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Selling technology solutions A LAL blogpost written one year ago discussed the potential uncertainties of developing and using artificial intelligence (AI) within your supply chains. As the rate of promotional activities has not slowed, think about the steps to take before AI. In competitive technology situations, there are products to sell and concepts for potential buyers to get excited about. … Read More

Uncertainty in Supply Chains What new risks in your organisation’s supply chains have been identified? In the past week articles have discussed the potential (new?) risks to global supply chains from the outage of communication cables under the Red Sea. Also that the current lack of rainfall in Panama could be a risk to the long-term viability of the Panama … Read More

Why change? Does your company or organisation employ a person responsible for all aspects of supply chains and who reports to the CEO or a senior executive? Surveys indicate that the majority do not. But with all the media coverage of events that disrupt supply chains, why is this? It could be that the majority of businesses are structured as … Read More

Different requirements In manufacturing businesses, production run lengths have become shorter, due in part to the real or imagined need for product extensions that address narrow customer and consumer needs. There is less of high volume Make to Stock (MTS) and more of High Mix, Low Volume (HMLV) under descriptors of Make to Order (MTO) and Assemble to Order (ATO). … Read More

Planning is a macro view Planning roles have always been analytical, but there is now an increasing emphasis on working with system applications and tools to assist the integration of transaction data with annual budgets or ERP outputs. With the increasing ease of re-running Operational models, the objective of Planning appears to be output that is accurate and fast. But … Read More