Supply Chain Planning Is Collapsing Into Execution and That Changes the Software Stack
· Source: logisticsviewpoints.com
In short
The article argues that the traditional separation between supply chain planning and execution is becoming structurally obsolete as periodic planning cycles give way to continuous decision cycles. Because execution constraints such as inventory, dock capacity, labor, and carrier acceptance now determine whether a plan is credible, planning must sit closer to execution and decision latency becomes a first-order performance metric. It concludes that buyers should evaluate planning technology on decision performance rather than module coverage.
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Tags: planning, execution, decision latency, software, supply chain