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The Silver Lining of COVID-19: A Call for U.S. Manufacturing
Edit this entry Posted on June 7, 2020 0 June 4, 2020 Jon Kirkegaard, SCB Contributor https://www.supplychainbrain.com/authors/7119-jon-kirkegaard-scb-contributor There’s an old consulting adage: If you want to know where the rocks are in the stream, lower the water. This was true in … Continue reading
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Why Supply Chain Collaboration Needs Blockchain
As published in SupplyChainBrain May 2019 Effective collaboration between independent entities is the key to unlocking the value of supply-chain processes. The race to push I.T. applications to the cloud isn’t enough to improve collaboration within the supply chain. The … Continue reading
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Missing – Synchronizing The Independent
Introduction New Approach Required As Recently published in Supplychainbrain https://www.supplychainbrain.com/blogs/1-think-tank/post/29591-the-need-for-blockchain-in-supply-chain-technology The hope, the dream, the expectation of the nearly every CEO has always been to constantly synchronize people, operations and suppliers to yield a more efficient and effective business. Winning businesses … Continue reading
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Blockchain & Supplychain / S&OP
We at DCRA have watched for decades how traditional information technology resources take any problem and when applying technology tend to if not openly push to centralize the solution. We believe the answer in supply chain and in particular … Continue reading
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S&OP time…. there is much behind the name… please follow
In 3 decades of working to improve business cashflow, employment, competitiveness and more nothing compares to the results to the benefits that begin with an understanding and use of a sales and operations planning approach / culture. We will post … Continue reading
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Electric Car’s Same Old Problem
The author of this article about electric cars and Tesla did a nice job stating the obvious Written from a design engineering use case perspective. Why should consumers accept less functionality and durability for alot more money ? Bottom … Continue reading
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Volume production testing at Tesla
A very well written, short thought provoking article challenging Tesla and Elon Musk’s position on skipping pre-production prototypes Likely it is volume production that will be Musk and Tesla’s Achilles Heal ? https://www.forbes.com/sites/bertelschmitt/2017/04/25/teslas-pushing-of-production-boundaries-makes-large-carmakers-yawn/#4331d9b948ba
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Zero Inventory Business
Yes, this is possible we have been helping clients add products to their portfolio that allows lead time of supply to be shorter then lead time of demand. This results in negative working capital. The key to sustaining and growing … Continue reading
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Cloud computing has risks… Your S&OP Should not be restricted to the Cloud
A Inc. we created S&OP solutions in early 2001 for large clients like Siemens. We continue to offer this hybrid solution approach of world class patented technology with rapid impact consulting to our clients. Our approach has been to avoid … Continue reading
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