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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Still, organizations are less willing to test and try technology innovation due to the restrictions and guide rails placed on software procurement and deployment. Less Collaborative. So, we began the discussion.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Still, organizations are less willing to test and try technology innovation due to the restrictions and guide rails placed on software procurement and deployment. Less Collaborative. So, we began the discussion.

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2018: What Will It Look Like?

Supply Chain Insights

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.

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. 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. A confluence of technology drives innovation. Let’s reflect.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

It was designed with linearity in mind: a singular focus on minimizing transport costs through building high-capacity, point-to-point distribution infrastructure. They explain, “The global supply chain is a creation from the past, ill-suited to today’s fast-changing world. ” Second, climate change is having an impact. .

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In 2014, I accepted to support the World Economic Forum in developing the supply chain and transport industries. Since 2010, I have been supporting startups, like Hyperloop Transportation Technologies as well as asset owners – including serving on various boards. A role that I left end of 2018. This is so important.

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An Empty Chair….

Supply Chain Shaman

Technology and process innovation ends at the doorstep of the enterprise. As a result, ERP investments are an opportunity cost for the company to drive innovation and build value networks. When I was a Gartner analyst in 2001, there were over 120 B2b platforms. This consolidation slowed innovation.