Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

During the conversation, he thanked me as an ex-Gartner analyst for putting Ariba on problem-watch in May 2001. The market shift was dramatic, and if we had made a series of small cuts in staff or direction, we would have had the same fate as i2 Technologies or Manugistics. During the period of 1996-2001, the company struggled.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In these sessions, the technology providers share their rational for the investment and invite questions. Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

In part one of this blog series, I started the saga of the supply chain fairy tale. It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. I strongly feel that a blind focus on functional excellence will cause the supply chain to become out of balance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

“If only I had the money that the company was supposed to save from the multiple ERP and supply chain projects. ” CFO of a major manufacturer. I have been an industry analyst since 2001. When I started Supply Chain Insights I wanted to put “research” at the core of the company.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Just-in-time techniques have led to more products arriving directly from manufacturing to the end-customer, shrinking warehouse use. On the other hand, offshoring growth has fuelled the need for warehousing as part of the elongated supply chain. Technological Advances and Benefits.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

I know of few areas in supply chains discussion that raise as much dialogue or ire. I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies. I also worked in manufacturing during the period of 1978-1992 trying to plan demand. Everyone has a bias.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. This was my first foray into the world of supply.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard.

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Perhaps that is because these companies were using either paper-based or only partially automated systems. RFgen Software strongly recommends that any company facing a product recall immediately seek the advice of legal counsel to minimize their financial risk and liability exposure. Food Traceability is a Growing Compliance Challenge.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain processes. In the words of a supply chain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. When I first met Nick, he was driving a supply chain transformation at VTech Communications. Price to Tangible Book Value.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. My passion is supply chain and positive change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2019

While all supply chain leaders are interested in the topic of building value networks, only a few companies are actively investing in building data architectures to enable the extended supply chain. The words end-to-end supply chain easily rolls off the tongues of supply chain leaders.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

MH&L’s Editorial Advisory Board tackles some of the toughest topics facing the supply chain today. That’s why we went to the experts—the members of the MH&L Editorial Advisory Board—and asked them to weigh in on that subject, and on several other of the most pressing concerns to supply chain professionals.

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