Trevor Miles is director of industry and applications marketing at Kinaxis and is responsible for identifying market trends and translating these into high level functional requirements for the company, and opportunities for value capture by Kinaxis customers and prospects. Prior to joining Kinaxis, Trevor worked for i2 Technologies where he held a number of sales & marketing roles and worked with global industry leaders such as Continental, Volkswagen, Nokia, and Thomson. Previous to i2, Trevor worked for Coopers & Lybrand performing several studies in supply chain reengineering for companies such a Levi’s, Burmah Oil, TNT Logistics, AGA Gas, and Schneider Electric amongst others. Trevor has degrees in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Engineering.
Blog posts by Trevor
- Social media in supply chain collaboration August 26th, 2010
- Really unusually uncertain August 24th, 2010
- Electronics component shortages affect many industries August 18th, 2010
- Lessons learned from AMR Top 25 Supply Chain for 2010 August 9th, 2010
- Why S&OP? Why now? July 26th, 2010
- S&OP: Do you adapt the technology to the process, or the process to the technology? July 21st, 2010
- Planning and response: The two sides of the same coin July 12th, 2010
- What-if you had What-if for S&OP? July 6th, 2010
- Closing the gaps in supply chain management June 18th, 2010
- What’s behind the renewed interest in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)? June 10th, 2010
All blog posts by Trevor
2010
- Social media in supply chain collaboration August 26th, 2010
- Really unusually uncertain August 24th, 2010
- Electronics component shortages affect many industries August 18th, 2010
- Lessons learned from AMR Top 25 Supply Chain for 2010 August 9th, 2010
- Why S&OP? Why now? July 26th, 2010
- S&OP: Do you adapt the technology to the process, or the process to the technology? July 21st, 2010
- Planning and response: The two sides of the same coin July 12th, 2010
- What-if you had What-if for S&OP? July 6th, 2010
- Closing the gaps in supply chain management June 18th, 2010
- What’s behind the renewed interest in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)? June 10th, 2010
- Observations from the AMR Supply Chain Executive Conference: The constant interplay between efficiency and effectiveness June 8th, 2010
- Human intelligence and machine stupidity: Supply chains are about effectiveness, not only efficiency May 13th, 2010
- Can you get too Lean? April 30th, 2010
- I am adamant that good decisions can be made without perfect data April 27th, 2010
- An imminent threat to Western brand owners April 23rd, 2010
- Subscription pricing is the true disruptive innovation April 12th, 2010
- How can you evolve from business intelligence to business value? April 7th, 2010
- Talent and the supply chain March 25th, 2010
- Old-school organizational power structures thwart business performance: The old dogs need to learn new tricks March 11th, 2010
- Envisioning the new normal and other supply chain phenomena February 23rd, 2010
- New blood, fresh ideas in Pharma February 10th, 2010
- Visibility, supply chain performance, and benchmarking: A virtuous circle February 9th, 2010
- Supply chain KPIs: what’s important? January 27th, 2010
- APICS webcast on pharmaceutical supply chain now available on demand January 22nd, 2010
- Improved Planning: Looking for clearer forecasts as recovery nears January 19th, 2010
- Complimentary Aberdeen report on demand management January 15th, 2010
- SCM predictions for 2010: Lessons from the retail world January 4th, 2010
2009
- I am adamant that an accurate forecast does not reduce demand volatility December 18th, 2009
- The rules of response December 16th, 2009
- S&OP that matters…Bridge the disconnect between reality and planning December 14th, 2009
- Agile responsiveness in the supply chain driven by extreme information exchange December 9th, 2009
- A must-attend APICS webcast: Prescriptions for the modern-day pharmaceutical supply chain December 4th, 2009
- The supply chain gremlin that stole Christmas? November 30th, 2009
- Benioff says the old software business model is dead. So what’s new? November 20th, 2009
- Is your company leaking money by not fully leveraging purchase volumes and buying power? November 16th, 2009
- Is the supply chain finally being recognized by the mainstream as a strategic capability of a company? November 2nd, 2009
- Supply chain 2015 – the blurring of operational supply chain planning and execution October 27th, 2009
- Regaining control: improving visibility into and decision-making of outsourcing relationships October 15th, 2009
- Supplier collaboration needs to go far beyond the tactical exchange of data September 29th, 2009
- A final call for demand management webcast September 22nd, 2009
- AT&T recognizes benefits of closer collaboration September 21st, 2009
- A must-attend IW webcast with Cisco VP, Karl Braitberg and demand management researcher, Dr. Larry Lapide September 17th, 2009
- Complimentary Aberdeen report: success strategies for managing integrated demand-supply networks September 14th, 2009
- Demand management lessons learned from the H1N1 virus September 11th, 2009
- Reconciling financial plans and S&OP August 7th, 2009
- More collaboration, and less control; more coordination, and less optimization July 29th, 2009
- Is a pure IP play the correct strategy for the new world? July 28th, 2009
- What constitutes agility? July 17th, 2009
- Volatility is here to stay July 13th, 2009
- Supply chain growing in popularity June 30th, 2009
- Recession or reset? June 23rd, 2009
- Supply chain risk: a moving and continuous target June 5th, 2009
- Linking financial data to supply chain performance June 2nd, 2009
- Supply chain agility, adaptability and alignment May 1st, 2009
- Consolidated procurement reduces supply chain costs April 23rd, 2009
- What dogmas in supply chain management are not relevant any more? April 16th, 2009
- Emerging supply chains require more collaboration and less control; more coordination and less optimization April 13th, 2009
- Cloud computing: the next disruptive breakthrough for ERP? March 16th, 2009
- Lean manufacturing and coping with uncertainty and rapid change February 27th, 2009
- The supply chain is the life blood of money management February 10th, 2009
- Bankruptcy fears grip auto-parts suppliers. What should they do? January 27th, 2009
- Nearly all supply chain risks are unanticipated January 20th, 2009
- Calvin & Hobbs explain the Wall Street and auto industry bailouts January 16th, 2009
2008
- The past is not always an accurate indicator of the future December 15th, 2008
- Managing supply chain performance in a recession December 5th, 2008
- What impact will the credit crunch have on lean manufacturing? November 28th, 2008
- Circuit City closing stores – what’s the supply chain impact? October 21st, 2008
- Supply chain lessons learned from the credit crisis October 9th, 2008
- Succeeding with supply chain planning August 22nd, 2008
- i2 bought by JDA August 13th, 2008
