorous look at supply chain risk management November 24th, 2008
• Supply chain excellence at Apple November 23rd, 2008
• Supply chain management’s role in fixing the US auto industry November 22nd, 2008
• Survey: how do you build demand driven perfection? November 21st, 2008
• Pioneer deploys Kinaxis RapidResponse for dynamic demand and supply chain management November 18th, 2008
• AMR declares that it’s a good time to invest in supply chain management technology November 17th, 2008
• Can anyone accurately predict demand right now? November 15th, 2008
• Is now the time to think about suppy chain transformation? November 15th, 2008
• The green supply chain’s impact on the future of supply chain management November 14th, 2008
• Subscribe to The 21st Century Supply Chain…for free! November 13th, 2008
• Finding hidden inefficiencies in the supply chain November 12th, 2008
• “Supply chain complexity must be actively managed before it EATS you!” November 11th, 2008
• Did SAP just admit that on-demand is cheaper than on-premise? November 10th, 2008
• “Software” that works November 10th, 2008
• Aligning demand-supply chain management with business strategies November 10th, 2008
• IT critical to enabling manufacturing success November 8th, 2008
• What’s your relationship with your suppliers? November 8th, 2008
• The effect of oil prices on the supply chain November 6th, 2008
• Supply chain risk management best practices November 4th, 2008
• Demand planning strategies November 4th, 2008
• The future of supply chain management October 31st, 2008
• Why you need to re-evaluate your approach to supply chain planning October 30th, 2008
• Aligning business and supply chain strategies October 28th, 2008
• Countdown to Kinexions – a meeting of supply chain management experts October 19th, 2008
• Plan for a new (supply chain) plan October 10th, 2008
• Enabling sales and operations planning (S&OP) September 29th, 2008
• Seven grand challenges for spend and supply chain management September 22nd, 2008
• Integrating financial metrics into day-to-day supply chain management September 17th, 2008
• Supply chains worry CEOs September 12th, 2008
• IndustryWeek Manufacturing Business Challenge September 12th, 2008
• The future of supply chain software September 10th, 2008
• An offer to i2 customers September 9th, 2008
• Inventory management is essential in the 21st century supply chain September 5th, 2008
• Demand management trends August 28th, 2008
• Debunking the myths around on-demand (SaaS) August 27th, 2008
• China to eclipse US in total manufacturing August 21st, 2008
• On-demand supply chain management: hype? August 19th, 2008
• It doesn’t have to be this way August 19th, 2008
• Supply chain challenges exceed today’s processes and tools August 12th, 2008
• Mike Tyson – supply chain visionary August 11th, 2008
• A new name reflecting a broader agenda July 25th, 2008
• Are your customers increasingly demanding? July 24th, 2008
• Free sales and operations planning (S&OP) research report July 22nd, 2008
• Legacy supply chain planning systems are failing today’s supply chains July 16th, 2008
• Scenarios are key to managing volatility July 16th, 2008
• The traditional view on supply chain management is changing July 7th, 2008
• Is your inventory an asset or liability? July 1st, 2008
• Are we in the midst of a supply chain perfect storm? June 30th, 2008
• Current state of global supply chain management June 20th, 2008
• Tools to support sales and operations planning (S&OP) June 18th, 2008
• Is the world no longer flat? June 2nd, 2008
• Supply chain management going on-demand June 2nd, 2008
• The growing importance of supply chain analytics May 21st, 2008
• Key trends in sales and operations planning (S&OP) May 19th, 2008
• Shocks to the supply chain May 7th, 2008
• The growing need for demand management April 29th, 2008
• Accessing supply chain data for decision making April 24th, 2008
• SCM increasingly seen as strategic market differentiator April 22nd, 2008
• Supply chain risks on the rise April 21st, 2008
• Gartner SCM user survey finds increasing pace of change April 11th, 2008
• The effects of globalization on supply chain management April 11th, 2008
• Is your order promising process resilient to unexpected change? April 8th, 2008
• Customer driven supply chains April 2nd, 2008
• Who’s making seven figure decisions? You might be surprised. March 18th, 2008
