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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

Instead of jumping up and down on IOT shouldn’t we be discussing the redefinition of demand?” ” Demand discussions raise emotions. I know of few areas in supply chains discussion that raise as much dialogue or ire. At that time, the demand processes were largely regional. The Problems.

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Not the Jetsons: 10 Use Cases for Cognitive Learning in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I was having breakfast with a CEO of a leading software supply chain management company. When I was an analyst in 2001, I loved speaking to him. “Lora, you write about cognitive computing often stating that it will usher in the Third Act of Supply Chain Planning. I don’t get it.