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Most case studies are not scientific
Most case studies are not scientific
Risk-adjusted decision
Risk-adjusted decision
Either trust the expert or become one
Either trust the expert or become one
The basket perspective
The basket perspective
Humans are great with the outliers
Humans are great with the outliers
Numerical recipe
Numerical recipe
Evaluating predictive model quality based on one reality
Evaluating predictive model quality based on one reality
Dead stock
Dead stock
Check your supply chain vision
Check your supply chain vision
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Vendor-Managed Inventory
Vendor-Managed Inventory
What will tomorrow look like?
What will tomorrow look like?
Drop shipping
Drop shipping
Supply chain education vs practice.
Supply chain education vs practice.
Human processors can beat a planning engine.
Human processors can beat a planning engine.
Price breaks
Price breaks
State of AI literacy in Supply Chain.
State of AI literacy in Supply Chain.
Any metric or KPI can be gamed.
Any metric or KPI can be gamed.
DDMRP
DDMRP
The Boomerang Effect of low quality.
The Boomerang Effect of low quality.
The reality of business cases.
The reality of business cases.
Bullwhip effect
Bullwhip effect
Data Science Ivory Tower
Data Science Ivory Tower
Just-In-Time (JIT)
Just-In-Time (JIT)
All Supply Chain Conferences be like
All Supply Chain Conferences be like
Proof Of Concept (POC)
Proof Of Concept (POC)
Virtue Signaling in Supply Chain
Virtue Signaling in Supply Chain
Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
First In, First Out (FIFO)
First In, First Out (FIFO)
Bureaucracy meets bleeding edge AI
Bureaucracy meets bleeding edge AI
Averages always lie in Supply Chain
Averages always lie in Supply Chain
Digital Twin (in Supply Chain)
Digital Twin
Lead demand
Lead demand
Inventory turnover
Inventory turnover
Crafting thousands of KPIs is simple
Crafting thousands of KPIs is simple
Kanban
Kanban
Forecast value added
Forecast value added
Be like Nike - just do it!
Be like Nike - just do it!
Business intelligence
Business intelligence
Decision process may be the bottleneck
Decision process may be the bottleneck
CRUD
CRUD
ABC XYZ analysis
ABC XYZ analysis
Reduced lead time for the customer
Reduced lead time for the customer
If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail
If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail
Copacking
Copacking
Bottlenecks always exist in supply chain
Bottlenecks always exist in supply chain
Even lean supply chains need stock
Even lean supply chains need stock
Micro fulfilment
Micro fulfilment
Not learning basics can be costly in supply chain
Not learning basics can be costly in supply chain
Backtesting
Backtesting
Customer satisfaction comes at a price nobody wants to pay
Customer satisfaction comes at a price nobody wants to pay
Probabilistic forecasting
Probabilistic forecasting
Time series
Time series
Inventory accuracy
Inventory accuracy
What seems too good to be true
What seems too good to be true
Fill rate
Fill rate
Supply chain management: software, math, statistics...
Supply chain management: software, math, statistics...
ABC analysis
ABC analysis
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
What if the industry standard is wrong?
What if the industry standard is wrong?
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
De-risking high-impact projects
De-risking high-impact projects
Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
Be caferul what you negotiate for
Be caferul what you negotiate for
Min/Max inventory method
Min/Max inventory method
POCs in software development are nonsense
POCs in software development are nonsense
Reorder point
Reorder point
Everybody wants the new shiny thing, but nobody wants to change
Everybody wants the new shiny thing, but nobody wants to change
Safety stock
Safety stock supply chain flashcard.
Are you controlling the system or is the system controlling you?
Are you controlling the system or is the system controlling you?
Service level
Service level supply chain flashcard.
Increasing the assortment certainly increases supply chain complexity
Increasing the assortment certainly increases supply chain complexity
Perpetual inventory
Perpetual inventory explained in supply chain flashcard.
The correlation causation paradox in supply chain
The correlation causation paradox in supply chain
Forecast accuracy
Forecast accuracy supply chain flashcard.
Seeing the solution rather than the problem
Seeing the solution rather than the problem
Naked forecasts
Naked forecasts antipattern explained through supply chain flashcard.
One Size Fits All rarely works in Supply Chains
One Size Fits All rarely works in Supply Chains
Phantom inventory
Phantom inventory supply chain flashcard.
Your peers can be your biggest enemies
Your peers can be your biggest enemies
Inventory costs
Inventory costs supply chain flashcard.
