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New CPIM 8.0 Learning System – 1 course to get you to CPIM
New CPIM Hybrid 5 Day Class $1,950 per person. Attend in person or join in via ZOOM. Location: Burrinja Cultural Centre. Wurundjeri Country. 351 Glenfern Road Upwey Victoria 3158. Dates: January 15 - 19 (subject to numbers). Attendees must have the CPIM Learning...
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“How much does this S&OP stuff cost?” is a phrase heard more frequently these days. This white paper addresses that issue, first by discussing the benefits achieved by real‐world companies and then by identifying the relevant costs involved in an implementation....
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Product and Customer Rationalisation. A Practical Guide on ‘How to’ and the pitfalls. Introduction McPherson’s Housewares is an Australian listed public company with annual worldwide sales of 120 million dollars. Major brands such as Wiltshire, Richardson Sheffield,...
read moreSancella’s Class A MRPII Journey
Phil was the main educator and business coach through Sancella's business improvement journey. Download the story here --> phil-heenan-did-most-of-the-education-and-assessments-at-sancella
read moreThe four steps of learning
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read moreNorse diary systems: Brilliant Basics
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read moreSix basic forecasting formulas (cont.)
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read moreInventory in the supply chain: Where to place it?
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read moreSales and operations planning (S&OP)
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read moreDon’t use the software….shortage hero is here
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read moreFlexibility for the customer economic lot sizes for production
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read moreThrowing out the baby with the bath water
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read moreS&OP & Lean In A Bank Environment
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read moreS&OP and MRPII at Mars Snackfood
Masterfoods is a global fast moving consumer goods company. The key business segments that Masterfoods Australia and New Zealand operate within include Petcare, Snackfood and Food. Within each of these business areas Masterfoods Australia has had prolonged and...
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Authors: Nicole Warren - Quality & Process Change Manager, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and Science Peter Atanasovski - Quality & Process Change Manager, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mark Donato - Operational Performance Manager, Bachelor of Applied...
read moreWas Kraft Foods the largest Class A MRPII project in Australia?
In early 1990, Kraft Food Limited’s eleven Australian food production plants confronted several problems familiar to manufacturers around the world – high inventories, chaotic scheduling, poor forecasting accuracy, weak communication and ineffective planning. Kraft’s...
read moreS&OP, MRPII/ERP and Lean in the Rice Industry
Agribusiness in Australia can be a very challenging business environment given the harsh and varying climatic conditions that companies in Australia are required to handle. From the high’s of a record crop size of 1.7 million tonnes, to the low’s of 300 000 tonnes...
read moreRe-Engineering Your Business Planning Through Sales & Operations Planning
By John Dougherty, Senior Partner Partners for Excellence In a manufacturing or distribution company, bringing supply and demand in balance is a fundamental "law of nature" --it happens as a natural course of events, whether you want it or not. It's only a matter of...
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Article from IT Magazine on S&OP and Lean Without doubt two of the hottest business practices around at the moment are: "Class A" Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Lean Manufacturing A simple "yahoo" search reveals the enormous number of companies...
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