Introduction: Link between Strategy and Operational practices Back in 2016, I wrote an article on LinkedIn that followed the linkage of Corporate strategy to Operational
Month: February 2020
A guide to leveraging Kraljic Matrix for Strategic Sourcing
Introduction One of the key milestones of procurement transformation was a paper by Peter Kraljic in 1983 in which he described a way of analyzing
Avoiding five common pitfalls of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes
Like many other integrated planning and Supply Chain planning processes, S&OP also has evolved significantly with recent advances in technology and computing. Those familiar with
Sourcing Executive’s guide to leveraging Analytical methods for ranking suppliers
Supplier Selection Problem: Ranking of Suppliers In real world, sourcing executives generally have a large pool of suppliers to select from. In terms of leveraging analytics,
How your Supply Chain could have been better prepared for epidemics like Coronavirus
I have received few requests asking for my 2 cents on learnings from Coronavirus epidemic impact on Supply Chains so here we go (I will
Transportation Cost reduction: A suggested analysis approach
Introduction In the waves of hype around Advanced analytics, we may sometimes lose the focus on the fact that there will always be some form