• AMR sees growth in supply chain software March 12th, 2008
• The key to successful promotions March 6th, 2008
• Is demand finding supply? March 4th, 2008
• Balancing demand and supply February 26th, 2008
• Defining supply chain management February 25th, 2008
• RapidResponse for Demand Management February 19th, 2008
• Supply chain software as a service February 13th, 2008
• Supply chain management is strategic February 7th, 2008
• Experts chime in on 2008 supply chain trends February 6th, 2008
• Is it actionable? February 6th, 2008
• AMR’s 2008 supply chain predictions February 4th, 2008
• Not-so-perfect order performance management metric January 25th, 2008
• Sustainability and the impact on supply chain responsiveness January 22nd, 2008
• Supply management in the decade ahead January 21st, 2008
• Globalization requires increasing responsiveness January 21st, 2008
• Supply chain quarterbacks January 16th, 2008
• Manufacturers need to put information to work January 4th, 2008
• Designing a supply chain from the shelf back January 2nd, 2008

2007

• Demand management becomes essential in discrete industries December 20th, 2007
• Demand and supply integration drives operations performance December 18th, 2007
• Supply chain collaboration takes center stage December 18th, 2007
• Supply chain risk can impact shareholder value December 13th, 2007
• Boeing deals with outsourcing challenges December 11th, 2007
• Nintendo struggles to find supply/demand balance December 11th, 2007
• Failure to develop a competency in responding to change leaves you scrambling November 29th, 2007
• Improving forecast accuracy and demand sensing – it’s not an either/or decision November 20th, 2007
• Improving your supply chain November 19th, 2007
• Supply chain management evolves to keep pace with changing world November 12th, 2007
• Recapturing your supply chain data November 6th, 2007
• Decision management applications will benefit supply chain management November 5th, 2007
• Managing change across multi-enterprise supply chains October 31st, 2007
• Supply chains can “cut across the grain” October 29th, 2007
• Technology to support sales and operations planning (S&OP) October 26th, 2007
• Supply chain collaboration takes center stage October 22nd, 2007
• Best-in-class manufacturers leverage visibility; but it isn’t enough October 22nd, 2007
• Where should demand management reside? October 19th, 2007
• The era of revitalized command is upon us October 9th, 2007
• Who is involved in supply chain management? October 5th, 2007
• What’s it take to be a supply chain leader? October 4th, 2007
• Best practices in trade promotion October 3rd, 2007
• Demand management challenges coming this holiday season October 2nd, 2007
• European companies focus on agile supply chains September 30th, 2007
• The increasing strategic value of supply chain excellence September 24th, 2007
• Do you get supply chain surprises? September 20th, 2007
• How to attack supply chain risk September 20th, 2007
• Supply chain control becomes more important September 19th, 2007
• Supply chain transformation can drive company’s fortune September 19th, 2007
• New product introductions represent a significant demand management challenge September 12th, 2007
• Top issues in supply chain management September 5th, 2007
• The value of scenario modeling August 28th, 2007
• Providing timely information to supply chain decision makers August 23rd, 2007
• Putting supply chain risk management in perspective August 22nd, 2007
• Realistically managing supply chain risks August 22nd, 2007
• Solectron launches a supply chain blog August 14th, 2007
• Supply chain software market shows strength August 13th, 2007
• Managing market events August 9th, 2007
• Are costs and service mutually exclusive? August 8th, 2007
• Aligning business objectives and supply chain priorities July 30th, 2007
• The growing importance of supply network collaboration July 18th, 2007
• Demand management needs to be responsive July 16th, 2007
• You can’t plan your way out of all problems July 6th, 2007
• Brand owner supply network coordination increasingly important June 29th, 2007
• Managing supply chain risk June 22nd, 2007
• Study shows growing importance of supply chain coordination June 22nd, 2007
• Raising the bar on Response Management June 19th, 2007
• The value of simulations June 14th, 2007
• Reducing supply chain costs June 11th, 2007
