John Westerveld is a demo architect for Kinaxis. Previously, John was a product manager responsible for supply management , supply chain risk management, application interface and framework, integration management and server. He joined Kinaxis over 7 years ago bringing with him 16 years of manufacturing experience, including 10 years in the information technology field. John is a qualified APICS instructor and is certified APICS CPIM.
Blog posts by John
- SCM30: How Has Technology Changed Supply Chain Management Today? May 4th, 2012
- Is Just-in-Time Out of Time? April 30th, 2012
- What’s that strange glow? Is it my supply chain? April 10th, 2012
- Monkeying Around with the Supply Chain: The Chaos Monkey Strikes! March 27th, 2012
- Automotive lessons learned from the Japan quake apply to other sectors, too! March 19th, 2012
- Even more ways to improve your supply chain management March 5th, 2012
- Supply Chain education – no planner left behind February 29th, 2012
- What is the “right” S&OP tool? February 2nd, 2012
- The mobile revolution hits the supply chain January 25th, 2012
- Did the Japan earthquake impact your supply chain? What if something similar happens in China? January 10th, 2012
All blog posts by John
2012
- SCM30: How Has Technology Changed Supply Chain Management Today? May 4th, 2012
- Is Just-in-Time Out of Time? April 30th, 2012
- What’s that strange glow? Is it my supply chain? April 10th, 2012
- Monkeying Around with the Supply Chain: The Chaos Monkey Strikes! March 27th, 2012
- Automotive lessons learned from the Japan quake apply to other sectors, too! March 19th, 2012
- Even more ways to improve your supply chain management March 5th, 2012
- Supply Chain education – no planner left behind February 29th, 2012
- What is the “right” S&OP tool? February 2nd, 2012
- The mobile revolution hits the supply chain January 25th, 2012
- Did the Japan earthquake impact your supply chain? What if something similar happens in China? January 10th, 2012
- Control Tower Concepts: Hey…you got supply chain in my project management! January 5th, 2012
2011
- Don’t put all your supply chain eggs in one basket December 14th, 2011
- When spreadsheets go bad… November 1st, 2011
- Part 2: Thoughts from Kinexions – A new way to think about S&OP October 24th, 2011
- Part 1: Thoughts from Kinexions – A new way to think about S&OP October 21st, 2011
- Increase the effectiveness of the executive S&OP meeting – Part 2 August 31st, 2011
- Increase the effectiveness of the executive S&OP meeting – Part 1 August 30th, 2011
- People don’t see the distinction between the company that owns the brand and the company that makes the product August 3rd, 2011
- Natural disasters aren’t the only risks in town July 22nd, 2011
- Sustainability: Start small, stay focused, keep going July 14th, 2011
- Will on-shoring be the trend for 2011/2012? June 15th, 2011
- Happy (early) Earth Day! Green your supply chain with these resources. April 21st, 2011
- It’s earth day for the supply chain too! April 13th, 2011
- Four reasons to stop looking to your ERP vendor to solve all your supply chain problems. March 31st, 2011
- Coping with catastrophe. Can your supply chain recover? February 25th, 2011
- A great school assignment due in Oct. but submitted in Dec. fails! It’s the same in supply chain February 23rd, 2011
- Hot ERP topics – Still hot? January 27th, 2011
- Risk mitigation and rapid response: two sides of the same coin January 4th, 2011
2010
- Perpetual ERP software – a broken model? December 2nd, 2010
- Getting the most out of your enterprise system: it’s all about user adoption November 8th, 2010
- Sustainability in today’s strategic supply chain – insights from Kinexions November 1st, 2010
- The endless debate: Is S&OP about technology? October 25th, 2010
- Going green shouldn’t make you see red September 24th, 2010
- What’s your tip for deploying supply chain software (and keeping your job)? September 16th, 2010
- Counterfeit merchandise: Keeping it real September 9th, 2010
