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. For many years (1992-2001), I worked at Manugistics, a supply chain planning technology provider. During the period of 1996-2001, the company struggled. Cisco had a kick in the gut in 2001.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 31, 2022
As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. Focus on Cost.
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Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. Focus on Cost. His response?
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. This includes SCOR, APICs, Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains, Gartner Hierachy of Metrics, etc. For me, most of the time, it feels like a lion in sheep’s clothing.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
He sold the company in 2001 when the company had achieved revenues of about $10 million. In a way, Quiet Logistics was disintermediated when Amazon bought their supplier Kiva as part of Amazon’s own vertical integration strategy and as a way to improve their own advantages. Their metrics just don’t make sense.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 11, 2012
I have been an industry analyst since 2001. Multiple projects have been implemented without an overarching road map and a clear supply chain strategy. Ownership of Inventory as a Metric. In High-tech, there is greater ownership of the “inventory metric” across the organization. Here I give my logic.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 14, 2013
Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. The example that I give in the first post is the focus of manufacturing strategies to drive strong results to improve Return on Assets (ROA) that have actually caused a deterioration in operating margin.
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