On October 18th Prof. dr. Bram Desmet is invited to be part of the Gartner Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) Executive Forum in Hamburg, Germany. The focus of his presentation will be on Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics and fits perfectly into the agenda of...
In his foreword to my book and in earlier linkedin posts, Frank Vorrath, talks about the evolution towards a supply chain ecosystem. The idea was initially launched by Prof Martin Christopher from Cranfield University that we are no longer competing companies against companies, but as...
In an earlier blog we have already analyzed that different strategies lead to different supply chains and that supply chain is often mistaken for operational excellence or lowest cost only. In this we analyze whether all partners in a Supply Chain Ecosystem share the same...
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How much inventory do you really need? Companies try to answer in 2 ways: top-down and bottoms-up. In a top-down approach, we define an ‘overall’ target for our business unit, based on a benchmark, or based on last years’ performance. In a bottoms-up approach, we...
Today at the ‘Dag van Inkoop & Logistiek’ of VIB in Antwerp, I came across Timmy Thijs, who is teamleader inventory management at Atlas Copco for the aftermarket operations. The challenges for managing aftermarket inventories are multiple, so I thought it was worthwhile listing some...
During the Supply Chain Network 2018, organized by Vlerick Business School, Prof. dr. Bram Desmet will give a keynote on Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics: The Supply Chain Triangle of Service, Cost & Cash at the Vlerick Business School in Ghent, on November 8th. SUPPLY...
During this workshop, organized by Intent Group, Prof. dr. Bram Desmet will moderate a discussion on Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics at the Old Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on May 23rd. SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY AND FINANCIAL METRICS DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE: Which financial metrics...
This blog discusses the impact of sustainability on strategy and the supply chain triangle. It is based on a discussion with Mathias Fahy, sustainability expert at MÖBIUS, a European management consultancy. Mathias was preparing a workshop on sustainability, for a technology company that historically qualifies...
Last week I had the opportunity to introduce the key concepts of my book “Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics” to a group of senior production managers in the Netherlands. When I introduce strategy using the model of Treacy & Wiersema, time and again I...