Boston Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Analytics Supply Chain 
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2021
(AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. I did not think that anyone had a clear definition of supply chain excellence. Over the last decade, supply chain performance regressed.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 12, 2020
On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The focus on functional costs without a focus on total cost trade-offs is deadly to margin management.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2014
They came to Boston to tell us the story of Llamasoft. With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design. Today, supply chain design has become a process all to its own.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? As I wrote earlier this year in Is Your Business Model Safe? , Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”.
Enterra Insights
JUNE 15, 2020
There is no consolidated system for accessing all the information related to business operations, which can lead to erroneous reporting and missed opportunities.” Cognitive technologies make supply chains better. Consumers will purchase more and more goods and services online. ” 10.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
I take supply chain seriously. I believe that better supply chain practices can save the world, and I think that it makes a difference in warfare and welfare. Today, when I talk about building the end-to-end value chain, people will look at me strangely and say “That is not supply chain.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices.
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