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Supply chain innovation through the Nexus of Forces

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In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. In sourcing, successful manufacturers exploit all available information and analytics to make informed, strategic decisions in support of future success.

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TSMC Delays Opening of U.S. Fab Complex

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advanced chip fabrication complex in Arizona until 2025, a year later than previously planned. In a separate published report, Bloomberg opined that: “ The hiccups in Arizona, however, call into question whether TSMC can make chips abroad as efficiently as back home. from Taiwan to assist in facility planning and layout.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Increasingly, forecasts are being improved by leveraging outside data sources rather than merely relying on a company’s internal historical shipment data. It turns out the Super Bowl happened on February 12 th in Glendale, Arizona. Other external data, like industry data or economic data, is used for other types of forecasts.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

A forum was great for networking but not for driving process innovation. 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. I wanted to help companies drive step-changes in performance.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

To demonstrate, one California autonomous vehicle company, TuSimple, tested the efficacy of long-haul driverless vehicles in a recent trek from Nogales, Arizona to Oklahoma City, shaving 10 hours (42%) off of what would otherwise be a 24-hour trip. In a word, it’s data.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

The selection of metrics is based on prior work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, correlate to market capitalization and price to book value. Supply Chain Excellence Is Closely Coupled With Product Innovation. Leaders invest in analytics and customer-centric innovation.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

In the research, I’m trying to understand the impact of choices—technology, process innovation, and leadership– on balance sheet performance. Companies performing the best have three characteristics: Business Model Innovation. The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). Writing the News.