SCC has interviewed an experienced practitioner for their unique perspective on Supply Chain Planning. Some of these interviews are produced below. The views of the individuals expressed are their own, and not necessarily those of SCC.
Ed HullerIn our inaugural ViewPoint interview, Ed shares his experiences and lessons learned while stewarding the supply chain at Borden Chemicals. Borden's improvements leveraged mechanisms and controls for better forecasting, production planning and inventory management. |
Joe Andraski, VICS Managing DirectorJoe Andraski is a leader in efforts to promote collaborative commerce and shares with SCCinsight readers what he asserts is a critical differentiator in competitive improvement: Leadership and a culture of excellence. |
Don ShobrysDon has developed strategies for managing change and operations improvement at over 70 Fortune 1000 companies. In this month's Viewpoint, he offers a way to kick start a genuine culture of continuous supply chain improvement. |
Elliott MandelmanElliott Mandelman discusses the differences between demand management and forecasting. Demand management helps recognize the extent of forecast error and uses that information to buffer inventory and maintain customer service levels. |
Ed Mahler, E.G. Mahler and AssociatesEd has published an article that posed a methodology for managing supply chain improvement. We follow his piece with some direct questions on how these techniques can be applied in the real world. |
Jeffrey HowardJeffrey Howard discusses some of the challenges in placing a software scheduling solution into the complex and volatile environment of refineries. |