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  • Thailand floods threaten more than just “business as usual”…Is your supply chain ready?

    Andrew Atkinson, Director, Product Marketing, E2open - Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 0 Comments
    Andrew Atkinson - Thailand floods threaten more than just “business as usual”…Is your supply chain ready?

    As I write this, Bangkok is still under several feet of water and several major Japanese auto manufacturers have had to cease production due to a lack of critical parts sourced from Thailand. Whatever else happens, the one thing you can count on is that there will always be some kind of trouble cropping up to disrupt normal business operations... More »

  • Just another manic Monday for S&OP?

    Andrew Atkinson, Director, Product Marketing, E2open - Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 0 Comments
    Andrew Atkinson - Just another manic Monday for S&OP?

    S&OP is a hot topic once again, despite hardly being a new one. This renewed popularity is a result of the increasing need for more accurate planning driven by a tough economy, increased globalization, and fierce competition. And the arrival of new, cloud-based collaboration tools — designed to respond to this new world and to close the loop between planning and execution — just may mean that more accurate planning is on the horizon. While no plan ever survives contact with reality, this new generation of solutions gives us the tools we need to put plans into action and respond to disruptions faster when they occur. What does S&OP look like without these tools? Try this scenario on for size... More »