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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

It is not as simple as trading-off inventory, cost, and customer service. We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The companies I work with struggle to set metrics targets. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service. Analyze Past Results in Customer Service. We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages.

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Think Differently. Drive New Outcomes. Let Us Help You Build A Guiding Coalition.

Supply Chain Insights

Use our Metrics That Matter methodology to look at improvement and performance. We can help by testing customer satisfaction and sharing what matters by channel partner. We will test to understand how you stack-up to your competitors and how to make customer service actionable. Customer Centric Policies.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

The goal of the agile supply chain is to deliver the same cost, quality and customer service given the level of demand and supply volatility. The overarching theme is to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. This is the world of vaccines, allergen drugs, promotions, bathing suits, and fast-fashion. Agile Supply Chain.

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Ava Ex Machina and the Retail Supply Chain

Supply Chain Action Blog

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Ava Ex Machina” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. Detection of incidental challenges (e.g.

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Digital Orchestration of Your Supply Chain Requires “3-D” Orchestration

Supply Chain Action Blog

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Ava Ex Machina” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. Detection of incidental challenges (e.g.

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A Digital Value Network Needs an Accelerated “3-D” Cycle (powered by Incorta)

Supply Chain Action Blog

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Skynet” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. Photo licensed through Shutterstock.