• Comparing supply chain optimization and simulation June 4th, 2007
• We need more green Volvos! June 2nd, 2007
• Is Response Management the next wave of supply chain innovation? May 25th, 2007
• “Intelligent” supply chain decisions May 23rd, 2007
• Does the need for Response Management indicate poor planning? May 21st, 2007
• Are you using rock, paper, scissors as decision-support? May 15th, 2007
• Coordinating response across the supply network May 7th, 2007
• Top three issues impacting supply chain management May 3rd, 2007
• Is there such a thing as supply chain best practices? May 3rd, 2007
• Proactive metric management April 24th, 2007
• Radical innovation needed in supply chain management April 23rd, 2007
• Supply chain leadership April 18th, 2007
• Insights into Response Management April 16th, 2007
• Inventory – attacking the root causes April 9th, 2007
• OEMs in search of cost reductions March 31st, 2007
• Supply chain management terminology is changing with the times March 28th, 2007
• IT investments fuel productivity gains March 23rd, 2007
• Avoiding inventory pitfalls March 15th, 2007
• IT increases focus on innovation March 12th, 2007
• Global supply chain survey March 6th, 2007
• Supply chain disruptions March 1st, 2007
• Supply chain night and day in the electronics market February 27th, 2007
• Do your customers want a bus or a cab? February 20th, 2007
• Managing demand volatility February 6th, 2007
• Supply chain management trends: what’s in and what’s out February 5th, 2007
• Globalization brings new challenges January 26th, 2007
• IT missing opportunity to impact business through supply chain management January 24th, 2007
• SaaS for supply chain January 16th, 2007
• Supply chain risk management spending to increase January 4th, 2007

2006

• Increasing customer demands tops 2007 trend list December 29th, 2006
• Inventory – an asset or liability? December 20th, 2006
• AMR sees dealing with uncertainty a key supply chain priority December 13th, 2006
• Aberdeen sees poor supply chain visibility as a top exec concern December 11th, 2006
• Supply chains are global – do your employees think that way? December 4th, 2006
• Supply chain metrics November 30th, 2006
• Increasing acceptance of SaaS seen November 27th, 2006
• Living supply chains November 10th, 2006
• Lengthy recovery times follow supply chain disruptions November 9th, 2006
• Supply chains lack integration November 5th, 2006
• Forecasting demand keeps getting harder November 2nd, 2006
• The impact of limited visibility November 1st, 2006
• Globalization increases supply chain risk October 25th, 2006
• Trends in supply chain management October 24th, 2006
• Manufacturers finding business intelligence elusive October 22nd, 2006
• Demand management – it’s the talk of the town October 20th, 2006
• Technology Forecasters, Inc. predicts continued growth in outsourcing October 13th, 2006
• Interplanetary Supply Chain Management October 10th, 2006
• Fast decision making processes October 3rd, 2006
• Top 100 contract manufacturers October 3rd, 2006
• The brand owner/contract manufacturer disconnect September 27th, 2006
• Outsourcing growth to continue September 19th, 2006
• Drowning in inventory September 7th, 2006
• AMR Research finds Kinaxis a leader in supply chain management innovation September 7th, 2006
• Consumer electronics driving growth and volatility September 6th, 2006
• What do OEMs think about lean? September 6th, 2006
• SaaS driving business benefits August 28th, 2006
• Extending supply chain visibility August 21st, 2006
• In search of operational excellence August 10th, 2006
• EMS/ODM pricing on the rise August 8th, 2006
• Trends in supply chain management August 4th, 2006
• Casio seeks IT leadership position July 31st, 2006
• Supply risk management July 24th, 2006
• Global supply chains lack automation July 17th, 2006
• Who’s accountable? July 13th, 2006
• Outsourcing increases technology needs July 3rd, 2006
• Disconnects exist between OEM’s and contract manufacturers June 30th, 2006
• You can’t plan your compromises June 19th, 2006
• ARC sees 8.6% annual growth in supply chain management market June 15th, 2006
• Leading companies speak out on the need for supply chain visibility and response June 5th, 2006
• Do right and do well June 5th, 2006
• Decision-makers report blind spots in supply chain May 31st, 2006
• AberdeenGroup sees increase in supply chain spending May 30th, 2006
