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FMCG: Free Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) e-Book
Dave Jordan Wed, Feb 04, 2015
Whether your deployment of Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) is as solid as fine old Cheddar or is more like Emmental after a rodent rampage, you will benefit from this free e-book. The Enchange S&OP e-book tells you what S&OP is, what S&OP does,…
FMCG Company Board : Santa delivers their Christmas gifts
Dave Jordan Mon, Dec 22, 2014
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and you might want to put a penny or even a Euro in an old man’s hat. Once again it is nearly time for a cynical Supply Chain Santa to distribute presents to the FMCG/Brewing/Pharmaceutical Board…
An FMCG Supply Chain Christmas Story
Dave Jordan Thu, Dec 18, 2014
Ebenezer Bruise is a miserly, cold-hearted FMCG CEO, who continues to berate his Supply Chain people even as Christmas approaches. As far as Bruise is concerned every problem in the company is caused by Supply Chain. He rejects a Christmas dinner…
FMCG CEO 2014 Letter to Santa Claus (aka Father Christmas)
Dave Jordan Thu, Dec 11, 2014
Dear Santa, I have been a very good FMCG CEO this year, I promise. If you want, you can check with my shareholders. They know how good I have been this year. Apart from the out of stocks of course, oh and the little mistake where we had to write…
FMCG CEO Gift: Implement S&OP this Christmas – Slade style.
Dave Jordan Tue, Dec 09, 2014
Christmas is coming around quickly so who better than Noddy Holder and Slade to suggest you give a Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) process to your business as a present. This Christmas song has been heard at Christmas every year since 1973! If…
FMCG Supply Chain Consultants – Gok, Martha and Jamie...........
Dave Jordan Wed, Nov 12, 2014
My aging Toyota Land Cruiser is about to clock up an impressive 300,000km on roads that are of variable and low quality. Luckily, the car is built like a tank and comes with bull bars on the front or what I like to call a “Dacia Catcher”. (Dacia as…
FMCG Supply Chains - For Whom the Bell Tolls in Romania?
Stefan Cucu Thu, Oct 30, 2014
We hadn’t seen R. in the last three years. Now this happened in the middle of the street and after the kisses and hugs, the usual ‘how do you do’ followed. People were pushing us angrily, a clear sign that we had to continue this conversation…
FMCG Humour: Supply Chain Communication Clarity
Dave Jordan Wed, Sep 17, 2014
The United States of America, the US of A, Uncle Sam and the land of the three. No, not a typo but three visits to USA by yours truly, that is. Two for business and one for pleasure but you cannot visit there without having fun even if it is after a…
FMCG Supply Chain Communication, Gobbledygook & BS Bingo
Dave Jordan Wed, Sep 10, 2014
I recall laughing out loud when I was first exposed to FMCG BS Bingo – I leave you to work out what BS stands for. This game was designed for boring business meetings where people would pepper their comments and views with the latest buzz-phrases,…
FMCG Supply Chain Insights - In trust we trust!
Stefan Cucu Fri, Sep 05, 2014
No, I’m not suggesting we should start printing Supply Chain bank notes but if these were ever introduced, they would certainly need to contain the phrase above. Or just imagine introducing a new KPI: the trust level inside your Supply Chain, a…
Customer Service: How to get it right and how to get it badly wrong
Dave Jordan Wed, Aug 27, 2014
Just returned from a holiday in Spain. Thinking about it, our trips to UK do not really count as holidays as they inevitably involve moving heavy boxes up and downstairs as the heiress (click here for unashamed plug of heiress art work) changes…
FMCG Beer stock outs and the Otopeni airport baggage carousel
Dave Jordan Wed, May 28, 2014
Quite a bit of travel recently with a trip in each of the last three weeks. Regular readers will be aware I do not particularly like flying these days, not out of fear but simply the hassle of getting onto a plane. I am now down to simple trainers,…
FMCG/Pharmaceuticals: Macbeth Supply Chain S&OP Soliloquy
Dave Jordan Wed, Apr 23, 2014
As we celebrate St George's Day and the birthday of William Shakespeare (also the date he died!) what would the great bard think about S&OP in FMCG and Pharmaceuticals? Is this a plan which I see before me, The numbers are as we planned? Come, let…
FMCG, Pharmaceuticals S&OP: Team work is critical for success
Dave Jordan Wed, Apr 16, 2014
“What do you call a smiling, friendly and courteous person at a sales conference?” The caterer. “How do you save a drowning supply chain guy?” Take your foot off his head. “What is black and brown and looks really good on a sales guy?” A Rottweiler.…
Is this the most perfect FMCG or Pharma or Drinks Supply Chain ever?
Dave Jordan Tue, Apr 01, 2014
I will not reveal the name of the organisation for obvious reasons but their Supply Chain is one very impressive, slick machine. Across the Source, Plan, Make and Deliver Supply Chain disciplines we can see excellence and leading edge systems and…