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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

The ends of the supply chain–both in customer and procurement– are fragile. They would ask how social can impact their supply chain source, make and deliver processes. Last month, I was at a chemical manufacturer, and the Chief Supply Chain Officer walked me to the elevator. Charlene wrote the report [link].

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] The Internet of Things and Big Data. ” E-commerce is driving the search for warehouse space.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. _. I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. I have also learned that you need a large data pool to derive the type of analysis that I want to publish.