Five Secrets for 21st Century Supply Chain IT
What IT directors need to know to help their enterprise compete in today’s global economy.
This white paper gives IT directors the inside track on how to adapt their supply chain to meet both the operations performance and IT
challenges of the modern supply chain. It presents five powerful “secrets” that can help you move on from the linear tactics of the
past, and take concrete steps toward a dynamic future and a more ideal supply chain solution for the 21st century.
Inventory Rationalization & Right Sizing Strategies
When examining the crucial factors that are influencing operations performance during these tough economic times, inventory exposure is a topic raised frequently.
Appropriately rationalizing your company’s inventory management strategies is of vital importance to business performance. Too much inventory, or inventory which is poorly positioned, can result in impacts on cost and cash flow that can be potentially fatal in the current business climate. The goal of an appropriate inventory strategy is to ensure that you can maximize your opportunities in the market place with as little inventory as possible. This takes a clear understanding of the various factors that should be considered including product positioning, demand volatility and supply chain disruption risks.
Supply Chain Risk Management Strategy
Since the early part of this decade, supply chain risk management has become increasingly more recognized as a critical part of corporate strategy. The move to leaner, global supply chains and events such as severe weather and financial instability have highlighted the risk of disrupted supply. Traditional approaches to supply chain risk management have focused on risk assessment and mitigation; but there is another side. Despite the best planning and preparation, not all events can be anticipated. When unplanned events occur, a company must be prepared to respond quickly and effectively or risk suffering financial and customer service losses.
Read this whitepaper to learn more about the capabilities required to support the two sides of supply chain risk management mitigation and response.
Four Essential Requirements for Today's Supply Chain Management Solutions
Kinaxis interview with Rob Bell, director service operations and IT about his white paper: Four Essential Requirements for Today's Supply Chain Management Solutions.
Part 1 - Kinaxis interview with Trevor Miles: Four Capabilities Required for 21st Century S&OP
Part 1 - Randy Littleson interviews Trevor Miles of Kinaxis about his recent white paper: Four Capabilities Required for 21st Century Sales and Operations Planning.
Part 2 - Kinaxis interview with Trevor Miles: Four Capabilities Required for 21st Century S&OP
Part 2 - Randy Littleson interviews Trevor Miles of Kinaxis about his recent white paper: Four Capabilities Required for 21st Century Sales and Operations Planning.
Kinaxis Successfully Completes SAS 70 Type II Examination
Kinaxis™ Inc., provider of the on-demand RapidResponse service that empowers multi-enterprise manufacturers with the collaborative and integrated demand-supply planning, monitoring, and response capabilities required in today’s complex and dynamic world, today announced that it recently completed its first examination in conformity with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70), for the period May 1, 2008 through October 31, 2008. This widely recognized audit standard can help Kinaxis customers and their auditors to address the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley.
Providing a more energy efficient and green supply chain
The price
of oil over the last year has had a dramatic impact on supply chains around the globe. In this video, we spoke to
Larry Lapide, MIT demand management research director,
about the implications of oil prices on the supply chain and on
supply chain management processes.
Larry describes how superior supply and demand matching can provide a more energy efficient and green supply chain.
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
In this
video, we sat down with MIT's demand management research
director, Larry Lapide, and discussed his views on sales and operations planning (S&OP). Larry comments
that he's always been a big fan of planning, but acknowledges that a plan can only take you so far. There's a
lot of uncertainty in demand and supply that will lead to some degree of plan inaccuracy or risk that must be
managed. Larry also comments on the importance of taking risks to win in the market and how that must be
supported by supply chain risk management strategies as a part of the S&OP process.
Why you need to re-evaluate your approach to supply chain planning
Kirsten Watson
and Randy Littleson sat down to discuss the new white paper
"Why you need to re-evaluate
your approach to supply chain planning." In this video, we discuss the market forces that are driving
this need and why the traditional approach to supply chain planning is no longer meeting today's requirements.
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