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Christmas S&OP: Santa & Opening Presents
Dave Jordan Wed, Dec 08, 2021
“Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh…” How many of you started to sing those lines? Yes, the festive period is fast approaching and the biggest and best supply chain in the world is almost ready to activate. This is always the most…
Top 10 Tips for FMCG Intensive Care Recovery KPIs
Dave Jordan Wed, Nov 24, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In previous articles we have looked at what your FMCG supply chain needs in order to be competitive in the market. However, what…
Top 10 Year-end Tips For Your Supply Chain
Dave Jordan Wed, Nov 17, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. The end of the year approaches and some things never change! The same supply chain and business challenges are popping up and…
Top 10 Tips to improve 3PLP inventory control: Avoid stock-shock
Dave Jordan Wed, Nov 10, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In a recent article we looked at the problems of excess stock at distributors and again we look at inventory but this time at 3rd…
Top 7 Pitfalls to AVOID in S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, Nov 03, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In a previous article I discussed the top 10 tips to promote positive and productive behaviours within the S&OP process. Here, I…
Top 10 Tips for Efficient Manufacturing Response in S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, Oct 20, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In a recent article we looked at the Top 10 Tips for efficient New Product Development in S&OP. This latest article looks at what…
Top 10 Tips to Effective Customer Service in FMCG
Dave Jordan Tue, Oct 12, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In a recent article we looked at the Top Tips to make the SC-RtM interface a force for good and not a source of conflict, blame…
Top 10 Tips to Effective RtM & Supply Chain Collaboration
Dave Jordan Tue, Oct 05, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In a recent article we looked at the Top 10 Tips for efficient IT Enablers in S&OP. This latest article looks at what you need in…
Top 10 Tips to Effective Meetings in S&OP
Dave Jordan Tue, Sep 07, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In successful FMCG companies, Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) is the flexible glue that holds your processes together, ensuring…
Top 10 Tips to Effective Sourcing Execution in S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, Sep 01, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In successful FMCG companies, Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) is the flexible glue that holds your processes together, ensuring…
Top 10 Tips to Effective Demand Execution in S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, Aug 25, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In successful FMCG companies, Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) is the flexible glue that holds your processes together, ensuring…
S&OP: Flying and S&OP Engagement
Dave Jordan Fri, Aug 13, 2021
For a long time the sky above our house has seen very few vapour trails as COVID kept thousands of flights grounded. I can see they are slowly but surely returning but would you want to fly, anyway? I wouldn't. Flying stopped being fun a long time…
Top 10 Tips to Effective Financial Evaluation in S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, Aug 11, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In successful FMCG companies, Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) is the flexible glue that holds your processes together, ensuring…
Top 10 Tips to Effective Supply Planning in S&OP
Dave Jordan Tue, Aug 03, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In successful FMCG companies, Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) is the flexible glue that holds your processes together ensuring…
Top 10 Tips to Effective Demand Planning in S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, Jul 28, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House; the one-stop shop for all the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. In successful FMCG companies, Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) is the flexible glue that holds numerous processes together…