Remember the childhood game of pick-up sticks or spillikins? Well that’s the image that comes to mind when thinking of the complexity of large transportation networks. You can’t see what’s going on, and it’s difficult to Continue reading →

It’s tempting to assume that supply chain optimization is a simple matter of ‘getting it right’ and Continue reading →

It’s clear that what the postal industry desperately needs is a return to profitability. Plummeting mail volumes worldwide have led to talk of a ‘full-scale crisis’ in an industry that Continue reading →

Not so long ago one of our consultants spotted planners creating scores of small production orders for a packaging line when they actually had large quantities of beer to package. Why? Continue reading →

It could be the name that does it. After all, shouldn’t software with the word ‘planning’ in it actually help you plan? In the case of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, that simply doesn’t Continue reading →

I’m assuming, of course, that you intend to implement integrated business planning. After all, what’s not to like about a situation where Continue reading →

Integrated business planning is what S&OP looks like when it’s all grown up. Or so the analysts tell us. But what exactly Continue reading →