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How Supply Chain Lost Its Mojo

Supply Chain Shaman

Then as a software executive (1991-2001 and then 2003-2005) and finally as an analyst (2001-2003 and 2005-present). .” Background: I have been working in the field of supply chain management since 1979. First as a practitioner (1979-1991). I have worn many hats and attended more conference than I can count.

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If Only There Were More Choices

Supply Chain Shaman

The hype cycle was my favorite Gartner model when I was a Gartner analyst in 2001-2003.) However, there are limited solutions for the companies in the middle of the adoption curve–early adopters and early majority. To tell the story, I am going to use the Gartner hype cycle model to explain the dilemma.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

I remember my first briefing with Steelwedge in 2001. The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype of electronic exchanges in the 2000-2003 period. SAS’s acquisition of MarketMax in 2003 is an exception. My answer? I am not sure. It depends. Here is my analysis. A Look Back.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Welfare reform. Fed raised rates. LTCM crisis. Glass-Steagall repealed. Tech bubble burst. Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis.

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Aya??n?z? yorgan?n?za göre uzat?n… – Cut your coat…

Supply Chain Movement

The company was established in 2001. From 2001 until the end of 2004 the production was done in a traditional mass-production manner for one of the world’s biggest underwear brands from the USA. Martijn Lofvers ve Greg Thompson taraf?ndan. By Martijn Lofvers and Greg Thomson. Narkonteks’in geçmi?ini ini anlatabilir misiniz?

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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

An in-depth integration of the Supply Chain through the exchange and coordination of information flows between all members of the supply chain, therefore makes it possible to better define their RACI (R: Director; A: Approver; C: Consulted; I: Informed) (Kempainen and Ari, 2003). Some studies (Cachon and Fischer (2000); Lee et al.

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

While there was a brief flurry of activities in the building of trading exchanges in 2001-2003, but only 10% survived. Business Networks. The focus of the last four decades focused on enterprise solutions. Today, these are becoming Supply Chain Operating Networks with mapping, onboarding and process canonicals.