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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

I struggle to find economies of scale in supply chain performance. Leaders invest in analytics and customer-centric innovation. Companies focused on IT standardization throw the supply chain out of balance by implementing technology for the sake of technology. The industry has best practices.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

The potential for supply chain performance declined in each of these industries. In fact, in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis, we find that this is true in twenty-five of twenty-eight industry sectors studied. Each P&L leader will game the system to improve bonus structure payouts. The reason?

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

My argument centered on the observation that as new technologies evolved, companies did a lift and shift. For example, client-server to cloud architectures offered great promise for process innovation, but companies just moved their processes without asking how to drive new levels of value from technology. Reflection.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value. While companies want to improve supply chain performance and drive value, it is easier said than done. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030.

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Supply Chain 2030: Forge a New Path

Supply Chain Shaman

The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over, but we hope the energy to define Supply Chain 2030 is just beginning. Today only 12% of supply chain teams are driving improvement, performing better than their competitors and driving value (as determined by Price to Tangible Book Value).

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Supply Chain Optimization Explained

ThroughPut

However, responding to evolving market demands can seem almost impossible with legacy systems, siloed data and/or manually-driven human-intuition-based processes. That’s where AI-powered supply chain optimization can make a difference. What is Supply Chain Optimization? What Does Supply Chain Optimization Involve?

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The Evolving Landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics

ThroughPut

According to Gartner, supply chain organizations expect the level of machine automation in their supply chain processes to double in the next five years. With their ability to handle mass data, AI driven tools can prove to be highly effective in inventory management. Challenges of AI in Supply Chain.