Supply Chain Excellence Thought Leadership   I have a difficult time naming things.  My default is to describe what I'm trying to name.  Those who have worked with me on projects easily recognize this trait.  So when attempting to come up with a title for this quarterly thought leadership series I decided that Supply Chain Excellence Thought Leadership is sufficient for now.  Enjoy the insite!   JULY 2008 - THE ROLE OF STANDARD PROCESSES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE One important and largely unrecognized component in achieving this alignment in a global company is the use of standard processes and measures globally. In our supply chain improvement work, we have found that supply chain process standardization is critical to running a global supply chain.  As published in the white paper section of The Supply Chain Council, www.supply-chain.org.   JUNE 2008 - FROM CHAOS TO CONTROL In this real-life story, a consumer products company uses the SCOR model to improve its supply chain performance and change the way it approaches problem solving.  As published in the Supply Chain Quarterly, www.SupplyChainQuarterly.com. DOWNLOAD     MARCH 2007 - BALANCING YOUR VALUE CHAIN METRICS The trend in my coaching assignments is definitely toward the greater value chain.  SCOR metrics have been a significant factor in why companies decide to use SCOR.  This article will discuss how to assemble a balanced set of value chain metrics.  Hot topic!   Balancing Your Value Chain Metrics     DECEMBER 2006 - DEFINING VALUE CHAIN USING SCOR, DCOR, and CCOR With the publishing of the DCOR and CCOR models in 2004, the Supply Chain Council has moved two steps closer to providing cross industry references covering the entire value chain.  This article will share some of my learnings as to how the models work together based on three projects.   Value Chain Excellence Part 1     SEPTEMBER 2006 - SCOR LEVEL 4 PROCESSES Creating SCOR Level 4 processes is a foreign concept to many companies. At the Supply Chain Council's 2006 Users Seminar, I presented a step by step guide on how to build your SCOR Level 4 processes. Below is the presentation including a Sales and Operations Planning example. Enjoy!   SCOR Level 4 Processes     JUNE 2006 - EFFECTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY Implementing Supply Chain Strategy is a lot like trying to solve a rubics cube puzzle; the objective of the puzzle is to twist layers of multi colored squares in such a way that each of the six faces of the cube contains all the squares of one color. I have to admit, I never solved the puzzle; I could always get to a point where two faces of the cube were solved but in assembling the third, I disrupted the first two. Solving the rubics cube provides a strong analogy to implementing effective supply chain strategy. As you already know, it is not good enough to get “two colors right” while disrupting the “rest of the cube”.   Effective Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Strategy Survey and Scoring Worksheet		HOME   RESOURCES   THOUGHT LEADERSHIP   BENCHMARK SOURCES   BENCHMARK BRIEFS   WEBSITES   ARTICLES   PRESENTATIONS   SCE PROJECT TEMPLATES   VALUE CHAIN EXCELLENCE