Not all ideas are born equal
Not all ideas are born equal
Seasonality
seasonality
Pricing is not the only thing that matters
Pricing is not the only thing that matters
Replenishment
Replenishment
Packaged vs customized supply chain solutions
Packaged vs customized supply chain solutions
Backorders
Backorders
A bad plan is better than none
A bad plan is better than none
Stockout
Stockout
Understanding HOW makes the difference
Understanding HOW makes the difference
Lead time
Lead time
Learning from mistakes is costly in Supply Chain
Learning from mistakes is costly in Supply Chain
Changing vision leads to changing the Supply Chain
Changing vision leads to changing the Supply Chain
Separating pricing and inventory planning
Separating pricing and inventory planning
The longer the lead time, the more extremes matter
The longer the lead time, the more extremes matter
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion
Using average forecast for decision-making
Using average forecast for decision-making
RFP process focusing on the solution instead of the problem
RFP process focusing on the solution instead of the problem
Proof of concept vs reality
Proof of concept vs reality
Forecasting accuracy hall of fame
Forecasting accuracy hall of fame
Mondays in Supply Chain Management
Mondays in Supply Chain Management
The magic BI pot
The magic BI pot
In theory, S&OP balances out planning errors
In theory, S&OP balances out planning errors
Easier does not always means better
Easier does not always means better
How many software products are needed for planning?
How many software products are needed for planning?
Division of labor in supply chain
Division of labor in supply chain
Dolus Bonus: A vendor has the right to lie...
Dolus Bonus: A vendor has the right to lie...
Slower, lower, weaker!
Slower, lower, weaker!
When you want to discontinue planning module of an ERP
When you want to discontinue planning module of an ERP
Supply chain managers trying to do their work...
Supply chain managers trying to do their work...
Mathematical formulas can be both elegant and irrelevant
Mathematical formulas can be both elegant and irrelevant
Exaggerated planning is the most common cause of corporate death
Exaggerated planning is the most common cause of corporate death
Groundbreaking innovations are seldom incremental
Groundbreaking innovations are seldom incremental
Stock is stock - whatever you call it
Stock is stock - whatever you call it
Lead time is also uncertain
Lead time is also uncertain
Demand sensing
Demand sensing
Bureaucracy: Doing something doesn't equal improving something
Bureaucracy: Doing something doesn't equal improving something
Adequate decision policy is the way
Adequate decision policy is the way
Supply chain is not about being right
Supply chain is not about being right
Same same but different
Same same but different
The right level of inventory is a questions of perspective
The right level of inventory is a questions of perspective
Supply chains are living creatures that only stop evolving once they are dead
Supply chains are living creatures that only stop evolving once they are dead
Average demand never creates supply chain disruptions
Average demand never creates supply chain disruptions
Let's assume your supply chain is a sphere...
Let's assume your supply chain is a sphere...
Ferris wheel of rolling demand planning
Ferris wheel of rolling demand planning
Forecast value added...
Forecast value added...
Assume that your competitors aren't idiots...
Assume that your competitors aren't idiots...
The goal of supply chain is not to fall
The goal of supply chain is not to fall
Supply chain constraints eat demand forecast for breakfast
Supply chain constraints eat demand forecast for breakfast
Price elasticity depends on ambient price signals
Price elasticity depends on ambient price signals
Demand doesn't fall from the sky
Demand doesn't fall from the sky
Digital supply chains remain a material challenge
Digital supply chains remain a material challenge
Production of goods creates its own demand
Production of goods creates its own demand
When you want to migrate your ERP
When you want to migrate your ERP
Any improvements made anywhere besides the bottleneck are an illusion
Any improvements made anywhere besides the bottleneck are an illusion
Supply chain is Excel all the way down
Supply chain is Excel all the way down
There are no two supply chains that are identical
There are no two supply chains that are identical
Supply Chain World Structure
Supply Chain World Structure
The ‘need’ for a product is relative.
The ‘need’ for a product is relative.
The law of small numbers in supply chain: large numbers are made small again.
The law of small numbers in supply chain, large numbers are made small again.
When arrival rate exceeds service throughput, wait time becomes infinite.
When arrival rate exceeds service throughput, wait time becomes infinite.
If demand suddenly increases, lead times do so as well!
If demand suddenly increases, lead times do so as well!
It’s easier to move the warehouse than to migrate the warehouse system
It’s easier to move the warehouse than to migrate the warehouse system.
Outliers are the standards in supply chain
‘Outliers' are the standard in Supply Chain. 'When things go wrong, they go really wrong...
