Supply Chain vs Finance on the couch.

Couples therapy through The Simpsons

Marge is your Supply Chain. Always planning. Always worrying.

"We need more safety stock."

Homer is your Finance team. Focused on right now. "Why is so much cash tied up in inventory?!"

They both want the same thing, a healthy business.

But they've never actually said that to each other.

The issue isn't money. It's communication.

Both teams have:

1. Different languages for the same goal.

   1. Finance speaks cash; Supply Chain speaks delivery performance.

   2. Both are protecting the business but talking past each other.

2. Eyes on different timeframes.

   1. Finance looks backward (last quarter).

   2. Supply Chain looks forward (next quarter).

   3. Neither syncs up.

3. Opposing KPIs.

   1. One's measured on cost; the other on availability.

   2. They're accidentally set up to fight.

4. The D'oh! moment.

   1. Reactive solo decisions vs. proactive collaborative planning.

   
   

Your Supply Chain and Finance teams aren't broken.

They just need to start collaborating in conversation.

✓ One forecast

✓ One meeting

✓ One shared goal

Start the conversation.

That's the therapy.