by David Bovet | Nov 15, 2023 | Briefs, Consumer & Retail, Operations, Supply Chain Management
In a word: S&OP. Or even better, SIOP. What’s so magical about these processes? Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), or SIOP by adding Inventory to the mix, is a critical business discipline. It drives service effectiveness and operating efficiency by...
by David Bovet | Nov 11, 2022 | Briefs, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management
Consumer brands have been badly buffeted, between supply shortages, shipping challenges and now weakening sales. Too little inventory or too much? Whither demand? Is supply assured? Supply chain (SC) management stands at the crosshairs of business success as never...
by David Bovet | Jun 5, 2020 | Briefs, Investor Advisory
Ports and ocean carriers April port import container volumes recovered somewhat from March but remained quite mixed. On the Pacific Coast, the Canadian ports shifted up to positive import comparisons versus the year-earlier month. The US ports improved from March but...
by David Bovet | May 6, 2020 | Briefs, Operations, Strategy, Supply Chain Management
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the vulnerability of many global supply chains. Supply plummeted first from shutdown factories in China, then demand collapsed worldwide as countries adopted stay-at-home orders. These unprecedented events surfaced a level of...
by David Bovet | May 1, 2020 | Briefs, Investor Advisory
Ports and ocean carriers Port import container volumes took a dive in the month of March. Many of the largest ports saw reductions of around 20% compared to the prior year. Those that fared better, with reductions in the 5 to 10% range, were Long Beach, Oakland,...
