Adventures in Supply Chain

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95% of businesses are getting THIS wrong with ERP implementation. Are you one of them?

You have probably heard about scary and painful stories about ERP implementations.

Thousands or even millions of dollars thrown at something that is not providing the results you are expecting, on top of all the headaches.

ERPs are a necessary evil. You cannot scale your operations without them. You cannot keep growing without an ERP system that accompanies such growth.

Do ERP rollouts have to be painful?

Yes. I’m sorry if you were expecting a No for an answer. It is a complex transformation in your digital journey.

But, they can be much LESS painful and when the implementation is over, you will have solid foundations to keep growing your business in a profitable way.

If you are considering an ERP implementation for the first time or switching to a different ERP with more functionalities, this episode is for you.

With our guest Sam Gupta, we talk about the following:

• When should companies consider an ERP implementation or switching to a different ERP?
• Who needs to be involved? Who needs to take the lead?
• What are the most common challenges and mistakes so you can avoid them?
• And much more

How to Save Cost on Last-Mile Delivery

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Actionable advice from expert Dean Maciuba on how to achieve cost savings on last-mile delivery in this video episode of Data and Tech in Supply Chain with Host Marcia Williams.

Dean worked at UPS/FedEx for over 37 years across multiple professional positions in sales, marketing, and operations. His vast experience allows him to possess a unique and in-depth view into nearly all aspects of the parcel transportation industry.

In this episode, we talk about the following:

- What is last-mile delivery?

- How can you reduce your cost in last-mile delivery – from the merchant and carrier perspectives?

- What is the trend of micro fulfillment with on-demand delivery?

- What is the role of data and technology?

- What is the importance of alternative and smaller vehicle solutions such as cargo bikes and electric vans?

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How to Unlock the Power of Data to Generate Profit in Your Supply Chain - March 16th at 12 PM 

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In this episode, we talked about the following:

- What is the data that we need to get right in Supply Chain?

 

- What are the data sources?

 

- How do you use that data? How can you have the data actionable?

 

-If your organization or company would like to make decisions based on data, where should you start? The low hanging fruit?

 

-What are the most common mistakes when using data?

 

-How can you avoid such mistakes?

 

-What is the role of technology related to data in Supply Chain?

 

-Final thoughts or key points to remember about data in Supply Chain?

 

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How to Unlock the Power of Data to Generate Profit in Your Supply Chain - March 16th at 12 PM 

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Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to present episode 29, and first of the "Data and Tech in Supply Chain” Video Series with your host, Marcia Williams, Managing Partner at USM Supply Chain.

In this episode, Marcia talks about the following:

 - Why data in Supply Chain? or in other words, what’s the importance of data in Supply Chain?

• What is Six Sigma, in particular, the DMAIC approach for process optimization?
• What are the fundamental KPIs or key metrics to track?
• What is the role of technology?

This episode is sponsored by USM Supply Chain. USM stands for Unstoppable, Scalable, Mindful Supply Chain.

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Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to present this video episode of the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" with William Guidry, business partner at Diversified Robotic.

Diversified Robotic gives small to medium-sized businesses a way to save time, and money by utilizing automation software for time-consuming back-office tasks that are repetitive, high-volume, rule-based, and prone to human error.

In this episode, we talked about the following:

• What does Robotic Process Automation (RPA) entail?
• What companies should be using RPA and why?
• What factors should we consider for a successful implementation?
• What are the KPIs that we need to track?
• Example of a transformation with RPA that went well and another one that didn't.
• What is the effect of the pandemic on RPA rollouts?
• What is your advice to business leaders about implementing RPA?

This episode is sponsored by USM Supply Chain. USM stands for Unstoppable, Scalable, Mindful Supply Chain. Check us out at usmsupplychain.com to scale up your profits together with your supply chain.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to present this video episode of the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" with Deborah Dull, Founder of the Circular Supply Chain Network.

Deborah loves supply chain, especially all about inventory.

Prior to her role as  Principal, Manufacturing Product Management at GE Digital, Deborah used technology to propel the supply chains in frontier markets into Industry 4.0. while at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Now she looks across the Industrial world and realizes the critical role Industry plays in transitioning to a global circular economy – often called the circular industrial economy. (In a circular economy... everything becomes inventory!!)

