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OPINION <strong>Free</strong>speak<br />
Why do we fail as supply<br />
chain professionals even with<br />
experience and confidence?<br />
By Nigel Lewis<br />
After Spending 18+ years in the<br />
Supply Chain Indutry with various<br />
roles started from 1989 I remember<br />
my 1st job was with a courier company<br />
carrying courier bags <strong>to</strong> cus<strong>to</strong>ms (45kgs<br />
each), flying as On Board Courier <strong>to</strong> various<br />
cities <strong>to</strong> handover the consignment, jumping<br />
on pickups <strong>to</strong> pull pallets out, climbing on<br />
flat rack containers <strong>to</strong> measure out of gauge<br />
cargo, sticking dangerous goods pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />
for air shipments at airports, filling cus<strong>to</strong>ms<br />
formalities and walking 5 kms <strong>to</strong> find a<br />
transporter <strong>to</strong> handover documents and not<br />
38 Link January 2011<br />
forgetting driving the forklift when no one<br />
is in the warehouse as Grand Prix Mo<strong>to</strong>r<br />
racing...... that was challenging being on the<br />
ground and learning operations.<br />
I wish <strong>to</strong> share with you my experience<br />
on where we go wrong and how <strong>to</strong> avoid<br />
such risks. Bot<strong>to</strong>m line for a SC Pro is<br />
execution, delivery and drive the process<br />
which should be KPI driven. Processes are<br />
driven by people. End of the day goods have<br />
<strong>to</strong> be delivered from point A <strong>to</strong> point B.<br />
Let me explain <strong>to</strong> you what the basic risks<br />
we have in SC.<br />
Planning:<br />
The most important aspect for any<br />
organization is planning... and planning...<br />
You can have a wonderful ERP (million<br />
dollar) but if you don’t plan well, what can<br />
your ERP generate? Reports are based<br />
on data entry and accordingly output is<br />
generated? (Junk in – Junk out). We spend<br />
hours in Board rooms with wonderful “colors”<br />
in power point presentations of Forecast /<br />
Budgets but in reality it’s just an assumption<br />
which has <strong>to</strong> be converted in<strong>to</strong> reality or do