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My Failure Of Using Design Thinking To Drive Supply Chain Innovation

Supply Chain Shaman

This post focuses on my failure to use design thinking to spark innovation with supply chain teams and my lessons learned. Today, six years later, I reflect on the gaps of the methodology as it applies to supply chain innovation. Remember the need for goal clarity, rules, and clear metrics in my opening paragraph?

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Trying to Push Content Above the Noise

Supply Chain Shaman

We talk about the move from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard, but we don’t use a balanced scorecard as an objective function. Today, several factors make it hard to wrestle truth from opinion: Event Models with a Focus on Sponsorship. Most events are designed to help technologists generate leads.

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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

The industry is awash with ex-execs advising companies, speaking at events, and consulting. Yet, you will find the past executives from Sanofi speak openly on event stages about their journey on supply chain excellence as winning performance. The group’s response is, “Are these supply chain metrics?”

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3 Core Metrics & 10 Soft Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance

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3 Key Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance Beyond Cost Reduction. 10 Soft Metric Considerations in Measuring Supply Chain Performance. As the supply chain continues to grow in complexity and regulation, the opportunities for problems and other events to impact operations negatively will consequently grow. Read more. .

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

The selection of metrics is based on prior work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, correlate to market capitalization and price to book value. Supply Chain Excellence Is Closely Coupled With Product Innovation. Leaders invest in analytics and customer-centric innovation.

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Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium

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In our recap, we’ll dive into the key takeaways from the event and what they mean for the industry. The symposium emphasized the importance of data management to track ESG metrics and ensure compliance with regulations. We hope you had a fantastic time and look forward to hosting more events and expert panels throughout the year.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

In the research, I’m trying to understand the impact of choices—technology, process innovation, and leadership– on balance sheet performance. Companies performing the best have three characteristics: Business Model Innovation. We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012.