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Poulpy, my friend

Nov 4, 2019 | Flow Project Management, People at the heart of Supply Chain

In our FLOW Project Management approach, we talk about critical chain which is the longest task sequence inside a project without conflict of resources. It means that the critical chain represents the sum of tasks that create the project lead time. It also means that...

From Waze to S&OP and scheduling, the lure of precision

Oct 21, 2019 | People at the heart of Supply Chain, Supply Chain

Let's talk about time buffer. A few days ago I had an appointment with a client for an important meeting at 9am, in a provincial city with heavy traffic. The journey in normal time should take 20mn, I decide to leave at 8am. A question that often comes up in training:...

Traffic jam in project

Jul 1, 2019 | Flow Project Management, People at the heart of Supply Chain

With the upcoming of summer holidays, we can share with you some feedbacks about these major French step of the year : Some of you may choose to Brexit their departure (or leave at last moment). Usually, you have missing elements in your lugguage or a lack of...

When postpone will be replaced by BREXIT

May 6, 2019 | Flow Project Management, People at the heart of Supply Chain

In the league of the things NOT to do in project management, we have regularly mentioned that starting a project without a plan is particularly dangerous. The British situation about Brexit is giving us another phenomenon about project management mistakes. Let’s...

The benefits of a Supply Chain Academy for your company!

Nov 12, 2018 | People at the heart of Supply Chain, Supply Chain, Training

Today’s customers demand that their needs be met at all times. To meet these requirements, the issues, concepts and processes of the Supply Chain must be understood and shared by your teams.

Implementation of the Theory of Constraints in Pharmaceutical retail

Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, Supply Chain Strategy Article

As part of its expansion, AGILEA's team participates in the TOCICO conference. TOCICO is a certification body. And it annually offers a review of case studies and new practices associated with The Theory of Constraints (TOC). AGILEA had the honor of intervening on the...

How to connect critical chain and company strategy?

Jan 16, 2018 | Flow Project Management, People at the heart of Supply Chain

During its growth, AGILEA was able to participate to the TOCICO conference in July 2017. TOCICO is a certification organism that offers annually a magazine with case studies and new practices; linked to the Theory Of Constraints. AGILEA had the honor to step in about...

Supply Chain performance diagnosis

Dec 6, 2017 | Supply Chain, Use Case

Stakes Make a complete diagnosis of the company's activities Identify the causes of failure Propose a roadmap and improvement projects Diagnosis Context Industrial site of 130 people of an international group in the medical devices sector Products in project mode or...

The essential role of the Supply Chain manager

Oct 23, 2017 | Articles, Supply Chain Strategy Article

He/She is now almost essential in the organization chart of our companies, whether industrial, distribution, retail... However, when we ask people to explain the role of their company's Supply Chain Manager (SCM), the vacuum quickly emerges or - conversely - we put...

What if we put flow in our project?

Jul 4, 2017 | Flow Project Management, People at the heart of Supply Chain

Recently, one of our Fapics partner’s study has caught all our attention. This study establishes a dark picture of the situation in project management: increase in the number of projects to realise, rise in the complexity with resources being more and more scarce...