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Transversing the Paradox River

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition As I follow the evolution of supply chain technology, I am struck by what I see as a stream of paradox and anomaly, and the tendency of supply chain leaders to cling to convention. technologies. technologies. Companies have data lakes, but do not use their own data.

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Can Your Supply Chain Afford to “Wait and See” Before Becoming Digital?

Enterra Insights

In a volatile world characterized by rapidly changing technology, caution is often justified. Many analysts believe, however, that time for caution has passed when it comes to digital supply chain transformation. Nevertheless, “wait and see” seems to be the position of many supply chain professionals.

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Big Data Analytics Can Help Improve the Bottom Line

Enterra Insights

“There is irony behind a discussion of the business value and metrics related to big data analytics, since a lot … Continued. The post Big Data Analytics Can Help Improve the Bottom Line appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Getting Inventory Right: Hope with Hype and Recycled Software?

Supply Chain Shaman

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The world of supply chain is active on my iPhone. The news from SAP Insider is a continued drumbeat on the HANA rewrite of SAP’s supply chain applications.

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Technology and the Supply Chain: What Does the Future Hold?

Kinaxis

Decades later and a sizable amount of that technology has hit the mainstream market (can anyone say Apple Watch ?) So what does my nostalgic look back at my childhood have to do with the future of supply chains? The WEF report focuses on five shifts that will directly influence supply chain. Apparently everything.

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Three Questions People are Afraid to Ask….

Supply Chain Shaman

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. Question 1: What drives a Successful Implementation of Supply Chain Planning? The answer is no.

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

At their request I wrote on the digital supply chain. Digital supply chain is such a buzzword. The digital supply chain is about SO much more than gadgets.” Yet, within the supply chain, everyone waits for data and insights. Supply chains do not move in the cadence of the market.