Tag Archive: #David Simchi-Levi

7 Myths of Operations and Supply Chain Management

Below is a well-executed infographic from the Supply Chain blog, Supply Chain Opz based on David Simchi-levi’s book Operations Rules. To elaborate…

Connor Brooke
August 9, 2013
Product Management

Poor Supplier Performance Can Result in Inventory Problems

Supplier performance problems are often linked to sustainability issues, weather-related calamities or lack of sufficient oversight over work conditions…

James Spillane
May 21, 2013
Strategy

Attila the Hun Supply Chain Strategy

From the webinar “How End-to-End Optimization Reveals Supply Chain Drivers” Q&A with: Dan Gilmore, Supply Chain Digest David Simchi-Levi,…

James Spillane
May 16, 2013
Expert Interviews

Is Your Operations Strategy Based on Buggy Excel Models?

A recent uproar in economic circles was caused by an Excel spreadsheet error that puts into doubt the results…

Alan Draper
April 23, 2013
Strategy

Customer Flexibility vs. Profitability: Are You Giving Away Too Much?

Remembering that too much flexibility undermines profitability and requires heroic efforts to provide expected service. I recently visited a…

Jay Leonard
March 26, 2013
Strategy

3 Ways to Manage Supply Chain Risk

Companies have been slow to prioritize supply chain risk management and the current known metrics fail to capture the…

Jay Leonard
March 18, 2013
Product Management

Why You Should Benchmark Your Supply Chain

Identifying areas of improvement in a supply chain and making efforts to tackle them is a continuous process. One…

Connor Brooke
February 19, 2013
Strategy

3 Trade-offs of Just-in-Case and Just-in-Time Supply Chain Strategies

In a recent New York Times article, “New hubs arise to serve just-in-case distribution,” the author Matt Hudgins discusses the new approach…

Connor Brooke
February 14, 2013
Strategy

Advanced Supplier Management Webinar Q&A Session

Participants in this discussion include: Dr. David Simchi-Levi, MIT Professor of Engineering Systems and OPS Rules Chairman, Mike Romeri, CEO of…

Alan Draper
November 30, 2012
Expert Interviews

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