Supply Chain Insights
2016: The Start of the Third Act?
Six years ago, on a snowy January afternoon, I wrote my first post for the Supply Chain Shaman. It seems so long ago, but I still remember
January 11, 2016
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Six years ago, on a snowy January afternoon, I wrote my first post for the Supply Chain Shaman. It seems so long ago, but I still remember
“I read your blog, and was struck by some of your comments on Forbes,” stated the email. “Could we arrange a call?” “Sure,” I said,
The curtain is rising on the third act of supply chain planning. Over the course of the last two decades, we have seen two evolutions of
An antagonist (from Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – antagonistēs , “opponent, competitor, enemy, rival”, from anti- “against” + agonizesthai “to contend for a prize,”) is a character, group of
Supply chains quickly move through fads and buzz words. Over and over again, organizations fall in love with shiny objects moving from concept to
It was not my goal; but by accident, it became my mission. At Supply Chain Insights, as we combed through over 9000 quantitative responses on
Today I attended the SAPinsider Conference. The theme? Digital transformation. The storyline of the event goes like this: Do you have the business problem of
As a research analyst I am studying things which are incredibly difficult to measure. The topics may sound easy, but they are not. In my research
Within SAP, there are many ways to implement a Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process (cobbling together components). I can think of four and with the new
This week I spent time in Silicon Valley talking to technology innovators. Disruption in supply chain planning is happening. My angst is that it is