2001 Company Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Solutions 
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 31, 2022
Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. As companies grappled with growing and achieving global scale, the organizations became larger. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. Focus on Cost.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. As companies grappled with growing and achieving global scale, the organizations became larger. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. Focus on Cost.
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Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Recent releases of Advanced Planning Solutions (APS) refined but did not transform initial software concepts. Companies talk about customer-centric supply chains, but most leaders are more comfortable in the world of supply than demand. Little modernization despite the evolution of new technologies to enable: 1) Demand Sensing.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. I estimate that the company had annual sales of 30M$. ” The company’s press release rhetoric is bullish. I remember my first briefing with Steelwedge in 2001.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 31, 2022
This technology company is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF transforms those purchased products into over 2,000 products. The ZF supply chain is complex.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Investment is flowing into supply chain companies. In 2021, more than $25 billion was invested in supply chain companies in just the first three quarters of the year. One successful private equity backed company is the unicorn Locus Robotics. Mr. Welty tried to accelerate the growth of this WMS company with outside investment.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
Over the Memorial Day weekend, I stumbled on an old article that I wrote in 2001. It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). The high-flying company had no clarity of purpose or clear governance, but the funds kept coming. The solution solved a relevant industry issue. was controversial.
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