In this episode, we talked about the following:

- Terms...sustainability, circular economy, what is the meaning of these terms?

-Does circular economy help the environment and the financial statements? 

- Are there any particular industries that can benefit the most from circularity?

- What’s the role of supply chain in circularity?

- How can supply chains start their transition to circular operations?

- How could circularity help with COVID by being a risk mitigator?

- What can business leaders start doing today that will benefit their organizations?

This episode is sponsored by USM Supply Chain. USM stands for Unstoppable, Scalable, Mindful Supply Chain. Check us out at usmsupplychain.com to scale up your profits together with your supply chain.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to present this video episode of the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" with Nicolas Vandeput, Consultant at SupChains, Book Author, Professor.

Nicolas is a supply chain data scientist specialized in demand forecasting and inventory optimization. He founded his consultancy company SupChains in 2016 and co-founded SKU Science - a smart online platform for supply chain management - in 2018.

Nicolas enjoys discussing new quantitative models and how to apply them to business reality. Passionate about education, Nicolas is both an avid learner and enjoys teaching at universities: he has taught forecasting and inventory optimization to master students since 2014 in Brussels, Belgium.

Nicolas published "Data Science for Supply Chain Forecasting" in 2018 and "Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations" in 2020. 

In this episode, we talked about the following:

 -Data science applied to supply chain.

-Forecasting: why, what, when, who

- First key steps for forecasting

- Role of accurate data in forecasting

- Machine learning vs traditional forecasting models – time series.

- Key actions for business leaders to start applying data science to supply chain

This episode is sponsored by USM Supply Chain. USM stands for Unstoppable, Scalable, Mindful Supply Chain.

Check us out at usmsupplychain.com to scale up your profits together with your supply chain.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to present this video episode of the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" with Tristan Fletcher, Co-founder & CEO at ChAI.

Tristan applies state of the art prediction methods from the Machine Learning (Artificial Intelligence) academic community to real world problems. Tristan has done this at senior levels in prestigious organizations in asset management (Aspect Capital: $ 7 Bill.), trading (UBS: $500 Bill.), medicine (Imperial College London), supply chain management (Unilever) and even fine wine pricing.

In this episode, we talked about the following:

• What are Predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning?
• How are they different from traditional data science?
• What sources of data should companies use?
• How can companies actually use data for better decision making?
• What is the importance of getting more accurate predictions? How can we see this in the financial statements?
• What is the impact of Covid in the use of data?
• For a company that wants to have a more data-driven supply chain, what would be your advice? Where should they start?

This episode is sponsored by USM Supply Chain. USM stands for Unstoppable, Scalable, Mindful Supply Chain. Check us out at usmsupplychain.com to scale up your profits together with your supply chain.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to present this video episode of the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" with Andrew Johnson, CEO of ShelfAware.

Andrew Johnson is an entrepreneur, inventor, and business owner who is blindly stumbling across the business landscape hoping to create positive change along the way. He is lucky to work with his talented brothers who make sure the family core business, O-ring Sales & Service, Inc., continues to grow. 

In this episode, we talked about the following:

- The successful story of a family business

- Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and how differs from barcode labeling 

- Manufacturing BEFORE and AFTER Covid-19

- Data and Technology to pivot

- Supply Chain Resilience – Who does better in the pandemic: Small or Big Companies?

This episode is sponsored by USM Supply Chain. USM stands for Unstoppable, Scalable, Mindful Supply Chain. Check us out at usmsupplychain.com to scale up your profits together with your supply chain.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to present this video episode of the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" with Khyati S, Product Manager Leader at Panasonic North America.

Khyati is an innovative and customer-focused Product Manager that follows Agile methodologies for software development and work closely with developers, marketing, and sales members to scale the product growth.

Currently, Khyati is leading Panasonic product - Warehouse Management Systems and a global team of software engineers from the USA, India, Vietnam, and China. 

In this episode we talk about the following:

- What is agile scrum project management?

- What is different from the "traditional" project management? 

- When is agile scrum project management more appropriate?

- What is the role of technology and data?

- Six Sigma and Scrum

- Data, data, data

This episode is sponsored by USM Supply Chain. USM stands for Unstoppable, Scalable, Mindful Supply Chain. Check us out at usmsupplychain.com to scale up your profits together with your supply chain.