In July 2008 we (Joe and Caspar) accepted the positions as Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer for the Supply Chain Council. One of the items we focused on was bringing the website into the 21st century. This process has not been completed, but we started blogging on the interim server: SCORlabs. 

If your company is a Supply Chain Council member then you should register with SCORlabs. In 2009 we are making SCORlabs the place to go to for SCOR and supply chain management information. Over the past months we have neglected SCORtalk due to our new focus. It is tough and maybe redundant to maintain two sites.We therefore decided to defer blogging on SCORtalk until further notice.SCORtalk will stay where it is, as we believe the content should remain accessible, but no new contributions will be made.

Unless..

..you feel you can add valuable contributions. In that case: please contact us using the link below the SCORtalk logo.See you at Supply Chain World Americas in Houston or on the new SCC website. 

Joe and Caspar 

Today, at Supply Chain World Europe, I realized that many SCOR users are not aware of the changes in SCOR 9.0. Most have seen that GreenSCOR has added new processes for waste disposal in the Make process (M1.7, M2.7, M3.8), and added metrics and best practices throughout the model.

The addition that is less visible is the addition of the proposed footprint metrics in section 5, Special Applications of SCOR 9.0.  Read the rest of this entry »

The 2008 edition of Supply Chain World Europe opened this morning with the key note presentation “Disaster Response Logistics – Last Mile Delivery”. Ian Heigh gave the gathered supply chain managers insights in the practices used in the humanitarian response supply chains. He discussed the value of preparedness. ”A dollar spend before the disaster will save times the number of families than a dollar spend after the disaster”. Ian described the 3 phases in Humanitarian Response Logistics:  Read the rest of this entry »

“The are only two types of forecasts: lucky and wrong”

When collecting the payables information to calculate DPO, should we include payables to our material suppliers only (in other words, only payables for the cost of our goods)? What about payables for our storage fees, etc ? Should that be included?
– Vera

The answer is yes; all supply chain related payments should be included in DPO. DPO is a metric that intends to measure the ability to manage company assets. DPO indicates how much money is due to suppliers. The faster you pay your bills the higher the risk that you need to borrow money to run your supply chain. For a supply chain this would include all goods and services procured to support supply chain operations. 

Earlier this year I reviewed Supply Chain World North America (Minneapolis), now — while waiting for our flight to Tokyo at Singapore Airport — is a good time to review the conference in Singapore this week.

Whereas I grouped my observations for Minneapolis in the categories the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, for Singapore I choose: the Good, the Better and the Best.
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July 23 - 24, 2008. Welcome to Supply Chain World Asia Pacific 2008 from the Marina Mandarin Hotel in Singapore.

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Atanu Roy (Hewlett-Packard India) presented a case study on the application of DCOR in the automotive industry today at Supply Chain World Asia Pacific. In his presentation mr. Roy addressed the key challenges companies face when implementing collaborative design processes:

• Protection of Intellectual Property
• Retaining design decisions and knowledge
• Synchronization of (distributed) design information

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Rod De Spong, Chief Financial Officer of Douglas Pharma presented his experiences over the past 12 months with using SCOR: “SCOR Delivers Significant Benefits to New Zealand’s Largest Pharmaceutical Company” this morning.

The case study provides a clear insight in approach and results of the Supply Chain Excellence program Douglas Pharma executed. Read the rest of this entry »

Last month in Sun City, South Africa, the more than 1200 attendees to the SAPICS conference had the opportunity to listen and talk to Jolanda Pretorius on SASOLs business transformation. Mrs. Pretorius presented the objectives, challenges and results of the company-wide implementation of SCOR.

As the SAPICS conference was a joint SAPICS/SCC effort you can review the case study. Download your copy here (members only).

At the same conference Scott Sealing presented how convergence of Lean, Six Sigma and SCOR works at United Space Alliance. Download your copy here (members only).