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An Uncomfortable Discussion about Supply Chain Fragility in Pharma
Despite remarkable pharmacological and medical scientific advancements, the pharma supply chain’s robustness has not advanced meaningfully. It’s time to address the elephant in the room.
Orchestr8 Launches Supply Planning as a Service
Introduces fast-track process for companies to dramatically improve their supply planning. London, Tampa, Prague, June 1, 2021 – Orchestr8 (www.O8SupplyChain.com) - an award-winning provider of...
A Fresh Approach to Demand Driven Supply Chains
Need to better link your supply chain planning methodology to business strategy? Our demand-driven solution puts S&OP in the driver’s seat by setting planning parameters that resolve constraints...
Strong Growth of SCM Software in the Cloud
The use of cloud-based supply chain software continues to show strong growth, especially in the areas of transport management, Sales & Operations planning and order management. Besides that,...
Fixing the Basics of Supply Chain Management
by Richard D. Cushing Philip Ribbins, founder of Orchestr8, has a passion for improving supply chains and for helping companies improve the ROI (return on investment) from their supply chains. In a...
Parts Are Not Parts
by Lora Cecere's "Companies state that they want bold change; but within the company, I find swirling inaction. It baffles me. Why? Companies are at a tipping point. Traditional processes are not...
All DDMRP Solutions Are Not Created Equal
O8 SUPPLY PLANNING FEATURED ARTICLEO8 Supply Planning All DDMRP Solutions Are Not Created Equal by Richard D. Cushing DDMRP (Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning) is a term popularized and...
What Makes DDMRP Solutions So Effective?
Dec 8th, 2017 by Richard D. Cushing “I think most [supply chain executives] are under financial pressure because so much working capital gets tied up in inventory…, and much of it is inventory they...
The Costly Chaos and Bullwhip Effect from Supply Chain Management Software
I was speaking with the planning manager at one of our clients recently about a challenge they are working through, related to a massive increase in demand on one part of the business in the short...
Orchestr8 go live with British Telecom
Orchestr8 has successfully completed a large supply chain management software project in Europe for British Telecom as part of the corporation’s change in strategy. BT has now adopted a demand...
The World is Changing
by Ashley Wilcock Regardless of who you are, customers lie at the center of your universe. We are living in a world of people empowered by choice. This combined with an austere economic climate...
Christmas is Coming! (again…)
by Ashley Wilcock Well here we are, into the second week of 2017. Christmas but a memory already and those New Year resolutions you swore you’d stick to look like a worse idea each day… It’s also...