As I rolled holiday cookies in my hands, I watched TV. I seethed as the news stations celebrated supply chain success for the December holidays.
It is that time of year. Yes, a time when well-meaning supply chain leaders share their strategy decks for the upcoming year and ask me
Semiconductors. Plastics. Coffee. Copper. Building Supplies. Motors. The list goes on and on. Supply chain shortages abound. Today, more than 1% of the world’s container
Roddy Martin died Friday. Aggressive brain cancer stole his life at the early age of 64. I will miss our spirited debates and sparring matches
The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. While prior risk management disruptions occurred and quickly established a new normal, in the COVID-19 pandemic, the
A Hard Look at Corporate Performance Strangely, in the last decade, while companies had the opportunity to use technology better, supply chain performance declined. Only
In my work with clients, customers bandy about the term “customer-centric supply chain.” I find most of these discussions are loquacious, even bellicose, but not actionable.
During August, I moved and I spent the weekend painting my new shed with gloppy, wet deck paint. As I methodically pivoted the roller to
Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. Tom Peters The idiom, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic,
On Thursday morning, I began an engagement with a food manufacturer attempting to drive “Supply Chain 2.0.” When I asked for a definition, the phone
