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Business Transformation Is not easy Two things will never change: the will to change and the fear of change. There I was, ploughing through lists and lists of the plants, the products, the distribution locations, the customers and the services of this fast-moving-consumer-goods company. Impressive they were, but also painfully complex. A complexity that had […]
HOW SUPLLY CHAIN3.0
BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS Most of the McKinsey (or their clone) trained strategists ask me to show data to back up my assertion that Supply Chain 3.0 is real, and here now. On the other hand, more intuitive executives (mainly from sales and marketing background, as I observe) ask me to explain the benefits of supply chain […]
BUSINESS Transformation is NOT EASY
“Two things will never change: the will to change and the fear of change.” There I was, ploughing through lists and lists of the plants, the products, the distribution locations, the customers and the services of this fast-moving-consumer-goods company. Impressive they were, but also painfully complex. A complexity that had accumulated gradually in bits and […]
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Use Monte Carlo Simulations To Quickly Analyze Supply Chain Model Costs And Influence Stakeholders
Supply Chain Model By Doug Hudgeon The Cost Reduction Tip Taking your business down to its lowest possible operating cost typically involves changing (usually simplifying) processes. When preparing a business case for changing your current processes, it is usually easy to nail down system costs but people costs are almost always problematic. Even if you […]
When The Ship Is Sinking: Focus On Plugging The Hole In The Hull
The History of Ship Is Sinking. My sabbatical from writing blogs over the past few weeks has been interrupted. Besides my day job of consulting, I was focusing on finishing my second book “Know When to Outsource, and How to Do It Well: Outsmart, Outprofit, Outsource”. However, after reading a Harvard Business Review blog, I […]
Who Else Could Benefit From President Trump’s Tariffs: Supply Chain Business
The Tariffs in Supply Chain Business Why We Are Qualified To Write This Article? Over the last three decades we have led and worked on more than 500 projects in supply chain projects in dozens of industries and countries. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS LIKE WE DO – Retail, beverages, food, milk, dairy, […]