SETPOINT Group write articles and thought pieces on lean working capital, supply chain optimization, cash-flow management, operational excellence and the importance on continuously upskilling and reskilling your workforce.

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Connecting your strategy with daily operations

How Integrated Business Planning (IBP) can improve your business and provide 3 specific considerations why this should be on leaders agenda

Dealing with demand uncertainty – or, taking the bull(whip) by the horns

How distorted demand signals post-COVID can create a bullwhip effect with considerable impact on the supply chain as a whole.

Not another post-COVID supply chain advice, or: 3 considerations for a post-pandemic supply chain

how the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped global supply chains and provide 3 recommendations on how to adjust to new reality

All aboard the SETPOINT train, or: introducing our framework for sustainable results

Actionable insights how to ensure a holistic end-to-end process focus when pursuing a company’s working capital Setpoint

Contemplating benchmark, or: why is yours bigger than mine?

Can you uncover a company’s optimal working capital requirements – its SETPOINT – by benchmarking its peer group’s performance? First,...

Deconstructing a SETPOINT or: how I learned to stop worrying and trust my Supply Chain

In a previous article (Lean Working Capital: the gift that keeps on giving) we introduced the concept of a working capital steady state...

Lean Working Capital – Supply Chain Bias and why organizations set themselves up to fail

In a previous article (Lean Working Capital; incremental steps towards your SETPOINT) we discussed why company functions are often...

You say Supply Chain Finance, I say Approved Payables Finance – let’s call the whole thing off

In our previous article (Lean Working Capital; improving your SETPOINT through structural change) we discussed how companies can achieve...

Lean Working Capital – improving your SETPOINT through structural change

In our previous article – Lean Working Capital; incremental steps towards your SETPOINT – we explored the reasons why companies often...

Lean Working Capital – incremental steps towards your SETPOINT

In our previous article – Lean Working Capital; the gift that keeps on giving – we introduced the term SETPOINT to describe a working...