The Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process has been around for quite some time. I started including it in many of my presentations on forecasting in the mid-1990s. As I polled audiences along the way, I found that about one-third of the early ones had implemented an S&OP at their...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #3. Read all articles in this issue. The latest class in the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program starts this August after a record number of applications for the program. The new students are primarily young business professionals looking to build their skill sets and...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #3. Read all articles in this issue. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is an old process that has found a new market. S&OP is attracting renewed interest because when implemented properly it aligns supply with demand at a time when growth is back on the corporate...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #3. Read all articles in this issue. The traditional practice of including logistics as an elective concentration area within a broader, more general two-year MBA degree has served the industry's needs for several years. However, recent business trends have raised the need for a more specialized...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #3. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, an academia-government partnership between the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and the Government of Aragon in Spain, inaugurates its graduate education program on August 30, 2004. The program's first Master's Degree in Logistics...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #3. Read all articles in this issue. As the National Football League gears up for a new season suppliers of NFL team replica jerseys are finding out how well their demand forecasting systems have scored. Driven by uncertainties such as team popularity and player trades, predicting...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #2. Read all articles in this issue. The future of retailing is on display at the Extra Future Store in Rheinberg, Germany, where many customers navigate the supermarket's aisles using cart-mounted computers and weigh produce on intelligent scales that recognize and label items. Also on display...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #2. Read all articles in this issue. Much has been written about the importance of Dell's supply chain but there is another enabler of the company's success that tends to be overlooked: its corporate culture. A study of Dell's day-to-day operations revealed how cultural characteristics such...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #2. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, a new partnership between the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) and the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Spain, has reached another milestone with the initial appointment of faculty at the ZLC. The...