- So Amazon…where the heck is my Kindle? September 2nd, 2010
- Yo Ho Ho and a bag of cement? August 30th, 2010
- S&OP – capitalizing on events while others lose August 16th, 2010
- How are spreadsheets like cockroaches? August 11th, 2010
- Black Swan???…what the heck is a Black Swan? July 28th, 2010
- The supply chain is strategic – are we drinking our own kool aid? July 15th, 2010
- China…times they are a changin’! June 23rd, 2010
- Do you need executive involvement in S&OP? May 25th, 2010
- Cycle counting 101 May 5th, 2010
- 3D TV – Technical marvel, Forecasting puzzle April 21st, 2010
- The supernatural supply chain – it’s a SCARY place! March 16th, 2010
- Top ten reasons YOU should be doing S&OP – Part 2 March 10th, 2010
- Top ten reasons YOU should be doing S&OP – Part 1 March 9th, 2010
- Why don’t you have a supply chain risk management process in place? February 26th, 2010
- Learn from Toyota…the good and the bad February 22nd, 2010
- 5 more steps to ERP software success February 5th, 2010
- Changing expectations: can you respond? February 2nd, 2010
- What are your top three supply chain planning mantras? January 21st, 2010
- Top companies empower employees to act on insights January 11th, 2010
- Visibility in the supply chain: What you can’t see can hurt you. January 6th, 2010
2009
- Why can’t we all just get along? December 11th, 2009
- A supply chain risk management survey by MIT November 18th, 2009
- What is the carbon footprint of your supply chain? November 12th, 2009
- Supplier rationalization: at what cost? November 10th, 2009
- Is Excel the right tool for S&OP? October 1st, 2009
- A successful ERP implementation? One that is never started September 16th, 2009
- Getting it all together: With supply chain growth comes a variety of data sources September 10th, 2009
- Newest supply chain risk: Zombies???? August 31st, 2009
- Lessons learned from a world class supply chain risk management practitioner August 20th, 2009
- Supply chain risks change as the economic tides turn August 17th, 2009
- Demand for green is coming…are you ready? July 27th, 2009
- Where can you get the best bang for your buck when looking to improve lead-times? July 24th, 2009
- Supply chain risk management tips for hurricane season July 2nd, 2009
- Sourcing in China? Might not be such a good deal. June 24th, 2009
- Bad forecasts means poor delivery or high inventories? Maybe there’s another way! June 5th, 2009
- Implementing lean manufacturing and kanbans in a world of high demand volatility May 19th, 2009
- Maintaining data quality. It doesn’t need to be painful! April 30th, 2009
- Do’s and dont’s in supply chain risk management April 27th, 2009
- Is your supply chain ready for a flu pandemic? April 20th, 2009
- Global supply chains and the CIO April 17th, 2009
- Understanding the impact of change across a globally outsourced supply chain April 2nd, 2009
- Identifying and managing suppliers in peril March 20th, 2009
- Dealing with supply chain risks that you can’t avoid March 11th, 2009
- The right supply chain management priorities during the downturn position you for future success March 9th, 2009
- Hold on to your socks – the supply chain risk forecast just got worse! February 13th, 2009
- Which suppliers are most critical to your supply chain? February 9th, 2009
- Don’t count on cheap oil January 21st, 2009
- Strong sales? Think you can weather the storm? Maybe not! January 15th, 2009
- The supply chain in 2009 January 12th, 2009
2008
- The impact of bankruptcy on the supply chain December 12th, 2008
- A “hero culture” is not a good supply chain risk management strategy November 21st, 2008
- It’s not about supply chain visibility. It’s about Response Management. November 16th, 2008
- SCOR considers supply chain risk management November 3rd, 2008
- Dealing with supply chain risks October 7th, 2008
- Are your sales and operations planning (S&OP) tools keeping pace? October 6th, 2008
- Most lag in supply chain risk management September 25th, 2008
