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Supply Chain Leadership and a Renewed Focus on Workers are Key to Sustained Recovery
April 25, 2011
"With the year’s first fiscal quarter behind us, some supply chain professionals are predicting that 2011 will see companies adopt a renewed focus on people, resulting in new efforts to recruit, develop and retain critical portfolio and planning talent."
The Time and Talent Gap
April 2, 2011
"Each planner has skills they would like to advance, but finding time to develop the requisite planning skills is even more difficult, given all of the pressing issues. There’s no time and no clear path to breaking the vicious cycle. So the team continue to fight fires, hoping things will get better."
Supply and Demand Chain Executive Announces its 2011 Pros to Know
February 1, 2011
Digital Tempus CEO Paul Strzelec was selected as one of Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2011 Provider Pros to Know. The Provider Pros to Know is a listing of individuals from a software firm or service provider, consultancy or academia who have helped their Supply Chain clients or the Supply Chain community to meet significant challenges in the year ahead.
Bridging the Supply-Chain Talent Gap
January 4, 2011
"What is a supply chain, after all, but a complex organism that behaves in unpredictable if not capricious ways? Planners play a vital role in the organization, even as the real world conspires to makes hash of their efforts."
CGT's Technology Solutions Guide - Consulting Services
October 2010
Digital Tempus CEO Paul Strzelec says leading companies are focused on targeting opportunities within segments of their portfolios and investing in capabilities that address self-inflicted complexities. Read the Consumer Goods Technology 2010 Consulting Services Guide.
Navigating the Downturn and Planning for Growth
March 29, 2010
"It becomes critical for leadership to drive a renewed focus on growth, or risk pessimism and short-term thinking dominating the planning mindset where results begin to follow a path of compounding negativity."
Better Planning Gives Church & Dwight Competitive Edge
April 20, 2009
"Executives knew that to grow Church & Dwight’s business, a streamlined process and automation would be required to predict customer demand accurately several months in advance. "Our approach to customer planning is a critical component of our growth platform," notes senior director of supply chain services Sam Dragotta."
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DuPont Paints a Picture of Demand-Driven Excellence
October 15, 2008
"Taking a back to basics approach to becoming demand-driven resulted in significant improvements in DuPont’s sales, marketing and supply chain performance. The entire planning process has been simplified by way of multi-level forecasting and improved management of strategic segments of the portfolio and market"
ChainLink Research’s Demand Management Technology Report
February 27, 2006
"'On-Demand' means that Digital Tempus can complement legacy solutions and provide input to traditional supply chain activities such as sales and operation planning processes, product strategy and production processes, etc."