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supply chain planning

The Cost to Serve Blind Spot
The customers who cost the most to serve are rarely the ones anyone suspects. They are the ones nobody has looked at.
cost to servesupply chain financecustomer profitabilitysupply chain planning
AI and the Talent Cliff: Why Knowledge Transfer Is a Strategy
The experienced buyer's judgment took fifteen years to build. When they leave, it leaves with them — unless you treat knowledge transfer as a strategy, not a favour.
supply chain talentaiknowledge managementsupply chain planning
Inventory Write-Offs Are the Cost of Cross-Functional Decisions with No Owner
Every inventory write-off was a surprise to finance. And a surprise to nobody in the supply chain. The answer is almost never a lack of information.
inventorysupply chain governancewrite-offssupply chain planning
The Variability Your Supply Chain Is Creating Itself
Variability almost always points outside the business. But a significant share of it was generated inside — by incentives, timing, and governance your organisation tolerates.
variabilitysupply chain plannings&opforecasting
Data Quality Is Not Why AI Fails in Supply Chain
"We can't use AI properly until we fix our data" is becoming the default excuse for not starting. Here is why that framing is wrong.
supply chain aidata qualityai strategysupply chain planning
Forecast Accuracy Is the Wrong Metric
Forecast accuracy tells you how wrong you were. It does not tell you how ready you were for being wrong. That distinction is where planning is heading.
forecastingsupply chain planningprobabilistic modellings&op