Late-Night Thoughts on Productivity, Efficiency and Global Supply Chain Effectiveness
It is late. I cannot sleep. Darkness surrounds me as I write this post. So many thoughts in my mind. Yesterday I signed a contract
It is late. I cannot sleep. Darkness surrounds me as I write this post. So many thoughts in my mind. Yesterday I signed a contract
Remember the Jetsons? While the Flintstones chronicled a Stone Age family with work powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons symbolized the future. The show aired with
The elephants are coming! They will soon change your supply chain. In time, you will come to love them. I think that they will be
Social. Mobile. Sensors. 3D printing. The Internet of Things. The list goes on and on. The atoms and electrons of the supply chain are changing.
As a mom, I loved to read to my daughter. One of our favorites was the book Where the Wild Things Are. I loved the imagery in
When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive after executive laments they have purchased many technologies, and sponsored many
Yesterday, I presented to 700 global attendees on an APICS webinar. In the presentation, I shared data on the evolution of supply chain planning and the
I have been an analyst for over a decade. Two years at Gartner, six years at AMR Research (now Gartner), two years at Altimeter Group,
“What did you learn?” asked the client. I smiled and reflected. It was a thought-provoking question. The ROI study on supply chain planning was completed. We
Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which there is a desire for harmony within the group, but the result