2001 Data Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Manufacturing 
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 31, 2022
Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Over the past two decades, organizations have become more insular and less willing or able to share meaningful data. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. Data Sharing and Procurement.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Over the past two decades, organizations have become more insular and less willing or able to share meaningful data. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. Data Sharing and Procurement.
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Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 11, 2018
While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. There is no place to put this data in traditional supply chain planning software, and companies are slow to change existing concepts. This reality?
Supply Chain Insights
JANUARY 18, 2018
The untethered exuberance reminds me of the race for Y2K, the futile experimentation with trading exchanges in 2001, or the race for e-commerce. Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. Supply chain excellence definitions evolve as companies explore the Art of the Possible.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Among other things, ZF manufactures electrified powertrains, car chassis technology, active and passive safety systems, and advanced driver assistance systems. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. The ZF supply chain is complex.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
… Consumer purchases and decisions will increasingly be voice-driven and machine-augmented, with companies’ relationship with customers machine-to-machine, values-based and digital-first.” ” You can’t talk about digital transformation without discussing the importance of data. Yet cooperation will be key.”
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). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. At the time, I was a junior Gartner analyst. was controversial.
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