Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. As I presented on Supply Chain 2030, I shared the research on balance sheet performance, and provided the insights on why I believe 90% of organizations failed in the delivery of supply chain excellence at the balance sheet level.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

By 2030, companies will be short 20% of employees at the senior manager and director level. Three courses are scheduled for in Philadelphia. Supply chains are not equipped to sense, think, and respond intelligently through digitized relationships which provide new sources of data and insight. Training. How to keep up?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. While the practices of finance are over 200 years old, in contrast, supply chain as a cross-functional practice (the combination of make, source and deliver) was recently defined in 1982. Is talent a cost or an asset?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. As planning organizations within companies grow-up–a move from a regional, to multi-national, to global– getting clear on the basics of planning becomes more and more important.

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