Archive for Consulting Services
S&OP is Not a Supply Chain Process!
· CommentsSo says Peter Skurla, the man credited with coining the phrase “Sales & Operations Planning” and a principal at Oliver Wight, the consulting organization most strongly associated with expertise in S&OP. Over my years of covering supply chain management, several companies have told me how helpful “Ollie Wight” has been in helping them get to a better S&OP process.
In a conversation with Peter, he made the point… Continue reading
Last month, HighJump issued a press release that really caught my eye. It wasn’t so much the headline (“HighJump Software Offers Promotion Including Complementary ROI Assessment for Its Labor Management System”), but a sentence buried deep in the press release: “This special offer for HighJump Labor Advantage allows companies with constrained capital budgets to realize the benefits of a labor management system before paying for the license
IBM’s New “Green” Consulting Offering
· CommentsBack in November, I commented on how I was feeling a bit “greened out,” how there were fewer and fewer new developments to discuss or analyze, and how all the case studies presented at conferences were sounding the same to me (“All Greened Out (Until the Asteroid Comes)“). I was ready for the next phase of innovation, and I highlighted a couple of hypothetical case studies that I was… Continue reading
I’ve been writing a lot lately about labor in logistics. In fact, “maximizing the productivity of available labor” was one of the six attributes for success that I highlighted in my recent postings (“Attributes of Tomorrow’s Industry Leaders” and “Technologies to Maximize Labor Productivity in Logistics“). At the risk of beating a topic to death, I’m focusing on this topic again today, prompted by two announcements this week… Continue reading
