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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

They used the work built together in 2004-2009 to build a course with Georgia Tech for executive training.) Leaders start by answering the question, “How to design the supply chain to drive unique value for customers?” The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I worked with a Midwest North American meatpacker to help define its supply chain strategy. An enlightened leadership team wanted to be sure that the organization knew how to make money through bi-directional orchestration of the bill of materials. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030.

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S&OP: Can You Make Decisions at the Speed of Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. Get Clear on How to Make Decisions. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. At the event, technologists and business leaders work shoulder-to-shoulder to Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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