Has the Zara Business Model run it’s cause?
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"] [vc_column width="1/2"] [vc_column_text] Has the Zara Business Model run its course? “When Zara ‘hit’ the High Street in the 80s/90s and then exploded in the 2000s, it was seen as a revolutionary business model—but has it now run its course? The following article does not reflect my...
The Power of Vision
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The Power of Vision "One of my greatest inspirations has been reading the iconic Victor Frankl Book ‘Man’s search for meaning’. It was reading this book that helped me see that the only real driver of change can be a positive vision of...
Master Production Schedule – The path to perfect performance!
“work in progress’ is badly named because it should be called ‘work not in progress’”...
Vision of the Future Article
“work in progress’ is badly named because it should be called ‘work not in progress’”...
Linking to the Customer through Distribution Resource Planning
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Distribution Resource Planning "An integrated global market seems far away and the recent explosion of trade tariffs has thrown global trade into turmoil. However for many companies their Logistics strategies do not complement the idea of a single market." Read more - download the...
Growth Article
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Growth "The main political parties in the UK have set the objective of economic growth for the UK. There is in my opinion no doubt that this is the correct objective for the UK economy. The question is not the objective, it is...
IBP and Growth
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]IBP and Growth "Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is well accepted as it says on the tin, an integrated planning process through which the Leadership Team manage the business. Since the early S&OP days (1980s) when the focus was on Demand and Supply the...
The IBP Churn
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The IPB Churn "Ever since the development of the IBP 5-Step process was developed by a team of leading edge thinkers that I was a part of at Oliver Wight back in the mid-1990s it has been understood that S&OP/IBP is not a...
Change Management
"The key focus of digital twin is to exploit 3-D data and simulation deeper into the business"...
Can inventory be managed or is it a consequence?
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Inventory The idea that inventory can be managed directly is a myth, inventory is a consequence of inputs, outputs and planning modifiers set by ourselves. Read more - download the full article.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="2604" img_size="medium" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://www.dmintegration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Inventory-Article-1.pdf][eltd_button size="medium" type="" hover_type="" target="_blank" icon_pack="dripicons"...