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A few weeks ago I attended the Global Supply Chain Business Summit hosted by John Gattorna who has written two important books and several articles on supply chain management, more specifically on segmentation which then drives supply chain structure, …
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I read with great interest a recently published report from Lora Cecere ( Building Market-driven Value Networks , Supply Chain Insights LLC, 7/10/2012) that outlines where she believes the market is going. I agree with her. While many of the examples she …
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Rami Karjian of Flextronics casually threw out the comment that “data is the new oil” during a session at the recent Gartner Supply Chain Conference in Palm Desert. The session titled “ New Business Rules – The Flextronics Next-Generation Supply Chain …
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In a recent exchange with Lora Cecere on Twitter in which I stated that “agility” is a requirement for any modern supply chain, Lora challenged my statement by stating that there isn’t a standard definition for agility. More precisely, Lora’s point was …
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The new hot topic from the proponents of social, of which I am one, is ‘engagement platforms’. In a blog from August 28 th titled ‘ The New Engagement Platform Drives The Shift From Transactions’ Ray Wang states that: If Business Value And Outcomes Are …
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I want to bring together a number of thoughts in this blog, most importantly the idea that as the practice of supply chain management has aged, there is a more rounded approach to the education and training of people entering the practice. Lora Cecere’s …
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For some months now, I have been discussing how best to measure the value-add of the supply chain with Lora Cecere and Abby Mayer at Supply Chain Insights . Abby has started the Supply Chain Index blog and Lora’s latest blog is titled “What I have learned …
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Control Towers, perhaps the most important concept to come out of Supply Chain Management practices in some time, is a concept in desperate need of definition and description. Aberdeen recently ran a survey of Business Intelligence (BI) looking for …
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Oliver Wight has long been at the forefront of Sales and Operations training and consulting - even to the point that many companies will tell you very proudly that they have attained Ollie Wight Class A certification for a variety of processes. Oliver …
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It is with great surprise that I read about the demise of yet another company focused on supply chain planning, namely the purchase of JDA by RedPrairie for $1.9B. Of course RedPrairie does not see it in this manner. They see this as growth, as …
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It is some weeks since I wrote a blog, but I have been mulling over some ideas, which was triggered by a colleague challenging me on my title of Thought Leader. While this is a personal tale, bear with me because it is about planning, or, more correctly, …
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It should come as no surprise that SCM World recently published findings (from the November 2012 report Apple and Amazon: Lessons for the Rest of Us ) that Amazon beat out Apple in a survey of top Supply Chain executives polled on which had the best …