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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, since many do not test the solutions and often buy based on IT standardization, the probability of success is about the same as playing the tables in Las Vegas. I started covering Gains in 2001 as an analyst at Gartner. Supply chain planning is all about better math and modeling. The default?

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What Is Old Is New Again. Maybe, Just Maybe, the Emperor Is Getting Some Clothes.

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I stumbled on an old article that I wrote in 2001. While early in launch and execution, the solution received good reviews at the GHX Summit in Las Vegas last week. At the time, I was a junior Gartner analyst. The piece, “CPG/Retail E-Marketplaces: The Emperor’s New Clothes?”