NC State SCRC

JANUARY 15, 2016

Many of the skills that we’ve identified in prior posts on this site have discussed the key skills and knowledge that recruiters are looking for in supply chain students. In fact, Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook, came directly out of their supply chain organization. So did Tom Falk at Kimberly Clark.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 10, 2015

If we are not up to the task, and can’t bring the best talent into a role that has responsibility for over 50% of an organizations costs (in most modern enterprises), then perhaps the leadership team doesn’t have their priorities in the right place! So how can organizations find and develop this new generation of superheroes?

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We anticipate that businesses and their supply chain management teams will not be able to address their enhanced visibility to multiple-tiered supply network risks without more effectively tackling a multi-layered data and information rationalization strategy.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 8, 2022

Catherine Qu, Vice President of Growth Marketing at start-up analytics technology provider Imply noted in-part: “ I fully support and agree with this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #BreaktheBias. While it’s human nature to have biases, it’s something I strive to be cognizant of and sensitive to—especially as a minority woman.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

Automation will thus be focused on the most pressing operational or supply chain planning and control areas where technology enabled processes can springboard efficiency, effectiveness and obvious cost savings.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2023

The following is a continuation of a supply chain technology thought leadership education series developed in collaboration with Replan.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group announces that our latest Research Advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains is now available for reading.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Data analytic skills w/ strong attention to detail. Creative, innovative thinker with a bias for action. Leadership (Amazon’s 14 leadership principles). Customer focus willingness to go above and beyond to satisfy the customer. Business acumen – understands the business and what drives it.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 21, 2017

Using the example of driving and “trusting” the Waze app to take one down the right street to avoid traffic, participants noted that Deere managers will have a hard time trusting new systems and follow their guidance. The change management portion of analytics will be a bigger inhibitor than the software and hardware changes.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The issue around managing people was a strong theme – as was the need to think about adopting analytics into the core abilities that help build a business case that allows people to influence and drive change within their stakeholder community.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

But they also tackle the issue of data and predictive analytics, pointing to the fact that prediction is much more difficult than historical reviews of what happened in the past. The authors also go through and explore a number of other procurement issues that are often debated.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 6, 2016

As in past years, we have been collecting these projects from our partner companies, and they reflect the on-going set of strategic challenges faced by these organizations as they work on building their supply chain capabilities.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

. § SRM roles are integrated into new product development and continuous improvement team. § SRM process measures and management systems are embedded in the organization. § Supply chain talent management strategy exists.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 21, 2013

If you’ve worked on an analytics project, or have done a team project, talk about the experience and what you learned from it. MBA Supply Chain Programs Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Talent Supply Chain Talent Management'

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Prediction 1 – Spend Analytics Will Become More Predictive (Not Backward Looking). In one company, the analytical team explored the relationship between economic activity, consumer demand, and demand for their products. The opportunity to drive post-award contract management will continue to be critical.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Very few managers teach their direct reports how to do this, and it is certainly not taught in most university analytics and supply chain classes. But it is such an essential part of what is needed to manage in the digital economy. The essence of this involves an ability to tell ourselves a “story” around the data.

Supply Chain Strategy 40

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

This was a lot of planning, a lot of analytics, and a lot of work. Marsh did not have centralized approach to supply chain management. At that time Carquest went up for sale, and this led to a position at Marsh Furniture.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 22, 2017

These small companies are focusing on specific business issues, and attacking them using small teams of analytical experts, and piloting and re-piloting new projects with clients. I also wrote about this in the context of “ heedful interrelating ” between people working in the same supply chain.

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