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Supporting S&OP & pre-historic factory managers
Dave Jordan Thu, Mar 07, 2013
Back in the murky depths of time before the birth of humanity and Supply Chains, only dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Fighting and killing their way around the bubbling, steaming globe before an asteroid cut short their existence, allegedly. Sharks,…
Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP): From Chaos to Cruise Control
Dave Jordan Mon, Mar 04, 2013
You could hear the groans around the room when the CEO announced to the company that they had decided to finally implement Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP). Enchange was asked to facilitate the implementation - no, they were not groaning at…
Let us dance to Supply Chain
Stefan Cucu Fri, Mar 01, 2013
Our guest blogger Stefan Cucu returns with a blog about dancing...... Every year on my father’s birthday we eat the same cakes and say the same things. The things that are common but very important, e.g. the family and health. Then father blows out…
FMCG S&OP Leadership: has it gone to the dogs?
Dave Jordan Thu, Feb 21, 2013
If you live in or have visited Bucharest you may well have seen one or two stray dogs hanging around the city. Well, ok more than one or two but numbers have certainly decreased over the last couple of years. A proposal was made in 2010 to organise…
Top Secret: Special Agent Assignment: Spamfall and S&OP
Dave Jordan Mon, Feb 11, 2013
Secret Agent Jon D Beams glided through the polished corridors of HQ. Reaching his destination door he knocked and entered at the same time and introduced himself as Beams, Jon D Beams. The swooning Miss Cashnickel smiled a Colgate smile and without…
FMCG S&OP: Enabling change as good as the best CEO
Dave Jordan Mon, Dec 17, 2012
Nearly the year end. Have you started planning for that party? Are the presents all sorted out? Cards ready before the final posting date? No, I thought not. All the fuss will be over before you know it and then January will see the usual raft of…
Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) : the CEO needs to get a grip
Dave Jordan Tue, Nov 13, 2012
People ask me what is it like working in Supply Chain and my usual reply is “wetting yourself in a dark suit. You get a warm feeling but nobody notices”. If everything is progressing well then at best you are ignored but when something goes wrong in…
FMCG/Brewing/Pharma CEO Performance Appraisal
Dave Jordan Wed, Oct 24, 2012
FMCG/Brewing/Pharma CEO Performance Appraisal Name: This Couldbeyou Location: Anywhere Role: CEO Sector: FMCG/Brewing/Pharmaceutical Summary of Performance The local economy continues to struggle in the difficult global economic climate and perhaps…
Is APO music to your Supply Chain ears.........ABBA?
Dave Jordan Fri, Oct 05, 2012
There are many ways to link all the different planning activities in your FMCG company. This could be done with one single tool like the SAP Advanced Planning Optimiser or a host of other tools and packages. As with all IT you need to know how to…
Quarter 4 Opportunities for FMCG, Brewing and Pharma Companies
Dave Jordan Thu, Sep 27, 2012
Hold on a minute, how did we get to this time in the year? I know time appears to hasten as you grow older but this year has flown by. One minute we were eagerly awaiting the Olympics and now we heading directly into a northern hemisphere winter and…
FMCG CEO : An important reunion with S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, Jul 18, 2012
Here at Missing Pieces/Fractured Families/Long Lost Family – delete as per local programming presented by irritating celebrity – we help people find family and friends they have not seen for many years. Often, we are a last resort after all other…
Silo & Obstructional Priorities (S&OP) in FMCG
Dave Jordan Wed, Jun 20, 2012
Today I am getting ready to do business in my nameless dysfunctional FMCG business. For “FMCG” you can substitute ANY business sector you wish. I pull on my tough walking boots that will do very well at hiking and climbing and dealing with any water…
No S&OP in your FMCG business? A CEO’s Lament (Vienna, Ultravox)
Dave Jordan Tue, Jun 12, 2012
How the CEO of an FMCG, Brewing or Pharmaceutical company might come to realise they need Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP). If you hear your boss singing in a locked office you now know why! With due credit to the song and original lyrics from…
Who wears the trousers in your FMCG/Brewing/Pharma S&OP process?
Dave Jordan Wed, Jun 06, 2012
Ok, I think it is fairly clear I am a big fan of S&OP. In companies without structure and process this is a way to establish a solid operational framework in a business and this does not actually cost a lot of money or need expensive or complicated…
New Product Development (NPD) needs direct linkage to S&OP
Dave Jordan Wed, May 30, 2012
There is enough disruption and discontinuity in supply chains without the necessary evil of new product development (NPD) and product change getting in the way. Just when everyone has become used to ordering, storing, picking, delivering or…