Supply chain visibility is at the top of many executives’ priority lists. Capgemini conducted a survey in May 2011, and found that 45 percent of the survey takers listed visibility as their main goal for the year. Have you started yet?
This week’s limerick (11)
A purchaser coming from Rye
from China sourced all he could buy.
With lead times too long
most forecasts went wrong.
And unsellable stock turned high.
Are you struggling with demand-supply matching and long lead times? Revisit our posts on supplier collaboration and inventory visibility?
The Supplier Collaboration Challenge – going global AND local at the same time
Talking to a major grocery wholesale/retail customer confirmed how changing demand patterns also heavily affect supplier management. The retailer needed to build better relationships with remote suppliers and at the same time satisfy a growing demand for local food products. They asked us how we could help them enable new suppliers cost-effectively with supplier collaboration technology.
Design for Change
You have down-sized and maybe outsourced in the recession. You struggle to ramp-up quickly enough and grumble over new product introductions when the wheels start to spin. Let’s face it; the only stable factor in supply chain is a constant need for change. It is time to make that part of your design!




