Posts Tagged ‘ recession ’

Transforming the Supply Chain with Forecasting and Demand Planning at Electrocomponents plc

April 14, 2011
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Transforming the Supply Chain with Forecasting and Demand Planning at Electrocomponents plc

Tweet The Background… Throughout a financially turbulent 2009, the Supply Chain at Electrocomponents plc needed to better integrate into the business and become more intelligent, agile and effective. Just two years into our long-term transformation journey, our key innovations have been to: Introduce formal forecasting. Embed leading Supply Chain thinking including demand planning and SIOP…

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New Years Resolution, A Bit Early

September 21, 2009
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New Years Resolution, A Bit Early

Tweet As we ease out of crisis mode and plan for more stable waters, we find ourselves asking  how  can we take advantage of the upturn, and what will it take to do so? Going back to my undergraduate days of pursuing my degree in Education makes me think of the structure of a lesson…

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Are our Supply Chain Strategies Redistributing Economic Wealth and Standards of Living?

May 28, 2009
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Are our Supply Chain Strategies Redistributing Economic Wealth and Standards of Living?

Tweet At a time where recessionary forces are at work, many questions are being asked about how businesses have evolved their management practices and how this has affected their many stakeholders. The extent and depth of the recession has surprised many, and expansion of the ranks of the unemployed has hampered demand, seriously affecting patterns…

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