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In a Supply Chain, Where is more important than How Much!
Posted by: | CommentsCarol Ptak is first and foremost a thought leader. You will find in the podcast that Carol has an extensive background in Supply Chain and Management. It was one of my most informative podcasts full of fresh ideas, examples and usable material. Even though it centered around Supply Chain most of the principles can easily be applied in other areas such as operations and even marketing. 
In her other life, she is a Visiting Professor and Executive in residence at Pacific Lutheran University, a farmer and dog trainer. This is after years of experience in management at PeopleSoft and IBM Corp as well as many years of consulting expertise. At PeopleSoft, she developed the concept of Demand Driven Manufacturing, as an overall product and marketing strategy to align product development, market awareness, and demand generation. Her innovative approach is credited with significantly improving the companies position in the manufacturing industry software market and earned her national recognition in publications such as CFO Magazine and the New York Times.
Our discussion centered around Actively Synchronized Replenishment(ASR) a new way of thinking for supplying chain management. It provides an alternative demand driven approach for planning and controlling mature overflow and contrasted to the poor business results embedded in most traditional material requirements planning systems.
She co-authored a chapter with Chad Smith in the Theory of Constraints Handbook
You can also purchase just this chapter: Integrated Supply Chain (Chapter 12 of Theory of Constraints Handbook)
ASR Website: http://beyondMRP.com
P.S. You can learn a lot about Carol by the quote that is included at the bottom of her emails: "Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal" Friedrich Nietzsche
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Posted by: | CommentsThe Business901 podcast featured Amir Schragenheim, President of Inherent Simplicity, a software firm specializing in TOC software for Production & Distribution environments. Inherent Simplicity is the exclusive software supplier for Production & Distribution software to Goldratt Consulting, Eli Goldratt’s consulting firm, in their Viable Vision strategic projects.
Mr. Schragenheim is a regular speaker at the TOCICO conferences, and is a TOCICO certified expert in: Supply Chain Logistics, Finance & Measures, Project Management, and Business Strategy. Before Inherent Simplicity, Mr. Schragenheim worked as a chief analyst for Attunity Ltd., where he was in charge of defining the technical requirements of a software tool to handle business processes.
Symphony, Inherent Simplicity’s software product is the leading and most comprehensive platform for implementing procurement, operations and distribution TOC solutions. Equipped with Inherent Simplicity’s turnkey solutions, Symphony is capable of leveraging TOC know how to reduce lead time, optimize inventory levels and more, all with a determined goal in sight, leading your supply chain towards an unprecedented level of service, ultimately, amplifying your profitability.
Amir’s Website: Inherent Simplicity
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Posted by: | CommentsThis a transcription of the Business901 podcast that featured Carol Ptak. She is first and foremost a thought leader. You will find in the transcription that Carol has an extensive background in Supply Chain and Management. It was one of my most informative podcasts full of fresh ideas, examples and usable material. Even though it centered around Supply Chain most of the principles can easily be applied in other areas such as operations and even marketing.
Introduction to ASR – Actively Synchronized Replenishment
Related Podcast: In a Supply Chain, Where is more important than How Much!
She co-authored a chapter with Chad Smith in the Theory of Constraints Handbook
You can also purchase just this chapter: Integrated Supply Chain (Chapter 12 of Theory of Constraints Handbook)
ASR Website: http://beyondMRP.com
Related Posts:
Logistics Matter, even in Marketing
Implementing the TOC Supply Chain Solution
Transforming your Supply Chain to a Lean Fulfillment Stream eBook
Lean Six Sigma applied to Supply Chain
Application of Lean Six Sigma to the Supply Chain
