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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. The focus of APICS is manufacturing, CSCMP’s foundation is in logistics, and ISM serves the procurement organization. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. They got good at Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and tied the output to decisions on what to make in contract manufacturing. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030. It was a hot day, and I was not in the mood to talk.

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Late Night Thoughts on Productivity, Efficiency and Global Supply Chain Effectivness

Supply Chain Shaman

So many thoughts in my mind… Yesterday, I signed a contract for Robert Gordon, author of the book, Rise and Fall of American Growth to speak at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 5th-8th in Lake Oconee, Georgia (north of Atlanta). The same holds for contract manufacturers. There is a market quandary.