• SAP’s growing ecosystem May 23rd, 2006
• Two new tools that CIOs want May 20th, 2006
• Electronics – coming and going May 10th, 2006
• The planning process and the response process May 3rd, 2006
• Coordination key to success in distributed manufacturing environments April 27th, 2006
• Recapturing your supply chain data April 26th, 2006
• On-demand, SOA to reshape enterprise apps April 19th, 2006
• Response Management at your service April 18th, 2006
• Rethink demand management April 7th, 2006
• Adapting to change will be keystone to competitiveness through 2010 April 3rd, 2006
• CEO perceptions of supply chain management March 27th, 2006
• Adeptron benefits from Response Management March 24th, 2006
• Congratulations Dave Haskins – a “pro to know” March 23rd, 2006
• CEOs see innovation as key to competitiveness March 20th, 2006
• Collaboration is key to global success March 15th, 2006
• How to build a flexible supply chain network March 9th, 2006
• The manufacturing outlook for 2006 March 9th, 2006
• The return of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) March 8th, 2006
• What does it mean to be responsive? February 22nd, 2006
• Coordinated outsourced manufacturing: a win-win proposition for OEMs and CMs February 16th, 2006
• Real-time S&OP February 15th, 2006
• Globalization’s impact on supply chains February 9th, 2006
• Lucent sees rapid improvement February 9th, 2006
• Teradyne: Controlling outside costs February 1st, 2006
• Sales & Operations Planning – the next generation January 25th, 2006
• Collaborative Manufacturing January 24th, 2006
• Subscribe via email January 20th, 2006
• Seven supply chain lessons January 20th, 2006
• Can you say SOA? January 18th, 2006
• The top five factors electronics executives should consider in 2006 January 15th, 2006
• AMR Strategy 21 January 13th, 2006
• Measuring with numbers isn’t everything January 4th, 2006

2005

• Happy holidays December 22nd, 2005
• Manufacturing growth expected for 2006 December 19th, 2005
• DDSN will fail without R&D involvement December 12th, 2005
• Dynamic sales & operations planning December 10th, 2005
• Leveraging supply chain excellence to improve customer service December 7th, 2005
• The next big thing December 2nd, 2005
• Observations from ESCA Winter Symposium November 29th, 2005
• OEM and EMS relationships November 18th, 2005
• The challenges with outsourcing November 17th, 2005
• AMR names top 25 supply chains November 14th, 2005
• ECSA Catalyst 2005 November 13th, 2005
• Supply chain visibility November 9th, 2005
• Supply chain management is evolving November 7th, 2005
• Striking the right balance November 2nd, 2005
• The flexibility con game November 1st, 2005
• It takes a village to run a supply chain October 31st, 2005
• Managing an extended supply network October 26th, 2005
• Why is sales & operations planning so hot? October 19th, 2005
• ERP vs. best-of-breed supply chain October 18th, 2005
• The case for supply chain visibility October 17th, 2005
• Why OEMs need Response Management October 6th, 2005
• Trends in outsourcing design October 3rd, 2005
• Another Response Management webcast September 28th, 2005
• Teradyne masters volatile demand in an outsourced environment September 26th, 2005
• Webcast on Response Management September 23rd, 2005
• Leveraging Response Management to drive operations performance September 20th, 2005
• Response Management as a lean enabler September 16th, 2005
• Supply chain chaos and the need for agility September 16th, 2005
• Improving product launch success September 12th, 2005
• NetApp responds rapidly to global changes September 6th, 2005
• The true cost of supply chain disruptions September 6th, 2005
• Manufacturers take a new approach September 1st, 2005
• Supply chain spending shifts to demand management August 31st, 2005
• The real problem August 30th, 2005
• Casio responds quickly to supply and demand changes August 30th, 2005
• A case for continuous sales and operations planning August 29th, 2005
• The changing role of the CIO August 29th, 2005
• Managing supply chain risk in outsourced relationships August 23rd, 2005
• Platform politics August 18th, 2005
• Great read August 18th, 2005
• Response Management defined August 15th, 2005
• The keys to enabling Response Management August 15th, 2005
• Jabil Circuit gains competitive advantage with Response Management August 15th, 2005
• Welcome August 10th, 2005