Business Continuity within Supply Chain Risk Management

Roger OakdenGlobal Logistics, Logistics Management, Procurement, Supply Chains & Supply Networks

Business Continuity

Start with Business Continuity risks. It does not matter whether implementing risk management in your supply chains is an initiative of the supply chain group or a demand from the board and senior management; it is another requirement placed on the busy schedule of supply chain executives. So, where to start? Recent blogs have discussed the classification of supply chain … Read More

Applications requirements that assist S&OP decisions

Roger OakdenGlobal Logistics, Logistics Management, Procurement, Supply Chains & Supply Networks

Requirements analysis

S&OP is not a software driven project. The recent blogs discussed how Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) can provide the basis for a different way of managing your business. For success, it requires changes to the culture and responsibilities, managing the new process and to a lesser extent, use of software applications. Many activities can be improved through integrating technology … Read More

A common S&OP process for your business helps planning

Roger OakdenGlobal Logistics, Logistics Management, Logistics Planning, Procurement, Supply Chains & Supply Networks

Designing a process

The elements of S&OP. For Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to be successful within your organisation, three elements must work together: People, Process and Applications. As discussed in my previous blog the most critical element is people, S&OP is a journey towards collaboration so, without the willingness by senior managers (and their reports) to change behaviour a S&OP implementation will fail. The … Read More

Sales & Operations Planning – a proven business process

Roger OakdenGlobal Logistics

Availability through supply chains

S&OP in your business. Planning sits at the heart of your Supply Chains and is one of the three objective measures of the Aim, discussed in the blog Developing a strategy to change your supply chains. The blog of June 20 discussed the objective measure of DIFOTA – delivery in full, on time, with accuracy. This blog introduces the planning … Read More

Assets Support Logistics role in achieving Availability

Roger OakdenGlobal Logistics, Logistics Management, Procurement, Supply Chains & Supply Networks

Cargo containers in shipping yard

Scope of Assets Support Logistics. Planning, scheduling and performance measurement are key for Logistics to achieve its Availability objective. The core of the objective is the ‘time-related positioning of internal and external resources’. These resources include people, IT applications, facilities, equipment and utilities. Organisations measure aspects of delivery for goods, but few measure the performance of internal resources to improve … Read More