Product and service innovation, driven by digital technologies, is key to gaining extra value from new product introductions. One particularly interesting development is the emergence of modular plants. Forecasting a NPI can be very difficult. Modular plants help companies to scale economically.
I had the opportunity to see Carl Offhaus, Director of Supply Chain & Consumer Services at Stanley Black & Decker, speak at the IE Group’s Sales & Operations Planning Innovation Summit in September. Carl spoke about the techniques his company…
Last month, I wrote a posting on how Walmart is reducing its SKU selection to improve merchandising and reduce complexity. In response, Kate Vitasek, founder of Supply Chain Visions, sent me an article she wrote with Eric Tinker and Shawn…
