Lori Smith, corporate communications

lsmith@kinaxis.com

Blog posts by Lori
- Bringing S&OP innovation to the manufacturing sector
January 20th, 2012
- Focusing on the PEOPLE in the traditional people, process, technology triad.
January 6th, 2012
- It’s Time to Embrace Volatility
November 3rd, 2011
- What does response management mean from a capabilities perspective?
September 19th, 2011
- The barrier of integrated business planning isn’t technology. It’s trust.
September 8th, 2011
- CPG companies recognize limitations of planning optimization
August 25th, 2011
- Kinaxis life sciences newsletter: Featuring complimentary analyst case study report on Amgen
August 17th, 2011
- What makes a great supply chain partner 7 years in-a-row?
August 5th, 2011
- An introduction to supply chain response management – From the company that defined the term.
July 27th, 2011
- Managing Uncertainty in Volatile Global Economic Times
July 21st, 2011
All blog posts by Lori
2012
2011
- It’s Time to Embrace Volatility
November 3rd, 2011
- What does response management mean from a capabilities perspective?
September 19th, 2011
- The barrier of integrated business planning isn’t technology. It’s trust.
September 8th, 2011
- CPG companies recognize limitations of planning optimization
August 25th, 2011
- Kinaxis life sciences newsletter: Featuring complimentary analyst case study report on Amgen
August 17th, 2011
- What makes a great supply chain partner 7 years in-a-row?
August 5th, 2011
- An introduction to supply chain response management – From the company that defined the term.
July 27th, 2011
- Managing Uncertainty in Volatile Global Economic Times
July 21st, 2011
- Is your industry competition like swimming with sharks?
July 7th, 2011
- Kinaxis in-memory computing technology takes another leap forward.
June 2nd, 2011
- Top five things Kinaxis will be doing at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference.
May 25th, 2011
- Kinaxis newsletter featuring complimentary analyst report on S&OP maturity.
May 18th, 2011
- Responsiveness – The other half of demand forecasting conversation.
May 5th, 2011
- The Four Keys to S&OP Effectiveness.
April 28th, 2011
- Who knew learning from senior supply chain executives could be so fun?
April 27th, 2011
- New S&OP E-book: Four ways to make S&OP the GPS system for your business.
April 19th, 2011
- The social supply chain: demand side and supply side considerations.
April 1st, 2011
- Do you know the key to continuous integrated business planning?
March 21st, 2011
- Exploring the potential of the social supply chain
March 7th, 2011
- The lighter side of supply chain collaboration.
February 16th, 2011
- Another year of double digit revenue growth for Kinaxis.
January 25th, 2011
- Are you talking about software or my ex?
January 19th, 2011
2010
- Top ten reasons your holiday gift will arrive late…
December 23rd, 2010
- Which industry analyst firm is the most influential in the supply chain space?
December 3rd, 2010
- On demand webcast: How does Flextronics avoid the chaos and risks of being on the tail-end of a bullwhip?
December 1st, 2010
- PJ Jakovljevic: S&OP should become a continuous process and not an annual or quarterly chore
November 30th, 2010
- Patrick Bower: I believe we are close to a transition point with S&OP
November 23rd, 2010
- Atul Chandra Pandey: S&OP must be a closed loop process – volume to mix; executive to execution
November 16th, 2010
- Translating business drivers into technology requirements: How to support today’s S&OP and SCM landscape
November 12th, 2010
- Nari Viswanathan:S&OP is no longer a supply chain driven process – it is purely a business level process
November 9th, 2010
- Coco Crum: The 7 differentiators between S&OP and IBP
November 2nd, 2010
- Bob Ferrari: Process inertia and organizational thinking can derail the progress of an S&OP initiative
October 26th, 2010
- Steve Puricelli: S&OP Evolving into a powerful mechanism to manage and shape business performance
October 19th, 2010
- S&OP stumbling block: Volume only plans are often infeasible at the mix level
October 14th, 2010
- Andrew Reese: Practitioners say organizational change is hardest part, but most important success factor for deploying S&OP
October 12th, 2010
- Simon Ellis: According to IDC’s IT application surveys, S&OP has been the number one or two prioritized investment
October 5th, 2010
- Solving the Biopharma supply chain conundrum: an on-demand webinar
September 29th, 2010
- Eric Tinker: The use of a maturity model for S&OP is critical
September 28th, 2010
- Tom Wallace: Cross-functional collaboration is not a pre-requisite for successful S&OP: it’s a result
September 21st, 2010
- How do you collaborate with your suppliers to synchronize the supply chain?
September 15th, 2010
- Lora Cecere: There are as many definitions of S&OP as there are mutts in the dog pound
September 14th, 2010
- S&OP Experts: Weekly blog interview series starts tomorrow
September 13th, 2010
- What do you look for when selecting an S&OP system?
September 10th, 2010
- High product value, short product shelf-life: Solving the Biopharma-supply chain conundrum
September 8th, 2010
- New Report: S&OP strategies for managing complexity within global supply chains
September 7th, 2010
- Who are the Kinaxis bloggers? 5 questions with Bill Dubois
August 27th, 2010
- Who are the Kinaxis Bloggers? 5 questions with John Sicard
August 13th, 2010
- Who are the Kinaxis Bloggers? 5 questions with Trevor Miles
August 6th, 2010
- All I want for Christmas is….well, not a long-range forecast
August 5th, 2010
- Who are the Kinaxis Bloggers? Part 2 – Monique Rupert
July 30th, 2010
- Behind the name: Who are the Kinaxis bloggers?
July 23rd, 2010
- What’s needed and what’s available in S&OP offerings today?
June 25th, 2010
- What S&OP capabilities matter most?
June 16th, 2010
- 2010 Chief Supply Chain Officer Summit – Free, virtual conference starting tomorrow
June 14th, 2010
- Pharma 2020 – supply chain innovation
May 21st, 2010
- Maintaining competitiveness and operational advantage in a rapidly changing environment
May 10th, 2010
- Wondering about What Ifs – Are we making the most of everyday opportunities?
April 16th, 2010
- The SCM SaaS debate: multi-tenant vs. multi-instance
March 24th, 2010
- Implementation nightmare: The beast that keeps getting bigger
March 12th, 2010
- 7 success factors for today’s supply chain projects
March 5th, 2010
- Webinar: Using segmentation strategies for better demand and supply balancing in the mid-market
March 1st, 2010
- Last chance to register….SCM World Live on Feb 24th
February 22nd, 2010
- Some Friday fun – A Kindle for your chaos!
February 12th, 2010