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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. This is the goal of this blog. Historically, supply chain processes were functional focused on make, source and deliver. Digital sourcing? For the next 18 weeks I will be in the air.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, at the Supply Chain Shaman blog, and for Forbes.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

During the afternoon, as I quietly held the pieces for Jake’s monster, my mind composed my blog post for the week. I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. Too much quilting, typing and repetitive motion….) I smiled and sat back enjoying the moment.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

The authors then used industry sources to project demand and revenue for thee fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) vs. seven “green” metals (aluminum, cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, silver and zinc) that are critical to building an energy economy. The summaries of current revenue shares of these countries are shown below. The losers?

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Planning governance is different within each organization, and it varies by sell, deliver, make and source. Today, I unpacked my bags.